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]

Time travel MMO Into the Echo moves its next pre-alpha to mid-March

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You would think that a time travel MMO would be able to go forward a few years, grab a finished version of the game,...

Massively on the Go: A guide to preparing for Pokemon Go’s Johto Tour 2022

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While Niantic is prone to dropping information at the last minute (2/23 Update: It's started), we now have enough information on Pokemon Go’s upcoming February...

New World acknowledges survival game ‘friction’ in its travel, storage, and other systems

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Telling players it's received "over a million" pieces of feedback on the game so far, Amazon has a new dev video and blog up...

What to expect from Elder Scrolls Online’s Update 33, launching March 14 for PC

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Listen, I know February is brimming with MMO stuff, but Elder Scrolls Online would like you not to forget it's got a thing coming...

Perfect Ten: 10 reasons MMO armor is completely ridiculous

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This is probably a rant best saved for another day, but I want to know when it became completely acceptable not to demand that...
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EverQuest II’s level-agnostic progression server, Kael Drakkel, is open for play

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EverQuest II's latest "lore and legend" progression server, Kael Drakkel, is live as of this week for subbers. First announced a month ago, the...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Everything you’ve missed if you haven’t played Guild Wars 2 since Path of Fire

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There are a lot of great MMORPGs out there, and even if you enjoy Guild Wars 2, maybe it's not your main game. Maybe...

Lord of the Rings Online unlocks the doors of its Hiddenhoard of Abnankâra raid this week

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Lord of the Rings Online's newest 12-person raid is about ready to open for business. Standing Stone Games announced that the Hiddenhoard of Abnankâra...
Bundles.

World of Warcraft offers character transfer bundles while promising to strip rewards from recently suspended players

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Patch 9.2 has arrived for World of Warcraft, and it's also arrived in short order with... well, some bugs. (Luckily, a bug with trading equipment...
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Black Desert PC announces Mountain of Eternal Winter expansion for April 2022

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Just because February isn't already absolutely packed with MMO news, here's one more big one: Black Desert PC is prepping a huge new expansion...

SeedInvest tells Shroud of the Avatar investors that Portalarium eluded its accountability efforts

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Shroud of the Avatar has been a black mark on the MMORPG genre, Kickstarted MMOs, and genre founding father Richard Garriott for years, and...
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The Daily Grind: Why do you play MMOs solo?

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In a recent video by YouTuber WillE, the subject of playing "together alone" in an MMORPG came up yet again. The video pokes and...

The Stream Team: Time to save Taimi in Guild Wars 2

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It's a good thing that Massively OP's MJ has rescued Zaeim and broken out of the dungeons of the Mordant Crescent because now she...

Neverwinter brings back the Harvester of Nightmares event on February 24 [Update: Now it’s March 3]

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It's an occurrence that has happened in Neverwinter a couple of times before, but that doesn't mean the Harvester of Nightmares that lends its...
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How video game player data collection processes have expanded outside of gaming

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The EULA - aka the wall o' text that we all blitz past in order to get to play the MMORPG or multiplayer title...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 361: A disturbance in the Force

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Justin and Larry discuss SWTOR's Legacy of the Sith, Palia's business model, LOTRO's Rangers and Ruins, DDO's new producer, and FFXIV's 2022 roadmap, with adventures in SWTOR, LOTRO, Conan Exiles, and Elder Scrolls Online, plus mailbag topics on getting back into MMOs and favorite NPCs.
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World of Warcraft: Eternity’s End is live today

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Well, let's see how Shadowlands is going to wrap up, huh? World of Warcraft is receiving its second and final major patch for the...

Albion Online issues a hotfix to address Season 14 reward distribution problems

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While players of Albion Online might be champing at the bit for the start of Season 15, there's still the matter of getting rewarded...
I'm your new loathed grind!

World of Warcraft designers talk storytelling in Shadowlands without saying much

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Are you wondering why it is that a random baker from Stormwind can casually walk through a portal to the afterlife and sell bread...

EVE Online begins testing a new tutorial portion that promises to better teach mining and provide a story

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Orbit rock, shoot laser, hoover up stuff. It's easy to assume that mining in EVE Online goes no deeper than that, especially if players...

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