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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]

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Rumor: Nexon’s Final Fantasy XI mobile remake has been cancelled

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It looks as if the sun has finally set on the never-materialized mobile remake of Final Fantasy XI, as Korean site MTN is reporting that...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Character Customization

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with... what's this? A brand-new award? Yep! This year we're debuting a new formal award for Best...

New Dungeons & Dragons movie provokes teasing between Star Trek Online and Neverwinter

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If you were, erm, pining for a new Dungeons & Dragons movie, then prepare your mind for the thrills that are to come with...

World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas evaluates Shadowlands’ launch

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Now that we're approaching a month of exploring Shadowlands, Blizzard and players alike have a better idea of how the World of Warcraft expansion...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends will launch Bespin as the City in the Clouds expansion in early 2021

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Star Wars Galaxies rogue server Star Wars Galaxies Legends has some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that it's put...
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The Daily Grind: What’s your one big MMO gaming wish for 2021?

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While it will no doubt continue to be a long and difficult winter, there's something mentally refreshing in turning the calendar over to a...

The Stream Team: A Bargain of Blood in Dungeons and Dragons Online

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Massively OP's MJ: Celebrating the season with Pirates! For the next adventure in DDO's pirate saga ("Bargain of Blood"), the D&D night crew...

MapleStory previews Flicker of Light content and upcoming BTS collaboration

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Whether you like doing regular game content or want to dress up like a K-pop band, MapleStory has got your number. The Awake: Flicker...
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Blade & Soul previews the item upgrade changes for its next update

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With the next Blade & Soul update arriving on Wednesday players will have access to a new legendary ring and gloves. That means you should...

Star Citizen Live talks update 3.12, reputation system, environmental effects, and more

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The next alpha build of Star Citizen is pretty close now, considering much of the previous videos talked up several features of the update....

Shroud of the Avatar shows off new hood patterns, gets a seal of approval from Richard Garriott

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This week in Shroud of the Avatar, players can look forward to hoods. Specifically, cloth head patterns on the Cabalist Hood can be displayed...

Pantheon’s latest dev roundtable dives into the environment

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While we often would like games to show, not tell, Pantheon fans are going to have to make do with the team telling, not...
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Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.4 content

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Here's something that I think no one, even me, really acknowledged heading into this particular patch: Final Fantasy XIV set itself up with a really difficult...

Tencent moves forward in buying Leyou Technologies for over a billion bucks

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Throughout the 2020, we've been covering the many companies competing to buy up Leyou Technology, the holding company that both owns the majority of...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Biggest MMO Blunder of 2020

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Industry Blunder of 2020, which was awarded to Blizzard last year...

EVE Online details Winter Nexus events, new Tech 2 Drones as players bash the new character gen

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It's not revelatory, it's not always something new, but for EVE Online players that have somehow missed out on hearing everything that's been added...

Astellia Royal is the free-to-play version of Astellia Online released to North America and Korea

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We recently learned about the existence of Astellia Royal, and naturally we initially assumed it was some sort of free-to-play battle royale version of...

The Daily Grind: What was the best MMO emulator or rogue server in 2020?

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Fun fact: We came up with "rogue server" last year in an attempt to disambiguate the word "emulator" and remove some of the whitewash...
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MMO Week in Review: MMOs at the edge of 2021, from Crimson Desert to Gates of Oblivion

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While many PC and console gamers were obsessed with Cyberpunk 2077's launch this week, the MMO industry was busy delivering its outlook for the...

The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v4.0

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By far, my favorite column to write here at Massively OP (and the one that always takes the longest) is The Game Archaeologist. I've...

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