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’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...

Myth of Empires launches Season 3 after a delay and elaborates on the season’s new settings

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This past weekend brought Myth of Empires into its third season, albeit with a bit of a delay: The new season was meant to...

Mabinogi adds a new primeval winter difficulty for its Glenn Bearna boss fight

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What's colder than cold? Primeval winter, clearly. That's the presumption being made for the headline feature of Mabinogi's most recent update, which introduced the...

Monsters & Memories’ creative director streams love for EverCraft Online

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Who says that MMO studios and developers only care about their own games and are fiercely territorial? Belaying that mindset is Monsters & Memories'...

Lord of the Rings Online polls players about 2025’s dungeon visual overhaul update

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This year isn't even over yet, but Lord of the Rings Online's world design team is already looking ahead to the first update of...

NetEase’s advertisements for World of Warcraft’s return to China are animal-filled madness

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It would be very simple to believe that World of Warcraft making its return to Chinese players would be a happy enough ending, particularly...
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Wisdom of Nym: Things I want from Final Fantasy XIV that I fully expect to never get

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The fact that I want something in Final Fantasy XIV does not make it a good idea. There are dropped threads that the game...

EVE Online posts the patch notes for tomorrow’s Revenant expansion

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It's almost time for even more tools for corps to come to EVE Online, and that means that players are getting a deep-dive look...

Publisher Masangsoft opens Steam pages for several old and previously shuttered MMOs

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The name Masangsoft might sound vaguely familiar to our regular readers, but it also has been some time since it blipped on our radar....

The Daily Grind: How often do your MMO alts become your mains?

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I've been thinking about this question for a while now, as my Engineer has taken my whole heart in Guild Wars 2. I have...

MMO Week in Review: Legacy of Morgoth vs. Brighter Shores

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The MMORPG genre saw two big launches this week: First, Brighter Shores, the new MMORPG from one of the RuneScape's creators, made its early...
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The MOP Up: Stardew Valley’s secret mobile multiplayer mode

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Stardew Valley developer Concerned Ape confirmed that the latest update added a "secret, experimental mobile multiplayer feature" for Android and iOS with the caveats...

The Stream Team: Four friends versus alternate jobs in Final Fantasy XIV

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Last week saw a member of the Eorzea Sunday crew try to get their feet wet with the Dark Knight job while MOP's Chris...