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]

Elder Scrolls Online releases U44 on console as ZeniMax Workers United goes on strike

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Elder Scrolls Online console players are finally getting their crack at the unexcitingly named Update 44 today as the update that's been live on...

Pearl Abyss Q3 2024: Black Desert declines, EVE Online flattens, Crimson Desert dithers

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Pearl Abyss - minus Pearl Abyss America head Jeonghee Jin, who left for NCsoft America this past summer - released its Q3 2024 financials...

Nexon Q3 2024: DNF Mobile and MapleStory propel Nexon to record-high revenues

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Nexon is celebrating its Q3 2024 financials this week - and we do mean celebrating, as the company claimed "record-breaking quarterly revenue" of ¥135.6B...

The Daily Grind: Do you get enough time to play MMOs?

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Time is one of the most precious resources we have in this life. There's only so much of it, there's less of our own...

The Stream Team: Wrapping up Guild Wars 2’s current Janthir Wilds story

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Is she going to make it? Massively OP's MJ is cutting it pretty close in her bid to wrap up the current Janthir Wilds...

Star Trek Online launches the Dimensional Typhoon event for console and The Feast event for PC

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It's event week in both PC and console editions of Star Trek Online apparently, as the latest patch for the MMORPG has added a...
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Final Fantasy XI unleashes its higher-level Besieged enemies and offers players a survey

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If you've been away from Al Zahbi for too long, Final Fantasy XI's latest patch aims to fix that. Not only does Besieged now...

World of Warcraft teams up with Washington Football for no apparent reason

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Dear MMO studios, it's not too late in the year to get your entries in for the coveted MOP Transmedia Synergy award. Remember: The...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 493: Landing on Brighter Shores

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's Legacy of Morgoth, Brighter Shores' early access, ArcheAge Chronicles' delay, Chrono Odyssey, Stars Reach's trailer, and FFXIV's Crossroads, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and WoW Classic, plus a mailbag topic on handhelds and controllers for MMOs.

EG7 Q3 2024: EverQuest, LOTRO, and Palia gave Daybreak its best quarter all year

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The quarterly financials avalanche continues this week with Enad Global 7, better known to MMORPG fans as the company that bought Daybreak and then...

Throne & Liberty’s first castle siege events kick off on November 17 – here’s how they work

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If you're one of the 4.5M people who passed through the doors of Throne & Liberty in its first month online, then you might...

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen launches into early access on December 13 – plus it’s coming to Steam

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On December 13th, it will be go time for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen players who have eagerly awaited the official early access launch...

Guild Wars 2’s Janthir Wilds: Godspawn update arrives November 19 – plus we’ve got roadmap updates

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Don't let Guild Wars 2's performance in NCsoft's Q3 financials get you down: The next chunk of the Janthir Wilds expansion is just around...

Neverwinter’s 30th module – Return to Pirates’ Skyhold – launches November 19

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Given all the layoffs at Cryptic this fall as its MMORPGs transition to Deca Games, you might be wondering what's next for said MMORPGs....
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Here’s what may surface during tomorrow’s Warcraft Direct livestream showcase

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Tomorrow is a big shiny broadcast date for fans of World of Warcraft in specific and the Warcraft franchise in general as Blizzard readies...

NCsoft Q3 2024: NCsoft teases Aion 2 for 2025, says Throne & Liberty sales ‘surpassed internal projections’

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It's been one hell of a quarter for NCsoft - and we mean that for every interpretation of the phrase. As readers might recall, in...

Brighter Shores bans multiboxing and adds single-click actions in today’s update

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Brighter Shores' first patch last week might have been a wee one, but clearly Fen Research was holding a bit back for this week's...

Final Fantasy XIV’s first post-Dawntrail content update, Crossroads, is officially live

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"Our journey will never end" is a lyrical refrain from a few songs in Final Fantasy XIV, and that proves to be true once...

EVE Online’s Revenant expansion has officially launched – its 50th major release since 2003

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EVE Online is getting a big jolt of content and activity today thanks to the release of the Revenant expansion, which - if Wikipedia's...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the most interesting alchemy system?

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You know, I am generally not the kind of person who goes for heavy mage-y things in MMOs, and that usually includes alchemy. I'd...