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]

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...

The Stream Team: Let’s dive into the newly launched Throne and Liberty

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It's time for MOP's Chris to hop into Throne and Liberty for real this time! He's had some time to get to just about...

Here’s how Albion Online’s Horizons updates will buff open-world PvP and PvE alike

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As of this week's Albion Online dev update, we're getting a much clearer picture of the philosophy behind the game's latest quarterly content drop....

LOTRO: Legacy of Morgoth opens expansion pre-orders, aims for November 6 launch

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Lord of the Rings Online's southward expansion aims to continue into the deserts of Harad next month when Legacy of Morgoth releases. Standing Stone...

Four Winds: Throne & Liberty’s opening hours were fun AF, but I’m still on my guard

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After what feels like an absolute eternity, Throne and Liberty is finally here. In my younger, less jaded years, I'd feel excited and elated...
There were some decent tabletop Star Trek games, but no.

Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that let you bring a whole squad of pets and minions

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Pet classes are not really my jam. I don't want my companion to be doing the tanking or damage or healing or whatever, and...

EverQuest II opens preorders for its November Scars of Destruction expansion

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If there's one constant in the MMORPG genre, it's the comforting knowledge that the EverQuest franchise is going to pump out two expansions in...

Vampire MMORPG Shadow’s Kiss sunsets, with a dire warning about the early access trap

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It's been a long time since we checked in on the early access vampire MMO Shadow's Kiss - in fact, our last look was...

Throne & Liberty adds 41 new servers to handle global launch pops, peaking at 326K Steam players so far

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Welp, we knew that Throne and Liberty was going to see a big blast of players when it switched from its paid headstart to...

The Daily Grind: What are the advantages of playing MMOs as a hobby?

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Have you ever had to explain or defend your hobby to someone who doesn't share that? Sometimes that can be a positive experience with...

The Stream Team: Pondering post-poo and politics plans in Guild Wars 2

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After a night of poo and politics, Massively OP's MJ wonders what exactly is the next step in Guild Wars 2's story. What are...

Anvil Empires highlights its underground cave system, mining updates, and a stability mechanic

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The dev blog sneak peeks are continuing to spill forth from Siege Camp's upcoming medieval war MMO Anvil Empires: This month, it's all about...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 487: Give me Throne and Liberty

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Justin and Bree discuss Throne & Liberty's launch, the new book on Blizzard, ArcheAge 2's morph into ArcheAge Chronicles, and New World Aeternum's impending release, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and Guild Wars 2, plus a mailbag topic on MMO history and games preservation.

Elder Scrolls Online details a bevy of in-game events to celebrate spooky month

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Many of us have that one house in the neighborhood that absolutely goes deliciously all-in on Halloween through the entirety of October. You all...

City of Heroes Homecoming is about to release 1.6M character names – here’s how to save yours

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The legally licensed City of Heroes Homecoming team has released an update today, though it's not entirely the content kind. The most important part...

NCsoft’s MMORPG Throne & Liberty has officially arrived at its global F2P launch

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All right folks, if you've been waiting for Lineage 3 aka Lineage Eternal aka Project TL for the last decade, your moment is finally...

Puzzle MMO Islands of Insight will sunset at the end of October – here’s how to keep playing offline

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Back in July, we learned the sad news that Behaviour Interactive's puzzle MMO Islands of Insight, which had only just fully launched in February,...
Experience!

Indie MMORPG Project Gorgon adds horse breeding and instanced guild halls in latest update

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Do you know how outlandish a feature has to be before the devs of Project Gorgon have to call it outlandish? It's outlandish indeed,...

Nexon America lays off an unspecified ‘small number’ of employees as part of a ‘hyperlocalization’ strategy

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It's hard to know exactly how many a "small number of employees" is when layoffs are announced by a massive company, but in any...

Google’s Waze app adds World of Warcraft’s Thrall voice for road navigation

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This news story really took me back to the first few years I had a smartphone: Before I even worked for OG Massively, I...