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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Into the Super-Verse: Looking back on Champions Online, 15 years later

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I hadn't even really thought about the fact that Champions Online has been out for 15 years now until I saw the anniversary post...

Monsters & Memories invites everyone to an open technical stress test this weekend

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Monsters and Memories fans are getting another chance to both peek into the throwback MMORPG and offer up their testing services, as Niche Worlds...

Flameseeker Chronicles: How to gear up in Guild Wars 2 in 2024 – without breaking the bank

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Gearing in Guild Wars 2 is simultaneously really nice and also very frustrating. It's nice because there is no uber tier of stats locked...

Star Citizen highlights Pyro’s factions, AI archetypes, and FFA PvP activities

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After a highlight of one of its spaceship concept artists last week, this week's episode of Star Citizen's video series is back to previewing...

Dune Awakening talks about character builds, survival ‘pressures,’ and overall MMO gameplay

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Dune: Awakening went from YouTube Shorts to a big Gamescom splash with the reveal of a 2025 launch on PC. We're now getting a...

Diablo IV brings back Diablo II’s Runewords for its Vessel of Hatred expansion

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If you heard the earth-shattering rumble of millions of Diablo fans cheering in approval, it's probably because the news came out that Blizzard is...

Tencent’s Blue Protocol Mobile goes into closed beta testing in China (sigh)

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Hey, remember when Blue Protocol completely ended the Japanese version and western launch? Yeah, that still really stings, thanks for bringing it up. As the...
BURNS

The Daily Grind: Are you an MMO player who never does crafting?

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This one goes out to all the non-crafters in the house. No, not you oddballs who opt out of the player economy on some...

The Stream Team: Chilling out in Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Tower of Frost

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Summer is almost over, and fall is ready to descend. But Massively OP's MJ was done with the heat long, long ago. Tonight she's...

Massively Overthinking: The MMOs without player housing in 2024

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Last week, Guild Wars 2 became the latest western MMORPG to finally add proper housing, with pages lifted straight out of Wildstar and RIFT....
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Champions Online celebrates its anniversary with cat rescues, concerts, and Champions trivia

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Can you believe that it has been 15 years since Champions Online launched? We don't blame you if it's hard to believe, but in...

Greg Street’s Ghost MMO readies for ‘very small’ external playtesting ‘in a couple of weeks’

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Last week hungry MMORPG fans learned that Fantastic Pixel Castle's developing MMO Ghost would begin starting some of its first small scale but external...
But where are the Transformers?

Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida discusses story and player feedback in Dawntrail

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It's been about two months since Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail released, and while reaction has been mostly positive, there has been some degree of...

New World tempts would-be Aeternum players with another landmarks video

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Remember how we lamented that New World is one of the prettiest game worlds in the MMO genre? Well, Amazon is twisting the knife...

Stars Reach previews its pre-alpha cameras and movement, from grappling to sliding

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Raph Koster is back with another set of blogs on his upcoming MMORPG sandbox Stars Reach, this batch focusing on something that seems mundane...

Wizard101 is launching on PlayStation, Xbox, and the Switch ‘soon’

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Well here's some good news for MMO fans: KingsIsle is continuing its efforts to get kid-friendly MMO Wizard101 on aaaaaalllll the platforms, as today...

Black Desert’s roadmap sets Land of the Morning Light Seoul expansion for September 12

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Well lookit Pearl Abyss, getting all fancy with its roadmap game. Yep, the Korean company has indeed dropped a new roadmap for Black Desert,...

You can get your free mini-expansion, mount, minipet, and dungeon in LOTRO now

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Hey who wants some free stuff?! Lord of the Rings Online was supposed to drop a big patch and promo yesterday, but it got...

Pantheon Rise of the Fallen adds its Halnir Cave dungeon and reintroduces its death penalty

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The seasonal testing rumbles forth within Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, so it's going to come as no surprise that the August newsletter from...
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Perfect Ten: Underrated MMOs that deserve a second look in 2024

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We've all been there at one time or another. We've been playing the same-old favorite MMO for a long time and then suddenly feel...