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]

The Daily Grind: What are some quietly impressive things in your fave MMO that nobody notices?

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When my husband and I went back to Guild Wars 2 for Janthir Wilds a few weeks ago, he booted up the game for...

MMO Week in Review: Dude, you’re gettin’ a delve

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This week in MMOs, we've been enjoying World of Warcraft's The War Within, both with impressions and modding recs. Also this week I had...

The MOP Up: Albion Online patches Paths to Glory and talks up mounts

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Albion Online's third patch for Paths to Glory came out last week, an update which "includes balance changes, Destiny Board improvements based on your...

Star Citizen addresses alpha 3.24’s personal hangars, ‘ghost sounds,’ and server tech

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One of the major features added to Star Citizen in alpha 3.24 was the personal hangar, a private instanced slice of the game that...
Yes, we're all very impressed.

World of Warcraft’s latest guide highlights how solo-friendly this MMO has become

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Hopefully in 2024, there's not as much of a stigma for the player who wants to experience an MMORPG largely solo. World of Warcraft...

One Shots: The concert that ended the world

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Poor Ragnaros. This World of Warcraft dude's been trying to live up to his namesake by trying to destroy the world for the past...
To do.

The Daily Grind: What’s a daily MMO task you struggle to find the motivation to complete?

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Pretty much every MMO has some form of daily task, just because that's a good way to get people logging in every day to...
All according to keikaku or something

Make My MMO: Pricing shifts for Shroud of the Avatar, Embers Adrift, and Ashes of Creation

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Would you pay $27 for a subscription to an MMORPG? Lord British's tiny and controversial crowdfunded MMO Shroud of the Avatar is going to...

RuneScape Necromancers now have a new ghost friend to summon thanks to the latest patch

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The best thing about being a Necromancer is that you can make friends in a rather literal sense, and now thanks to the most...

LOTRO Legendarium: The easiest LOTRO virtues to get as a low-level character

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One of the most important yet easiest to overlook parts of your character's growth in Lord of the Rings Online is investing into virtues,...

WRUP: Sportsball

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Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about our favorite Olympic events.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO enemies have the best ‘personalities?’

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When you play MMOs for a long time and enjoy observing different aspects of them, you're going to notice mobs beyond abstract loot piñatas...
How punk.

Betawatch: Corepunk hits pause, Guild Wars 2 presses Push, and New World is still an MMORPG

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Is there such a thing as too much success - and too much money? That's what Corepunk would have us believe, as earlier this...

Allods Online adds new region, new story quests, and reworks for classes and gear acquisition

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The beginning of last month saw Allods Online leap back on to our radar after the MMORPG saw a little spike of activity on...

Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends teases housing packup, Halloween, droid engineer love, and Jedi Themepark p2

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"Star Wars Galaxies is not dead," says rogue server SWG Legends. "It is here and now, filled with our friends, family, and the fun...

Over 6400 players built 50 empires in BitCraft’s last sandbox playtest

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The September letter from the producer for BitCraft has arrived just as the game's second closed alpha test comes to a close - a...

New World offers in-game loot for testing Aeternum next week – open beta preloading begins September 11

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New week starting on September 13th, Amazon is finally opening up the Aeternum beta for all comers, both PC and console. But if you've...

Lord of the Rings Online devs talk expansion development in new video series

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MMORPG expansions don't appear out of thin air, although it might appear so from the player side of things. Two developers behind Lord of...

Fight or Kite: Harry Potter Magic Awakened was the most full-featured MMO you never played

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The sudden and unexpected announcement that Harry Potter: Magic Awakened is being shuttered and taken offline everywhere save the original Chinese servers came as...

Star Citizen recounts August’s efforts on gameplay and enemy AI updates, showcases space cows in a video

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It's time once more for CIG to show off its monthly progress for Star Citizen, and as followers of the alpha game might expect,...