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]

Vitae Aeternum: Analyzing New World’s 2025 ‘living roadmap’

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Covering New World's new "living roadmap" for 2025 seems like something I should have gotten to sooner, but in my defence I've been battling...

MassivelyOP’s 2024 Awards: Best MMO Trend

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Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards! Today's award is for the Best MMO Trend, which was awarded to the silver lining of MMO...

Final Fantasy XIV patches in Chaotic Cloud of Darkness, custom deliveries, and more Hildibrand quests

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If you're looking forward to seeing how a nigh-indestructible inspector is doing, fighting an even harder form of a raid boss, or handing crafted...

Star Wars Galaxies Restoration’s new playable species, combat tree revamp, and Life Day are live

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When Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Restoration announced a major customization and combat tree overhaul earlier this month, we didn't imagine it was...

Elite Dangerous celebrates devs and players in its 10th anniversary retrospective video

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This week in 2014, Elite: Dangerous officially released on PC, and despite its ups and downs, the game is closing out 2024 in an...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG launched the best event of 2024?

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I'm well aware that this is going to be a hard Daily Grind to answer because it used to be an award, and it...

The Stream Team: The secret behind Elder Scrolls Online’s When the Ground Shook

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After rescuing the villagers who were trapped behind rubble in Elder Scrolls Online's  Ostumir, Massively OP's MJ found Greenspeaker Sorilen by a tree. Can...

Neverwinter’s seasonal Simril’s Winter Festival returns with old and new rewards

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While it might be hard to get into a festive mood given the studio-ending layoffs at Cryptic Studios and financial woes for megacorp owner...

Elder Scrolls Online compensates players for server outages and toasts an in-game play

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It was a frustrating couple of days for the players and the devs of Elder Scrolls Online, as the MMORPG's servers were knocked out...

Mortal Online 2 drops item-filled meteors from the sky for players to fight for in its latest update

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Mortal Online 2 will be one of the few MMORPGs where we can confirm that epic items do literally fall from the sky. The...
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Wisdom of Nym: Reflecting on Final Fantasy XIV’s custom delivery clients

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Tomorrow's patch will mark the latest in the long line of custom delivery clients in Final Fantasy XIV, but oddly enough I don't think...

Sandbox MMORPG The Quinfall announces early access release date of January 25

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Over the past several months we've been covering The Quinfall, Vawraek Technology's open world sandbox MMORPG, which made its arrival to gamers' notice in...

Albion Online plans updates to economy, Outlands, and release timing in 2025

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It's been a packed year for the PvP sandbox Albion Online, and what better way to look back at the year that was than...

MassivelyOP’s 2024 Awards: Biggest MMO Blunder

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Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards! Today's award is for the Biggest MMO Blunder, which was awarded to Overwatch's MMO-esque-PvE bungle. (Yes, we...

Lord of the Rings Online’s map of the Shire was used in a War of the Rohirrim film promo

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We named the maps in Lord of the Rings Online somewhere in the middle among the worst to best maps in MMOs, but apparently...

Lost Ark details new raids and dynamic raid difficulty and the Wild Soul class in latest roadmap

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Lost Ark promised a roadmap update by year's end, and sure enough, it delivered: The latest content roadmap from Amazon Games shares some early...

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen’s early access launch weekend saw over 2300 concurrent Steam players

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After years of development, tragedy, course changes, and a few moments of controversy, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is now out in the wild...

Black Desert unveils the Deadeye class, hardcore PvP server, new Atoraxxion areas, and new zones

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This past weekend was a loaded one for Black Desert on PC and mobile, as Pearl Abyss hosted its BDO Festa and Calpheon Ball...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best character customization as of 2024?

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Star Citizen has an unfortunately bad reputation... well, kind of everywhere, including among its own dearest fans, but today I want to call out...

MMO Week in Review: Pantheon’s early access, Elder Scrolls Online’s union

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An "overwhelming majority of video game workers" at Elder Scrolls Online's ZeniMax Online Studios formally unionized this week, becoming the third union at Microsoft's...