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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]

Oh, victis.

Siege Survival: Gloria Victis announces an updated prologue demo for the Steam Game Festival

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For those who have been following the development of Siege Survival: Gloria Victis, the standalone survival and resource management game set in the world...
Shiny!

Ultima Online has a string of narrative events rolling out all spring

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Ultima Online's latest newsletter is live, with a look at what's coming in the new future and some teases for New Legacy. For example,...

World War II Online’s 2021 roadmap includes bomber loadouts and halftracks

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The conflict in World War II Online -- also called Battleground Europe -- doesn't seem to be any closer to a resolution than it...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 307: Blackwood barges into town

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Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online Blackwood, Fallout 76, Star Trek Online, Magic Legends, the GameStop stock thing, and Amazon Game Studios' mess, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, SWG Legends, and ESO, plus a mailbag topic on questing vs. grinding.

The Stream Team: House Reborn for Star Trek Online’s 11th anniversary

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Today Star Trek Online turns 11 years old -- that certainly calls for a celebration! Along with anniversary activities (go go party pistol!), the...
Questioning.

Guild Wars 2’s Lunar New Year events are set to go live today

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So we've got some good news and bad news. The good news is that Guild Wars 2 is going live with its Lunar New...
Well, okay.

Destiny 2 just revealed Season of the Chosen and a full roadmap through May

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As promised, Bungie's brought the goods for Destiny 2 today by way of Season of the Chosen, launching next week on February 9th and...

Choose My Adventure: An intriguing but PvP-free first foray into Warhammer Return of Reckoning

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I promised that this month's CMA column would feature my attempts at getting into some PvP MMO action. Sadly for you (but mercifully for...

Lord of the Rings Online’s latest update has broken the patcher for older OS users — here’s how to fix it

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This news is for those players of Lord of the Rings Online who are playing the game on a PC running Windows 7 or...

MMO Business Roundup: Gamestonk is tipping toward over as shares dip below $100 a pop

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Welcome back to a fresh roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news! Gamestonk: It's starting to look as if last week's wild GameStop stock squeeze...

Last Oasis’ latest update rebalances the essential act of blowing stuff up

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It's a smidge delayed, but it's here today: Last Oasis is pushing out a big patch on Steam. Developer Donkey Crew says it's holding...

RIFT starts testing planar incursions, opens an official Discord server

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When it first launched, RIFT's biggest selling point was its dynamic world events system that included the titular rifts, invasions, and more. It's this...
No, this doesn't count.

Final Fantasy XIV brings more Blue Mage and relic weapon content with patch 5.45 today

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It's time to go fighting until you're blue in the face... and then use that to learn a new spell. Yes, it's another Blue...

The Daily Grind: What’s the worst MMO game mechanic ever?

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Weeks ago, I saw a thread on the MMORPG subreddit about the worst mechanics in MMOs. I clicked on the link, scoffing, thinking surely...

The Stream Team: Making some Midyear Mayhem in Elder Scrolls Online

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The year of collecting tickets for Indriks in Elder Scrolls Online is done, but now you can run events to collect tickets for new...

Massively Uplifting: 2021 begins with Trove’s trees, Warframe’s Tennobaum, and Star Trek Online’s Tribbles for charity

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Ready or not, here 2021 comes! And that's a relief to many. It's no stretch to say that we want 2021 to be a...

RuneScape adds player-created Activity Pets and marks the Ninja Team’s anniversary with a quest

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This week in RuneScape, it's all about Ninjas and pets. Which sort of reads like Jagex is encouraging players to pet ninjas when the...

Blizzard teases February’s BlizzConline 2021 outlook, 30th anniversary bundles

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Yes, BlizzConline is still happening, and yes it's still called that. Blizzard has dropped a new trailer for the all-digital show today along with...
It's a tiny little sprout thing. It might kill you.

Final Fantasy XI asks players to find love for man and beast alike on Valentine’s Day

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Yes, it's almost time for Valentine's Day - or, as it's known in Final Fantasy XI, Valentione's Day - and that means the joy...
Toss me a cure, will you?

Wisdom of Nym: What to expect from Final Fantasy XIV’s announcement showcase Friday

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My original plan for this particular column was to just write the title "The Final Fantasy XIV announcement showcase is on Friday" over and...

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