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]

VR MMORPG Ilysia navigates its first alpha, secures investment funding, and seeks a senior game developer

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It's been nearly two months to the day that we checked in on Ilysia, the Kickstarted VR MMORPG that promised to let players "experience...

Old School RuneScape’s new round of client feature updates improve the minimap, draw distance, and more

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This past June saw Old School RuneScape begin the work of applying Steam client updates to make life in Gielinor a little better. As...

EVE Online dishes out skillpoints for Amarr Foundation Day, EVE Echoes celebrates first birthday

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If you're a bit bummed by the de facto end of the World War Bee 2 in EVE Online, CCP Games is offering a...

TERA Console adjusts dungeon monsters and applies several crafting updates in new patch

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The newest patch out for TERA Console isn't a particularly large one, but it does apply a number of adjustments that players of the...

Black Desert tweaks stance animations, weekly quest resets, and conquest wars on PC

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Black Desert's PC patch this week is a bit of a hodge-podge, but it's still gonna make you download a whole gig of content....

Guild Wars 2 teases logograms and elite specs as End of Dragons speculation escalates

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Guild Wars 2 players have been busy debating the teases ArenaNet is dropping for End of Dragons. Last week, of course, we got the...

Nexon drops videos and details for Project HP, Project ER, Project Magnum, and more

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Nexon is taking the wraps off of multiple projects this week, and before we leap in, just know that we don't know whether all...

Perfect Ten: The top 10 non-traditional MMO fantasy races

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Elves. Dwarves. Humans. Halflings. Gnomes. Hobbits. Dark elves. High elves. Half-elves. Wood elves. Keebler elves. Elvish impersonators. Are you as tired as I am of...

Square-Enix Q2 2021 financials: Final Fantasy XIV’s subs are up

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Square-Enix has released its second quarter financial report for 2021, and it paints a rather middling picture overall. Net revenue for the quarter YOY...

Blade and Soul to unleash Hongmoon Resurgence events next week

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Have more time on your hand this summer than previously anticipated? Blade and Soul wants to fill up some of those long days with...

The Daily Grind: Do you engage in ‘parallel play’ in MMORPGs?

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Thanks to a random Tweet in my timeline a while back, the term "parallel play" has been rattling around in my brain lately. According...

Player-run Open Perpetuum goes fully free-to-play on Steam

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Care for a little free-to-play sandbox gaming? How about one where you are a robot in an open world? If you've been curious about...

Lineage II’s casual friendly version includes an action-packed solo dungeon

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Hopefully you didn't miss the word that Lineage II is about to launch a brand-new version of the game that's far more casual-friendly than...
Sorry for blur.

Final Fantasy XI prepares a Ramuh-filled update for August

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The developers of Final Fantasy XI really hope you like everyone's best-known avatar of lightning, Ramuh, because he's going to be featured a lot...
No screenshots yet, obviously.

Playable Worlds’ lead designer: ‘Our industry does not thrive on ideas’

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Raph Koster's startup Playable Worlds is working on an MMORPG. A big one. A big one we don't know much about yet, in spite...

Amazon Games just delayed New World again, now to September 28

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Amazon Games has just announced on Twitter that it's postponing the launch of New World. "e're going to take a few extra weeks to smash...

Dungeons and Dragons Online invites players to discover the Sinister Secrets of Saltmarsh today (for money)

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Today is the day for Dungeons and Dragons Online players to get their boots mired in water, mud, and secrets. Today marks the launch...
Sulking.

Vague Patch Notes: Blizzard may live on, but it will never be Blizzard again

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If you want to chart the moment when Blizzard stopped being Blizzard, you got a really nice data point when J. Allen Brack stepped...
Rise of the TREE more like.

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen talks limited action sets, traits and dispositions, and other MMO launches

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It's time once more for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's VIP developer roundtable podcast for the month of July. In this episode, Ben Walters...
Looking for more to make a boat work.

Book of Travels teases the groundwork of how cooperative play will work with Endeavours

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It goes without saying that the point of Book of Travels is that you will not be grouping up with other players to descend...

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