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]

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World of Warcraft posts its full patch notes for patch 9.2, Eternity’s End

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It's easy to forget how close February 22nd really is, huh? World of Warcraft has its next patch arriving in less than a week, and...

DC Universe Online teases Episode 43 Dark Knights, plus 44, 45, and the PS5 client

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Who likes roadmaps? Everyone, actually. And thankfully, Daybreak's Dimensional Ink has just this week produced one for DC Universe Online. While players and look...
Very satisfying.

World of Warcraft’s Steve Danuser discusses some of Sylvanas’ characterization in patch 9.2

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Oh, Sylvanas; these days just saying your name prompts all sorts of discussions about the way that World of Warcraft is handling your storyline. They...
Yeah, this is a thing.

WoW Factor: Flights Rising, a speculative WoW expansion exercise

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The Dragon Isles are quite the storied location in World of Warcraft in that it's easy to pull them out and dust them off whenever...

The Wagadu Chronicles offers a list of features coming in its first closed alpha test

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This past January, The Wagadu Chronicles announced that it was heading towards its first public closed alpha this month. There's still no hard calendar...

Lord of the Rings Online holds hiring spree, weathers post-patch bumps

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Lord of the Rings Online is going on a bit of a hiring spree these days as Standing Stone Games seeks to fill several...

Star Stable celebrates its US mobile launch with 21M registered players

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Readers will recall that back in December, horse-themed kid MMO Star Stable was planning a mobile launch, which would've put it right on trend...

Lost Ark patches in the groundwork for new server cluster Europe West [Update: West is live now!]

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Amazon's Lost Ark patch overnight wasn't a huge one: It's largely a list of bug fixes with dyes, store connection, in-game schedules, DX11, chat,...
You want to make a what?

World of Warcraft previews the process of crafting mounts and pets in Eternity’s End

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There's a big narrative focus in patch 9.2 of World of Warcraft on being in Zereth Mortis, a forge of creation. This does not mean...

Palia announces that it’ll hold to a free-to-play business model

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Wondering how much it'll cost you to get down and cozy with Palia? Instead of going with a subscription or buy-to-play model, Singularity Six...
WRONG KIND OF SHINE

The Daily Grind: What’s a big MMO update everyone loved that you don’t?

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So there's a big update for an MMO you like, or you liked in the past, or whatever. It's an update everyone thinks is...

The Stream Team: Looking at SWTOR’s Legacy of the Sith

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New SWTOR content is finally here! There may not be much to it, and it may be buggy... but it isn't like Massively OP's...
How are you this way.

Pirate101 and Wizard101 bring back the Friendship Festival as KingsIsle talks Pirate101 development trajectory

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While Valentine's Day is technically behind us on the calendar, KingIsle's MMOs Wizard101 and Pirate101 are still very much in the spirit of love....

EVE Online and Black Desert studio Pearl Abyss believes it can ‘create a stable blockchain ecosystem’

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Pearl Abyss' Q4 2021 financials are a rollercoaster, my friends. The company is fine, so no panic there; in fact, it's operating revenue is...

The Stream Team: Time for tanking in Final Fantasy XIV

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It's roulette day in Final Fantasy XIV, and that means MOP's Chris is going to hop into the queue and lead some folks through...
Unappealing!

Fallen Earth celebrates a gruesome little Valentine’s Day through February 26

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It's been quiet for news about Fallen Earth following the title's unexpected free revival last October, aside from the frankly appalling suggestion of using NFTs...

No Man’s Sky’s Sentinel update is live with mechs, new content, and freakin’ jetpacks

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No Man's Sky's next update is called Sentinel, and in traditional Hello Games fashion, you're finding out about the the day it's already launched,...

The Game Archaeologist: Dark Eyes, a forgotten Japanese MMO from 1999

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For a country that was the epicenter of video games (and, in many ways, still is), Japan never quite latched onto the MMORPG genre...

EverQuest activates its 64-bit client while EverQuest II tests Lore and Legend server

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No matter where you look in the EverQuest world these days, something huge is happening. Daybreak announced that the OG Norrath just got its long-promised...
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Perfect Ten: What I expect from MMO character cosmetics

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There are many reasons to be deeply cynical about the sterile, lifeless morass that appears to be what people like Mark Zuckerberg see as...

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