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]

Guild Wars 2 will showcase End of Dragons’ story, elite specs, beta info, and trailer next week

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So we already knew that ArenaNet is taking the wraps off Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons next week - that's on July 27th,...
Zoomies.

The Daily Grind: What little touches make you happy in an MMO?

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Completing a duty in Final Fantasy XIV plays the traditional series victory fanfare. It's such a little thing, it doesn't need to be in...
Oh gosh why.

California sues Activision-Blizzard over discrimination and sexist, toxic work culture

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Activision-Blizzard has had an abysmal couple of years, and it's about to get much worse, as the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing...

New World has capped menu screen framerates to prevent video card fatalities

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Earlier today, we covered the emerging news that users of some video cards, particularly EVGA RTX 3090 graphics cards, were having serious problems with...
You ruined a perfectly good asteroid mechanic.

Dual Universe details the tracking, mining, and fighting to be done for asteroids

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Asteroids in Dual Universe! You know how to play this; you just rotate your ship a little bit and shoot at the asteroids while...

Overwatch launches 2021 Summer Games, the WoW Wrath of the Lich King pandemic boardgame is really happening

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As the first Tokyo Olympics events begin today, Overwatch has opened the gates for its own Summer Games, running this year through August 10th....

Blade and Soul 2 will be getting a South Korean launch this August

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Up to this point, the mobile MMO prequel Blade and Soul 2 has only had the nebulous launch date of sometime this year, but...

GDC 2021: Navigating player behaviors and cheating in online video games

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GDC 2021 has now offered several panels on player behavior and cheating that are aimed at devs but still provide some good information for...

The Stream Team: A first-timer’s live exploration of the New World closed beta

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We've been following the journey of New World for a while now, including providing several hands-on impressions pieces, but now it's time for MOP's...
Void where prohibited.

Diablo II Resurrected explains its ‘solve for one, extend to many’ accessibility philosophy

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Diablo II Resurrected has a new dev blog out touting its accessibility features, previously hinted at last week. Essentially, Blizzard is trying to update...

Perfect Ten: The 10 stages of returning to an old favorite MMO

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In my illustrious career of sitting on my butt and mashing the 1-4 buttons over and over, I've returned to many MMOs like an...

Guild Wars 2 plans to make a permanent public version of Twisted Marionette after some tweaks

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If you've been following the community buzz in Guild Wars 2, you probably noticed a name on a lot of players' lips: the Twisted...
Zangriest marsh.

Casually Classic: Why it’s so good to Zangarmarsh and chill in WoW Classic

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Burning Crusade's Outland shows all the hallmarks of being a playground for developers to flex and try new things. I always was amused at...
Party hardly

Black Desert’s Atoraxxion dungeon is live for PC and console today

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As promised, Atoraxxion has rolled out to Black Desert's PC and console versions today. What's Atoraxxion? Why, it's the game's first-ever traditional co-up dungeon....

Book of Travels has delayed its early access a third time, now to August 30

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Might and Delight has delayed Book of Travels yet again, though it won't be a dramatically longer wait: The new early access debut is...

Crowfall outlines upcoming test patch, says marketing campaign begins this week

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Crowfall has released its second big dev blog since launch this week, addressing the upcoming patch, which is due to land on the test...

NCsoft hopes that Aion Classic will lure people back to Aion Prime

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With some big new MMO shiny coming along every week this summer, it's perfectly understandable if you totally lost track that Aion Classic launched...

The Daily Grind: So what do we all think of New World so far?

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Amazon's New World rolled into closed beta yesterday, and unlike some past test events, this one has no NDA, meaning the whole MMORPG community...

The Wagadu Chronicles devs consider the challenges of building an afrofantasy MMORPG

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The world of upcoming sandbox MMORPG The Wagadu Chronicles has piqued a lot of interest, particularly because its afrofantasy setting isn't something we get...
Leave it! I'm chilling!

Neverwinter delays its console release of Vault of Stars: Twisted Denizens

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So there's some bad news for Neverwinter fans on consoles. Yes, Vault of Stars: Twisted Denizens is still coming, but the latest tweet on...