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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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Final Fantasy XI prepares new Ambuscade encounters for its next patch on August 13

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It's very important for you to make morbols feel good about themselves. Sure, Final Fantasy XI's incarnations are among the more toothsome and tentacular...

No, Pax Dei isn’t going to delete all your houses while you’re on summer vacation

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Remember last week when Mainframe Industries teased a plot clean-up for Pax Dei that would hopefully clear out some of the abandoned plots in...

The Stream Team: Back in the spaceship saddle with Elite Dangerous’ new update

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Today is the day when MOP's Chris and his best friend see for themselves whether the latest update for Elite: Dangerous fixes one of...

Albion Online’s first Paths to Glory patch fixes a multitude of Albion Journal issues

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Albion Online hasn't had the most flawless post-Paths to Glory experience, as at the end of July, it was victimized by a series of...

Throne & Liberty KR adjusts item drops for its rune socketing system to reduce grind

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A couple of weeks ago, the Korean version of Throne & Liberty got a significant update that applied multiple changes to the MMORPG, among...
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Perfect Ten: 10 tabletop games based on World of Warcraft

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So here's what inspired this particular article: I was thinking about board games based upon MMOs of various scales because the other day I...

EverQuest II GU 126 Immeasurable Menagerie hits open beta August 13

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EverQuest II's GU 126 update is hitting the beta test server next week, and while at first I wondered whether it was named after...

LOTRO continues to fine-tune wraith placement on legendary worlds

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On Lord of the Rings Online's new progression servers, the talk of the town is the frequent muggings by Nazgul underlings. While the random...

World of Warcraft’s latest lore video pays a visit to the Nerubian realm

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As we march through the final weeks before World of Warcraft's newest expansion arrives, Blizzard is parceling out a series of lore videos to...
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APB Reloaded preps New Horizon patch with new F2P content and anti-cheat tech

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Little Orbit has major plans for APB Reloaded on deck - and we don't just mean sunsetting the console version. Version 1.31, dubbed New...

The Daily Grind: What ‘ambassador’ MMO would you recommend to a first-timer?

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Whenever someone opens up to me about a particular hobby or entertainment franchise that they greatly enjoy, it can feel a bit like drinking...

The Stream Team: Frolicking in Guild Wars 2’s Festival of the Four Winds

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Massively OP's MJ is at the last step of the whole Heart of Thorns saga in Guild Wars 2, so obviously it is time...

World of Tanks invites you to its 14th birthday party with presents and events

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Earlier this week, we noted that Wargaming had dropped a new trailer for World of Tanks, but the timing was far from random. In...

Diablo Immortal’s August update arrives tomorrow with a huge batch of events

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Diablo Immortal is two years old and diving into its third year with another modest content update: The release rolls out to American players at...

Corepunk engages alpha four today with new biomes, trading, and mounts

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And they're off! Corepunk's alpha 4 officially kicked off at 4 p.m. EDT today with an amusingly stoic preface from Artificial Core: "On the...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 479: The MMO that must not be named

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, World of Warcraft, Bungie, Ashes of Creation, and Guild Wars 2, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and SWG Legends.

Lost Ark’s style book and planned Echidna raid nerfs won’t make it into next week’s patch

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Just a week after its summer-to-fall roadmap dropped, Amazon is tweaking Lost Ark's plans a pinch. The studio says that most of the content...

Roblox’s Beetlejuice transmedia synergy merges a minigame with a movie ticket vendor

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So I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is I'm not going to be able to resist saying Beetlejuice...
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MMORPG streamer opens voting for first annual MMO Awards show, which only offers one game-related award

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When you hear about something called The 1st Annual MMO Awards, you'd expect that it would be about... well, offering awards for MMOs and...

Dune Awakening promises ‘gameplay flowing like spice’ at its Gamescom 2024 appearance

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It was probably pretty easy to assume that Dune: Awakening was holding back on any major reveals until the next big gaming event, and...