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]

MMO Week in Review: Blade & Soul’s revival, ArcheAge’s fresh starts

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At this point, it seems as if Gamigo has entirely given up on trying to appease disgruntled ArcheAge fans, as smack in the middle...

SEED talks about its latest playtest and how testing is utilized in a video

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Klang Games, the developers of colonization MMO SEED, has once again put together a new dev vlog that takes a moment to discuss testing,...

The MOP Up: Champions Online plumbs the Midnight Depths

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The game is afoot -- the Champions Online game, that is! Cryptic pushed out the second part of the Midnight Depths story arc this...

Battle Bards Episode 188: World of Warcraft Shadowlands

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While the Battle Bards tend to agree that World of Warcraft: Shadowlands isn’t as strong of an expansion soundtrack compared to the last few,...
Sorry, guy.

Global Chat: What can fill that ‘new MMO’ void?

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MMO blogger Digital Visceral asked the question, "Where have all the good MMORPGs gone?" but the underlying question isn't one of scarcity or burnout....

One Shots: Never crowd surf over cats with claws

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If you ever find yourself at a heavy metal concert where most of the crowd is made out of bestial cat-things, trust me: Don't...
Stay specced.

The Daily Grind: Would you play an MMO on console with crossplay?

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I like Star Trek Online. It'd probably be a pretty fun game to play on consoles during idle downtime, but there's a problem with that:...
Windy!

Blade & Soul opens a ‘Revival’ landing page touting visual upgrades, engine changes, and dungeon updates

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Blade & Soul is very excited about its upcoming Unreal Engine upgrade to the point that a newly opened landing page is calling it...

Legends of Aria indefinitely delays patch, works on experimental server instead

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We've certainly been wondering what's happened to Legends of Aria, which went really quiet in the early part of 2021 here. The last we...

LOTRO Legendarium: How much value does a VIP subscription offer these days?

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Probably the biggest question any Lord of the Rings Online player has to ask him or herself is whether to go subscription or free-to-play...
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The Daily Grind: Where would you live in an MMO if you could?

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Sometimes MMO developers and artists are so very good with creating welcoming and gorgeous zones that I think that I wouldn't mind moving there....
Sure, great, grand.

Betawatch: Zenith plans its alpha for April 16

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Playing a game on a VR headset already feels kind of futuristic, but the upcoming Zenith is a bit more futuristic than even that. And...

ArenaNet promises to fix the Guild Wars 2 GeForceNow account lockout issue

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If you swapped to playing Guild Wars 2 through GeForceNow thanks to the deprecation of the game's old Mac client - or if you...

LEGO Universe emulator Darkflame Universe outlines its next steps to closed beta

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Let's say you were swimming around in the retrospective of LEGO Universe and it got you pining for the brick fjords, so you look...

MMO Business Roundup: Theorycraft, My.Games, the FIFA fixing lawsuit, and Roblox’s latest concert

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Theorycraft: Could you found a new games studio on $37.5M? Yeah, probably. A bunch...

Interview: Camelot Unchained lays out its innovative alchemy system

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One of the major slices of content being worked on in this current 90-day quadrant of Camelot Unchained development is its crafting system, specifically...

The Stream Team: Meeting the Son of Braken in AQ3D

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Her friends wanted to take her to meet the Son of Braken in AQ3D last week, but Massively OP's MJ didn't qualify. She aims...

EverQuest II brings back Brewday with a new quest and new items

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The adventurers of EverQuest II work hard, so if their preferred method of taking the edge off from all of that heroic work is...

ArcheAge Unchained announces new Fresh Start servers arriving on March 25 as server merges continue

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Who here would like to start from square one in ArcheAge Unchained? You're going to be getting your wish this coming Thursday, March 25th,...
These references, however, remain.

WoW Factor: Will most WoW Classic players genuinely move on to The Burning Crusade?

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So as much praise as I had for the WoW Classic side of the World of Warcraft equation last week, there's something that was interesting as...

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