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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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...

EverQuest II plots Toil and Trouble for next week, teases dinosaur/centaur expansion

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Daybreak's Jenn Chan has surfaced with a letter to the EverQuest II community this week that spills a few beans on the game's next...

Crowfall plans scoring and reward changes for Conquest campaigns

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Earlier this week, ArtCraft elevated Crowfall's first big patch since launch to the live servers, bringing the 3v3 faction PvP fully online and opening...

Elder Scrolls Online shores up its Waking Flame dungeons

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As Elder Scrolls Online focuses on its Waking Flame DLC this month, ZeniMax is working to make sure that the associated dungeons aren't falling...
Primary!

RIFT quietly retires free subscription trial from Steam

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Fans of RIFT haven't seen a lot to give them optimism about the MMO's future this year, especially following team layoffs and transfers back...
Shawow.

The Daily Grind: What MMO expansion feature instantly had your money?

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Every time an MMORPG expansion is announced, the very first thing that I look for is the big hook -- that tentpole feature that...
Point.

Activision-Blizzard Day 14: Brack and Meschuk exits, fraud lawsuit, proto-union, and Q2 financials

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It's been a helluva Tuesday in the swamps of the Activision-Blizzard sexism scandal: The day opened with the departure of J. Allen Brack from...
Pnuk

Corepunk delays its beta testing until December

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Bad news to anyone who was heavily anticipating Corepunk's previously planned first beta test happening this month. The developers made a short video today...

Activision-Blizzard Q2 2021: Activision revenues are up, Blizzard MAUs are down amid sexism scandal

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Back in May, we got quite a bit of unexpected attention here at MassivelyOP as the headline for our coverage of Activision-Blizzard's Q1 2021...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 333: Dragon us back to Guild Wars 2

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons, Pathfinder Online, Crimson Desert, and Week Two of the Blizzard Scandal, with adventures in LOTRO, FFXIV, Albion, Guild Wars 2, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on boycotts in the MMO space.

Guild Wars 2’s One Path Ends is free for all players this week as game perks hit Amazon Prime Gaming

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End of Dragons may have everyone buzzing, but Guild Wars 2 has stuff going on right now that won't require you to wait until...
Blueprint'd!

Dual Universe launches beta patch 0.26 ‘Apollo’ today with shield, asteroids, and chairs

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Are you sitting down? Because that's a thing you can do in Dual Universe with the game's most recent patch. Beta patch 0.26, known...

Choose My Adventure: Tearing through the colorful world of Trove at breakneck speeds

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The idea to play Trove this month ended up being something of a needed breath of fresh air for me. With all of the...

Enter to win a Star Trek Online Klingon Personnel Package in honor of today’s House United console launch

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Console players of Star Trek Online are in for a treat today with the launch of House United on Xbox One and PS4. "Starting today, console...
I'm sure it's a coincidence.

Craig Morrison announces his departure from Blizzard

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It's time for the departure of yet another name you might recognize from Blizzard, but you might recognize him from other projects as well....