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 teases the upcoming WoW Variety Show on August 31

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Do you want to go search for scavenger hunt objectives in Khaz Algar? How about watching people try to level up as quickly as...

Dual Universe lets players host their own private servers starting next week

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While Dual Universe didn't quite take the world by storm with its scifi sandbox offerings, developer Nova Quark is hoping that the ability to...

GeForce NOW introduces the ability to access and use a small library of World of Warcraft mods

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While it's pretty easy to assume that the subset of players utilizing GeForce NOW's game streaming service to play World of Warcraft might be...

The Stream Team: A low-level Captain’s journey through Lord of the Rings Online

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MOP's Chris has recently found himself rolling up to Lord of the Rings Online with an all-new character and enjoying himself immensely, so since...

Pax Dei on surviving the sandbox as a solo player: ‘Playing solo does not mean playing alone’

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So here's the tricky thing about MMORPGs: Their greatest strength lies in their massively multiplayer nature, and yet sometimes we just don't want to...

Amazon and NCsoft delay Throne and Liberty to October 1 for more progression retooling

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Hope you didn't have your heart set on a September 17th launch for Throne and Liberty because Amazon and NCsoft just delayed it again....

Ship of Heroes’ beta now has 30 costume auras for player customization

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Like a lot of folks, I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with particle effects. On my superhero toons, I love them; they're...
Yes, we're all very impressed.

Storyboard: Roleplaying in MMORPGs is much more common than you think

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Back around the time when the game's first expansion was a going concern, there was a post on the World of Warcraft forums about...

Fractured Online suffers yet another server issue that forces a 21-hour rollback of progress

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That's right, it's happened again: Fractured Online has once more had to roll back player progress thanks to a technical issue, though mercifully this...

Star Citizen kicks off a week-long free fly event and previews Pyro’s non-combat gameplay

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Star Citizen is celebrating its ships once again and using that love of internet spacecraft to pitch the game to new money players. The...

SWG Legends celebrates outliving original Star Wars Galaxies with events and a free level 90 booster

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Prepare to feel the weight of time in your bones: Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends is officially celebrating its "SOEclipse" tomorrow. That's...

Embers Adrift lays out the rest of its summer celebration schedule

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The second and final part of Embers Adrift's summer celebration is underway, and Stormhaven Studios welcomed players and newcomers alike to participate in the...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO could use a currency crunch – or better yet, a currency do-over?

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Earlier this year, an MOP commenter replying to us on social media suggested that Guild Wars 2 was a "mess" - and part of...

The Stream Team: Devils are a Multitude of Menace in Dungeons & Dragons Online

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The devils did it! Again. Those darned devils in DDO are causing more troubles; Massively OP's MJ just got done solving one problem at...

Massively Overthinking: Do the little things make or break an MMORPG?

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Earlier this year, I did a video showcasing Star Wars Galaxies Legends player city overhaul, and in it, I admitted to something silly: A...

APB Reloaded’s New Horizon launch party saw 1000 concurrent players

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Earlier this month, we were surprised but please to report that Little Orbit's APB Reloaded was getting a juicy new update, its first in...

RuneScape finally unveils 2024-2025 roadmap – including a ‘new area expansion’ in late 2025

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RuneFest was unfortunately pushed off into next year thanks to circumstances beyond Jagex's control - but the studio has found ways to deliver info...
Oh... that's disappointing.

World of Warcraft offers a new animated short for Alleria Windrunner ahead of The War Within

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For a long time, if you asked a World of Warcraft fan to identify a Windrunner, you could probably expect to hear "Sylvanas" as...

The Soapbox: Feeling the FOMO effect of positive MMO news

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It was the other week that I saw the very unexpected headline right here on MOP: "Daybreak bought Palia studio Singularity 6 and aims...

New World’s Aeternum open beta for PC and console is slated for September 13-16

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We're finally getting some movement on New World that involves PC players: Amazon has just formally announced its Aeternum open beta, which smooshes together...