MMORPG

MMORPGs are massively multiplayer online roleplaying games, our core focus here on Massively OP. MMORPGs are traditionally differentiated from mere multiplayer games by their persistent worlds, massive playerbases and/or servers, customizable character development, and always-online status. [Follow the MMORPG category’s RSS feed]

Star Citizen devs are being forced into mandatory unpaid overtime in order to make CitizenCon happen

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While Star Citizen is making sure it keeps excitement up for CitizenCon 2024, behind the scenes the devs at CIG are being crunched to...

The Daily Grind: What’s the weirdest personal challenge you’ve set for yourself in an MMO?

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A few weeks back, I saw a post on Reddit about an MMO player who had decided to set himself a bizarre project: to...

The Stream Team: Feast or Famine with giants in Dungeons & Dragons Online

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Brothers most definitely do not always agree. In DDO's Gianthold Wastes saga, the orc chieftain's brother disagrees with the leader's alliance with Wyrm Cult...

Massively Overthinking: Has the term MMORPG become toxic?

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Back in 2016, when the MMORPG genre had just suffered a brutal one-two punch of losing EverQuest Next and the gutting of WildStar's team,...

Tarisland’s Incendiary Lava dungeon lore dump has an alchemist, a fire lord, and a vengeful phoenix

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That's right, kids, it's Story Time with Tarisland once again, as this time around Tencent is taking players through the extremely descriptive Incendiary Lava...
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Elephants were the real hero of The Quinfall’s third closed beta

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What happened in the third beta for The Quinfall? A lot of people on war elephants and a lot of people fighting in fields,...

Dungeons and Dragons Online releases Myth Drannor raid and welcomes this year’s Night Revels

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What's spookier for you this year: The dead rising from the grave or a raid that's going to replenish those graves with the corpses...

Final Fantasy XIV gets Moo Deng fever as prices for a hippo minion start to climb

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The internet is full of flash-in-the-pan moments when a completely innocuous thing suddenly becomes a viral sensation. So it is with a baby pygmy...

New World’s Aeternum launch trailer shows the MMORPG character journey – backward

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We may be two weeks out from launch, but MMORPG New World has dropped its Aeternum launch trailer this afternoon anyhow. And the framing...

Casually Classic: World of Warcraft’s delves have real evergreen potential

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Ever since World of Warcraft released back in 2004, there's been an tension in this game between casual, solo play and hardcore group progression. It was...

Ultima Online’s New Legacy will finally launch October 15

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If you noticed that Ultima Online's New Legacy stress test came to an end on Tuesday without, you know, an actual date for the...
It's a tiny little sprout thing. It might kill you.

Vague Patch Notes: The dark side of meaningful MMO leveling

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We've been in Leveling Month over here in Vague Patch Notes, and I had intended for this particular column to close off that discussion...

GeForce NOW’s October games lineup kicks off with the addition of Throne and Liberty

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Throne and Liberty seems to be kind of everywhere right now, what with its free-to-play launch on Steam, PS5, and Xbox X|S this week,...

EverQuest’s 31st expansion, The Outer Brood, launches in December

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With EverQuest II's end-of-the-year expansion already in testing and ready for preorders, you had to figure that Classic EverQuest wouldn't be far behind, and...
Pretty sure seeing this attack coming for you means nothing but good things.

Final Fantasy XIV suspends housing demolition on NA servers in response to Hurricane Helene

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Hurricane Helene hit the United States pretty hard, if you've somehow missed hearing about it. The Final Fantasy XIV team wants to make sure...
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The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best level up effects?

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It'd be nice if real life worked like an MMO in terms of getting a shine and a burst of light the moment you...

Skyforge delays timeline for data and launcher hand-off to Music Guru and Innova

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A month ago, we were a bit stunned to learn that MMORPG Skyforge had changed hands, moving from MY.GAMES to a US-based company called...
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Necesse’s latest update brings the plains biome to the game

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The change in game is mainly on the plains... in Necesse, anyway. The game's most recent update has recently gone live - and faster...

Lord of the Rings Online’s update 41.3 tweaks Nazgul attacks, dragon dungeon, and crafting event

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Lord of the Rings Online fans should know by now that there's not "one patch to rule them all," nor are all patches of...

Black Desert Console releases the Dosa class and opens a season server with massive level boosts

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At long last, players of Black Desert on console are getting more than a pet event and a video that vaguely promises improvements. The...