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]

Albion Online’s next big patch addresses solo mechanics and open-world PvE

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Sandbox Interactive's Robin Henkys is sitting down one month after Albion Online's Paths to Glory to talk about what comes next for the PvP...

LOTRO is giving everyone a free instance, mount, pet, portrait, and Before the Shadows content pack

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Update: SSG has postponed this patch - full update at the end. It must be some royal Hobbit's birthday today because gifts are flying out...

Tarisland turns one-month bans into 10-year bans for cheaters following player ‘feedback’

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Furbish up your "well that escalated quickly" memes because that Tarisland cheating debacle from earlier this week just got much weirder and more punitive. Yesterday,...
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World of Warcraft cites ‘significant combat advantage’ for today’s War Within leveling nerf

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Just because it's a brand-new expansion and era for World of Warcraft doesn't mean that old Blizzard isn't still lurking around. Indeed, the Fun...
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The Daily Grind: Which landscape tropes in MMOs have you rolling your eyes?

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We've talked about general MMO tropes in this space before, but it's not often that we see people call out online games and their...
Bye, guys.

Blue Protocol is shutting down in Japan and will not be localized for the west

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The writing has appeared to be on the wall for a while now, but it's now official: Blue Protocol is being shut down in...

The Stream Team: Journey to an Unknown Territory in Guild Wars 2

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Having "just" returned from the Astral Ward, Massively OP's MJ was quickly invited to a new Tyrian Alliance meeting to address the rifts in...

EverQuest II’s GU 126, aka The Immeasurable Menagerie, is live

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OK, I learned something today: When Daybreak uses the word menagerie, it is not, in fact, the same as the nickname I give to...

New World’s new territories video walks through one of the prettiest game worlds in MMOs

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Last week, Amazon restarted its video series for New World, with a heavy emphasis on acclimating new and returning players to the upcoming Aeternum....

Black Desert Mobile launches the pre-season of its new guild vs guild survival arena mode

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It's time for guild members in Black Desert Mobile to be dropped into an arena and told to survive. The Azunak Arena mode is...

DC Universe Online joins in on DDO’s Year of the Dragon celebration with new cosmetics

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It's two nerdy great tastes that taste great together: DC Universe Online is getting in on the ongoing Year of the Dragon celebrations being...

Tarisland temp-bans players caught cheating in the Blight Dragon speed race event

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All right, who here wants to see cheaters tracked, caught, and punished? Big show of hands, great. Now who here wants to see a...

Choose My Adventure: Leaving the tutorial island and gaining knowledge in Fractured

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So that didn't take me too long, but then I suppose I had done most of the work beforehand anyway: My time in Fractured...

Aion Classic EU promises a new PvP map and two endgame instances in Dominance update

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Aion Classic EU has been cranking out updates all year - and it's got at least one more in store for 2024. Gameforge announced...

Vitae Aeternum: Ranking New World’s zones by their player housing

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As the interminable wait until October stretches on, New World players and New World bloggers alike search for ways to fill the time. One...
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World of Warcraft: The War Within racks up player praise and frustrated memes along with hotfixes

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Yesterday saw World of Warcraft's latest expansion, The War Within, open to everyone who plays the game (rather than just those who pre-ordered the...

Fractured extends free-play through the weekend, drops short-term content roadmap

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Fractured has a new dev blog out with a roadmap and some good news for folks who've been enjoying the free-play event: The event...

NetEase abruptly announces an October sunset for Harry Potter Magic Awakened’s western version

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NetEase and WB Games have some dreadful and abrupt news for fans of the mobile MMO Harry Potter Magic Awakened: It's sunsetting in the...

The Daily Grind: Do you expect MMORPGs to maintain full regional and platform parity?

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Earlier this year, the team behind the western/global version of MapleStory announced that it was planning to fork away from the Korean version, basically...

The Stream Team: Building a Khajiit embassy in Elder Scrolls Online’s Grahtwood

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Massively OP's MJ has made it to Grahtwood in Elder Scrolls Online, and she's even met with the king in Elden Root. And that...