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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Ultima Online is streaming more New Legacy reveals this afternoon [Updated with summary]

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Broadsword has been talking up Ultima Online's incoming New Legacy server since the game's 23rd birthday stream last fall. So far, we know that...
The yeller.

Perfect Ten: The types of players in every MMO

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We have some fun here in Perfect Ten land dealing with lists. That's kind of the whole point. We've done columns about the races...
It has a sense of humor!

Swords of Legends Online puts out a trailer for its minigames

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Did you know that Swords of Legends Online has minigames? Because it totally does, including what apparently is just Bomberman for those of you...

Here’s what to expect from LOTRO’s new progression servers launching today at noon

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Play LOTRO Now As promised, Standing Stone Games is launching two new progression servers for Lord of the Rings Online subscribers (yes, you have to...
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Kingdoms of Elyria colony sim alpha test starts on July 6

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As it hopes for some shot at redemption in the wake of its cancelation, legal battle, and hurried resurrection, Chronicles of Elyria is putting...

The Magic Legends layoffs at Cryptic hit a lot more people than we thought

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Following yesterday's awful news that PWE and Cryptic were canceling and sunsetting Magic Legends even before it had ever left beta or landed on...

The Daily Grind: Are there any actually good MMO summer festivals?

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I think we all know that MMO developers save their top-tier festival material for the one-two punch of Halloween and Christmas. And while that...

Perfect World International’s Dawnlight update adds a new instance, new region, new weapon tier, and HD character visuals

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Here's one we haven't heard from in a while: Perfect World International, the free-to-play MMORPG that has been trucking on for over 10 years...
The stuff that you have, does someone have a claim on it?

Final Fantasy XI kicks off multiple reward campaigns for the middle of summer

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In Final Fantasy XI this summer, it's time to get more for doing less. Well... sort of. Actually, when you look at all of...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 328: SOLO? YOLO!

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Justin and Bree discuss Aion Classic's messy launch, SOLO's launch date, LOTRO's legendary servers, and Anarchy Online's 10th birthday, with adventures in WoW Classic, FFXIV, and Albion Online, plus a mailbag topic on zombie MMOs. (Not real zombies.)

Guild Wars 2’s Out of the Shadows is this week’s season 3 freebie

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After a week's break from repromotes thanks to the launch of Dragon Bash last week, Guild Wars 2 has returned to doling out free...

Pantheon Rise of the Fallen’s latest producer’s letter recounts development updates, outlines its next test objectives

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Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's producer and creative director Chris "Joppa" Perkins has a lot of progress to mark for the developing PvE sandbox,...

NEO 2045 is a new kid-oriented sci-fi MMO for PC and mobile

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It's not every day that we hear about a brand-new MMORPG that's already out, but today is one of them: It's a Roblox-esque kid-centric...

Choose My Adventure: The long road to starting a Star Wars Galaxies crafting empire

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Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither will Wolfy Starflight Concern. The time I spent this week on the Legends rogue server of...

Saga of Lucimia rebrands as Embers Adrift, abandons Lucimia IP

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Just a week ago, we checked in on Saga of Lucimia, the group-centric MMORPG that’s been in development since 2015; its most recent launch...
For SOME REASON

Casually Classic: Why WoW Classic progression should end after Wrath of the Lich King

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Considering that we are just in the early months of Burning Crusade Classic, I think it might be both premature and presumptuous to be...

TitanReach attempts to put its controversies in the past with new details on early access development

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Indie MMO TitanReach has had a strange run to date. It caught our attention in 2020, when it launched a $430,000 US Kickstarter, which...

World of Warcraft’s 9.1 Chains of Domination will finally launch today

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World of Warcraft Retail players have been waiting an excessively long time for this patch, but 9.1 Chains of Domination is finally set to...

Swords of Legends Online posts preload and name-claim schedule ahead of July 9 launch

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As the xianxia action MMORPG Swords of Legends Online inches ever closer to its July 9th PC release date, those who have pre-ordered the...

Black Desert’s Corsair is finally here to take all your booty

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Avast ye landlubbers! Break out your sea legs and practice your best swashbucklin', because Black Desert's Corsair isn't going to go on a date...

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