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 Stream Team: Coming back to life to exact revenge in Guild Wars 2

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Massively OP's MJ died a real death in Guild Wars 2 (no respawn for j00!), sent to the land of the lost dead by...

Gemini Station is a text-based sci-fi MMO you can play from anywhere

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Text-based MMOs have come a long, long way since their olden days with monochrome monitors and fizzling baud modems. Newer text-based titles might surprise...

Pirates of the Burning Sea touts an all-new installer and numerous stability updates in latest patch

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The new owners of the piratical MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea keep on keeping on. The most recent newsletter out of Vision Online...
Give me hope that help is coming when I need it most.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 303: The 2021 new year MMO roundtable

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Justin, Bree, Chris, MJ, and Tyler discuss holiday MMO playtime, the MOP awards, anticipated MMOs, and the state of the site in our annual roundtable.

Upcoming MMO SEED’s playtest video is un-bear-able

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With more playtests on the way for community colony simulator SEED coming this year, it's nice to get a glimpse at what we may...

EverQuest II adjusts public quests, zones, missions, and more in latest patch

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While the newest patch being applied today to EverQuest II isn't bringing anything new exactly, it is doing a whole mess of fixing up....

Choose My Adventure: The extremely guided tour through the opening segments of ArcheAge

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Look, I appreciate how a sandbox game should start people off by guiding them in to what's possible, but much like Black Desert, ArcheAge...

A3: Still Alive racks up two million downloads, pushes out second update

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Launched last November, Netmarble's A3 sought to establish a foothold on the competitive mobile MMO market -- and with two million downloads to date,...
Ahem.

The Soapbox: What I want to see in Riot’s League of Legends MMO

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It's finally happening, y'all! League of Legends is getting an MMO! And boy howdy am I excited. While I didn't follow the game in...
Working from not-home.

Final Fantasy XIV outlines plans for the final session of Ishgard Restoration ranking

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Soon it will be time for Final Fantasy XIV to help rebuild Ishgard once again. In fact, the newest preview from the team implies...
Still running.

TERA Console introduces a content level system and opens the Dreadspire dungeon in latest update

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TERA Console players have some fresh new goodies to look forward to. Yesterday saw a new update brought to the MMO, introducing some new...

EVE Online’s ‘massacre at M2-XFE’ gets an official breakdown from CCP Games, officially tallies losses

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The latest great battle in EVE Online appears to have wrapped up, leaving in its wake an absolutely astonishing number of destroyed ships. For...

The Daily Grind: What MMOs are you no longer anticipating in 2021?

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At the end of every year for almost as long as I can recall, we've delivered our "most anticipated" award. The winners in 2019...

The Stream Team: A rematch with Elder Scrolls Online’s Banished Cells II

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Full of hope and promise, Massively OP's MJ marched into TESO's Banished Cells II dungeon to conquer. Instead, she was conquered! After the ease...

Massively Uplifting: Niantic, ArenaNet, and more MMO studios end 2020 on charitable high notes

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Do you know what one of the best things about Massively Uplifting is? Although the world focuses on giving good deeds and Joy to...

Elsword prepares for the arrival of new character Noah with a pre-registration event and giveaways

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It's the first time in two years that a new character has arrived to Elsword, so that seems reason enough to make a big...

The Stream Team: Happy horsie holidays in Star Stable

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This holiday season has certainly been about new things and new ways to celebrate, and Massively OP's MJ is keeping in the spirit by...
Oh boy.

Let’s celebrate the history of the dance emote from EverQuest to Fortnite

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"Slow day at the office, eh MOP?" Yes. Mercifully. I am very tired and working for a casino during New Year's Eve weekend is...
Get thee within, ye of victories forsaken.

Wisdom of Nym: Predicting Final Fantasy XIV’s 2021 for now

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I don't know what 2021 is going to bring in general. This has always been the case, of course, but if anything 2020 should...
Very satisfying.

New datamined cinematic for World of Warcraft Shadowlands points to major story developments

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We're being circumspect here because, well... this stuff is spoiler-ish. If you've been really enjoying the plot of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands up to...

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