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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The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite April Fools’ day MMO gag?

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This year, we have elected not to do an April Fools' joke because we found ourselves with something more pressing to do. It turns...

The Stream Team: Droid party at Nar Shaddaa in SWTOR

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Massively OP's Larry and MJ are closing in on the Shroud in SWTOR. Next up in the hunt: Nar Shaddaa, the big party planet...
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Runes of Magic celebrates 12 years with login rewards and a series of quests

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Runes of Magic seems to be one of those MMO titles that continually flies under the radar but keeps on truckin' despite that. Case...

New World discusses the ‘vision’ behind its alpha dungeons

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"Expeditions" turns out to be a pretty popular concept right about now, but New World's might be a bit different from what you're expecting,...

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen dates next pre-alpha test for next weekend, plans to talk balance and progression in April 1 livestream

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Today's Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen news is all about the near future. As in the next couple of weeks or so. For those...

Fly on a donkey with Black Desert’s April Mules’ Day prank

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Black Desert's PC version is rolling out its April Fools' day prank early, but given the context and adorableness rating on this one, we...
Oh no horse

Elder Scrolls Online is about to stream Blackwood – come getcha flame atronach pony

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Hear that noise? It's the sound of ZeniMax's hype machine for Elder Scrolls Online's Blackwood cranking up. Yes, Blackwood is only a couple of...

The Wagadu Chronicles explores jungles, architecture, and more spirits in concept art, showcases new UI

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The developers of The Wagadu Chronicles MMORPG continue to churn out Kickstarter updates, and the latest one features another round of fabulous concept art...
You got boring real fast.

Elyon preps western closed beta, opens registrations on English website overhaul

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Back in December, just as Elyon (fka Ascent Infinite Realm) was launching in Korea, we were left to get excited over the opening of...

Perfect Ten: Top 10 annoying things you hear in MMORPG global chat

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General chat, sometimes called "Barrens chat" or "zone chat" or "the party line," is both the bane and the secret fixation of my existence....
Oh snaps.

World of Warcraft will start testing patch 9.1 soon, unveils a world buff storage device for Classic

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It's been an unusually long time since the launch of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands for the game to have not released its first major patch...

Dungeons and Dragons Online activates its fourth permadeath server season

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You've only got one life to live in Dungeons and Dragons Online -- so make it a good one. The doors to DDO's permadeath...

EverQuest II dives into the Plane of Shadows with this week’s content drop

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The days may be getting longer, but that only means that the shadows are increasing in force. Yesterday, EverQuest II dared its players to...

The Daily Grind: What MMO content is perfect for short gaming sessions?

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Lately I've been exploring Lord of the Rings Online's new(ish) mission system, which is essentially a smaller version of skirmishes that scale to a...

The Stream Team: A pre-Easter egg hunt in Guild Wars 2

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There can be only one Highlander, but there can be many griffon eggs in Guild Wars 2's Desert Highlands. And Massively OP's MJ will...
Classy.

Final Fantasy XI plans a variety of bonus events throughout April along with the usual egg hunt

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Final Fantasy XI is going to make you hunt eggs in April. This is familiar to any long-time player of the game, naturally. Starting...

RIFT’s 10th anniversary event gets some small new surprises

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Gamigo may not be in the business of making new content for RIFT these days, but at least the company has the ability to...
Small steps.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 315: The Wrath Baby strikes back

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Justin, Bree, Chris, and Tyler discuss Magic Legends' soft launch, World of Warcraft's price hikes, WoW Burning Crusade's beta, Elite Dangerous' Odyssey alpha, Raph Koster's virtual world manifesto, and Monster Hunter Rise's launch, with mailbag topics on when subs aren't worth it and why MMO currencies are just the worst.
Vwoomp.

The Soapbox: Would Asheron’s Call make a good battle royale game?

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With the recent announcement of Crayta coming to PCs, I was reminded of some discussions on the Asheron's Call subreddit about making a battle royale fan...

RuneScape restores its first wave of accounts and applies combat changes, OSRS talks next steps for equipment balance

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After a March that the devs of Jagex and the fans of RuneScape would likely love to forget, the process of bringing back locked-out...

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