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]

Guild Wars 2 player discovers infinite gem bug in new payment processing service – and yes, it’s now fixed

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Last week, ArenaNet decided that it was going to use a new payment processing service for those who are buying gems in Guild Wars...

One Shots: After darkness, light

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Lord of the Rings Online is a game of great contrasts -- between evil and good, between darkness and light, and between ugliness and...
Which hand is my hand?!

The Daily Grind: How do you rotate through MMOs if you’re playing more than one?

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One of the phrases that I used to use when describing certain games was that a given title would make a great "second" MMO,...

Embers Adrift, formerly Saga of Lucimia, preps a Thanksgiving weekend alpha test

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Citing a "tradition" to hold a test during the Thanksgiving holiday, Saga of Lucimia-turned-Embers Adrift is revving up its alpha server for a run...

Level 5’s Fantasy Life Online shutting down in Japan, but a global version may be coming soon

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It's the end of a short era for one mobile MMO, as Level 5 announced that it'll be closing down Fantasy Life Online next...
Ever onward.

World of Warcraft lead game designer teases 9.2’s new zone, raid, and tier sets

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World of Warcraft looks like it's going to keep plugging along and talk up the upcoming arrival of Update 9.2: Eternity's End in spite...

The Game Archaeologist: The Wonderful World of Eamon

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As we've long since established, 1980's MUD1 was the official kick-off of the MMORPG genre, bringing online players together to adventure through persistent worlds...

Guild Wars 2 offers a spoiler-free tour of the spoiler-filled Jade Sea zone

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Guild Wars 2 was facing a problem. The devs of ArenaNet wanted to show off the Jade Sea area to their players, but the...

The Daily Grind: Do you love bumping into your MMO guildies?

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One small thing that I very much love about Lord of the Rings Online is that members of my kinship will have their names...
I demand to pay more for this.

Betawatch: Dual Universe increases its beta subscription price

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The words "beta" and "subscription" feel like very weird concepts to put in juxtaposition with one another. Like, you would think that while you're...

In-development PvP MMO Profane explains its primordial ‘mind’ element

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The world of Profane is powered by five different primordial elements: light, shadow, life, instinct, and mind, the last of which is the subject...
This game does not look that good.

Elysium Lost is out now for iOS and Android mobile devices

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Finally, there's an MMORPG out for your iOS or Android mobile devices. What's that, you say? You already have those? Well, Elysium Lost is still...
Lol, says I. Lol.

Shroud of the Avatar opens the social hub of Castle Atos, makes decorative dread artifacts, adds fancy zombies

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There are lots of zombies in gaming. Slow ones, fast ones, ones that lumber forth with single-minded purpose, ones that explode. But have you...
Almost tangible. Again.

PSA: Here’s what to expect with Final Fantasy XIV’s Endwalker early access

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If you've been through a Final Fantasy XIV expansion launch before now, you probably know what to expect ahead of the Endwalker early access...

Pantheon’s Visionary Realms is planning major revisions to combat, stats, and class identity

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The Pantheon team has just dropped its November producer's letter; the team says it's been "heads down" this month, hard at work on asset...

Pearl Abyss discusses the advantages of creating its own graphics engine for DokeV and Crimson Desert

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If you want something done right - or at least done to a degree of "right" that seems most appropriate for your game studio...

EverQuest-inspired Monsters & Memories updates its fans on art progress

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One fun little MMORPG project that we've been tracking this year is Monsters & Memories, a throwback-style virtual world that's being created by one...
And now we're good,yes?

ArcheAge transfers to Kakao officially begin today – here’s what you’ve gotta do

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ArcheAge fans, yesterday was the last time your data on Gamigo's servers will be saved. From here on out, you're going to need to...
Valued.

World of Warcraft clarifies gearing and testing for 9.2, bolsters the cash shop again

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Anyone looking forward to World of Warcraft patch 9.2 being playable on the game's test server in the near future should temper those expectations somewhat,...

New World mops up bugs after Into the Void, says the PTS is not a ‘hype server’

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New World is still seeing the ripple effects of yesterday's big November update, whose juicy PvP flag buffs and new Void Gauntlet weapon were...

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