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]

The Daily Grind: Would you play a modern remake of Guild Wars 1?

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Every couple of months, we'll mention Classic Guild Wars in an article, and we'll get deluged by fans of the 2005 MMO. There appears...

Mabinogi celebrates 13 years with combat challenges and lots of balloons

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Few things set a festive atmosphere quite like a bunch of balloons, so it's a good thing that Mabinogi has plenty of them to...

Saga of Lucimia studio splits from the Anderson brothers, says game dev ‘continues full steam ahead’

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Last week, we covered the surprising news that the founder of Saga of Lucimia, Tim Anderson, was no longer working on the game. The...

Vegetation is getting animated in Albion Online’s Call to Arms update

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I am writing about wiggly plants in Albion Online. Primarily because the devs of the game have also written about wiggly plants. Among the...

Fractured sets next alpha for March 31, shows off new biomes and texturing

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Fractured's next alpha is finally on the way - though it'll begin in early spring rather than late winter. "The exact launch date is the...

Albion Online players and devs are being menaced by one player using a ‘speed hacking’ technique

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Nobody likes to see a hacker or cheater in their game, and the players of Albion Online have had it with these proverbial snakes...

EverQuest II’s PvP server eyes beta in early April, GU 117 beta starts March 17

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The most recent Kander's Candor podcast, by Kander's own admission, was more of a general one for the most part as it brought along...
We have Clive at home.

Wisdom of Nym: Thoughts on Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker (given what we know so far)

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At the time you read this, it'll be just about two months until we know more about what's coming with Final Fantasy XIV's fourth...

RuneScape eyeballs March 22 for next game update as account restoration efforts move into a third week

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The folks at Jagex continue to wrestle with the bear of RuneScape login issues. As we've been reporting, the game's login servers tanked on...
Fail!

Astellia has officially launched its Astella Royal free-to-play version on Steam

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There's nothing more delightfully confusing than when there are completely different versions of the same MMORPG operating globally, as with TERA or Aion. But...
Among all the many, many ways you are terrible.

Blizzard ramps up hiring for its unannounced online game

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Blizzard Entertainment is up to something -- something big -- these days behind closed doors. We've known that the World of Warcraft studio was...

One of City of Heroes’ rogue servers, Sanctuary, has apparently been taken out by hackers

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It appears as though City of Heroes' Sanctuary rogue server has suffered what could turn out to be a catastrophic outage. The troubles began last...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO bonus for not-playing?

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So I've been playing a lot of City of Heroes lately, and I've roped in my son to play with me, which is always...

MMO Week in Review: RIFT deserves better

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Gamigo's bad news continued this week as we learned that multiple RIFT developers had been laid off. While Gamigo says RIFT is "contributing a...
Same hat.

The MOP Up: Destiny 2 sanctions unorthodox raiding

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Just because the devs think you're going to play the game one way doesn't mean that players aren't going to pour a whole lot...
Find the path.

Global Chat: RIFT’s melancholy birthday

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Any MMO's 10th anniversary is a significant milestone and a reason for celebration, but for RIFT's birthday, this year is more like a funeral...
Next up, turtles!

Blade and Soul’s March patch gives players more gear tiers to chase

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How's your gear in Blade and Soul looking these days? Perhaps it needs a bit of freshening up, a bit of an upgrade. Well...

One Shots: Impossible sky architecture

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Lethia seems to be waging a very successful campaign to convince us all that Allods Online has it going on in the eye candy...
man

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the worst general chat channel?

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Yes, yes, I know all of the jokes, World of Warcraft general chat is vile enough to be used as a biotoxin and all of...

Make My MMO: Saga of Lucimia development pushes onward after founder begins new game

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Welcome back to another Make My MMO, the long-running MMORPG crowdfunding column where we keep track of crowdfunded MMOs be they launched or lingering,...

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