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]

A new ‘Treasure Bugan’ event spices up LOTRO’s dungeon runs

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Lord of the Rings Online is filled to the brim with instances, but weirdly enough, not as many players use the instance finder as...

Lost Ark KR offers a preview video of the Abrelshud raid ahead of its July 28 launch

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We're appreciative that Lost Ark is headed to our side of the globe, and we're not going to look the gift horse of the...
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Star Wars: The Old Republic shares the secrets of the game’s lead cinematic designer

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Yes, the Star Wars: The Old Republic team deliberately worked to ensure that a quest ended with a "Cool Guys Don't Look At Explosions"...

GDC 2021: Star Wars Galaxies was a complex game of corporate greed and fan love

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It was an MMO built in about three years, with a miserable launch, a depressing churn rate, and the most infamous patch in all...
It actually ended.

Crowfall suddenly changes course and announces a Dregs campaign for Australian players

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Last week and this past Tuesday we reported on Crowfall's lack of a Dregs campaign for Oceania players while NA and EU players got...
You may be my old favorite, but you don't get a free pass.

WoW Factor: No king rules forever

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World of Warcraft patch 9.1 has been out for less than a month, and it is a bad time to be a fan of...

J Allen Brack addresses Blizzard staff over sexism scandal, Activision doubles down on deflection

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Faced with a massive sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit, Blizzard addressed the studio workers in a memo leaked last night. President J. Allen Brack doesn't admit fault or comment on the specifics of the case, but he vows no retaliation for victims, namedrops Gloria Steinem, and blasts "bro culture."

MassivelyOP interview: Talking ship design with Star Trek Online’s Donny Versiga

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If you play Star Trek Online, you know that ship collecting is one of the major pastimes of captains all over the Federation and...

Enter to win a New World closed beta key from Amazon and MassivelyOP

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If you've been watching the hype meter for New World slowly tick up and up this week but you aren't confident enough to preorder...
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The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best weapon animations?

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I remember back when World of Warcraft was just plain vanilla and there was plenty of time to observe things during the countless fights....

Massively Overthinking: Load-bearing playerbases in MMORPGs

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Game developer Damion Schubert is known to MMO players for his work on everything from Ultima Online to SWTOR, but as it turns out,...

‘We do not serve Activision Blizzard’: Furious WoW players stage protest against Blizzard

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Following yesterday's revelation that the state of California is suing Activision-Blizzard in a 29-page complaint that alleges a serious pattern of sexual harassment and...

Zenith offers a preview of a new zone arriving with its next alpha build

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All systems appear to be go this time around for the VR MMO Zenith's upcoming alpha test this Saturday, July 24th, and the devs...

TitanReach is going free-to-play until its closed alpha

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If the high price on TitanReach's early access - originally $70 and since reduced to $38 - seemed like too much for a fledgling...

Guild Wars 2 on how it’s upgrading the Canthan language from Factions to End of Dragons

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ArenaNet apparently isn't waiting for next week to start the hype for Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons reveal, as today it released a...

Swords of Legends Online launches a summer event and battle pass, previews its first raid in a livestream

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The summer season has officially arrived to Swords of Legends Online, bringing along some new activities and a new battle pass full of cosmetics....

GDC 2021: How smarter AI could build characters and decks to help new MMO players

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There's a bit of a theme at GDC 2021 concerning online card games, especially TCGs, and smart tech/deep learning AI. At a panel this...
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Players sound the alarm over faction balance in World of Warcraft: Classic

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Well, World of Warcraft might be struggling right now, but at least everything's going peachy over on WoW Classic, right? Not so much, really....

Lost Ark shares breakdowns of advanced mage and warrior classes

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While potential players of Lost Ark already know that the game will have five classes at launch that branch out into different classes, it...
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NCsoft prepares ‘solo-friendly’ edition of Lineage 2 for an August release

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Come August 11th, Lineage II will boast not one, not two, but three separate versions of the game. In addition to the regular Lineage...