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]

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Curseforge will be stopping new World of Warcraft add-on updates right as Shadowlands launches

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Sometimes, two events coincide in a way that is particularly unpleasant for more or less everyone. The changeover from Curseforge to Overwolf for World of...
How dare I have to play to get things!

So Guild Wars 2’s new roadrunner mount basically looks like a chocobo

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Yesterday's The Icebrood Saga: Champions: Truce update for Guild Wars 2 came with a fun surprise in the form of the Roadrunner skin for...

Amazon’s New World demo: Fishing, Reekwater, and hands-on havoc

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It's certainly been rough seas for Amazon's upcoming New World over the past year -- especially with a significant change of development direction for...

Niantic just announced Pokemon Go Beyond, the game’s biggest content update ever

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Pokemon GO has already had an overwhelming number of events since late September, with both hits and some misses, but Niantic’s looking to close out...

The Daily Grind: How do you feel about MMO login rewards?

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When I sit down at the end of my day to get in my two hours of gaming, I always start with a ritual:...

The Stream Team: Cruising to complete EverQuest II’s Blood of Luclin

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Massively OP's MJ anticipates that the Reign of Shadows expansion will launch sometime next month, so she wants to finish the Blood of Luclin...
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RuneScape rolls out Construction Contracts with its latest update

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The time has arrived for RuneScape players to stop holing up in their houses as a means of leveling up Construction. The new Construction Contract...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 297: Beyond Light

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Hey, Bree isn't here on the podcast today! It's going to be anarchy, fridge raiding, and free love! Or it'll be Chris and Justin...

Ashes of Creation’s Steven Sharif discusses lore and some related gameplay mechanics in an interview

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Sure, we're all about the gameplay of MMORPGs, but there's always a little time for some lore as well, and that was the primary...

Whatever happened to post-apoc MMO shooter The Skies?

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Tracking the progress of post-apocalyptic MMORPG shooter The Skies has been a bit of a journey, particularly if you follow the game's tag, since...
I made this.

Dual Universe drops new voxel creation trailer, explains how it’ll protect individual creator blueprints

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Let's outline a scenario. You make a blueprint for a great ship in Dual Universe. Your acquaintance Trab asks you for the blueprint, which he...
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Elder Scrolls Online won’t directly support play on the new ARM-based Macs

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Bleeding-edge, early-adopting Mac gamers who happen to play Elder Scrolls Online definitely need to point their eyeballs at Bethsoft's latest missive to players, as...

Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga: Truce

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So here we are, we’re finally entering the home stretch of the Icebrood Saga. Today sees the release of the first chapter of Champions,...

Enter to win a Neverwinter Carmine Bulette mount and ghost friendo for PC

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With the final phase of Neverwinter's Redeemed Citadel rollout live for PC players last week, PWE has kindly granted Massively OP 25 keys for...

TERA Console changes up producers, delays crossplay patch

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Big changes are in the works for TERA Console, requiring fans to exhibit some degree of flexibility this month. Change number one involves passing...

WoW Classic starts Naxxramas raid attument while World of Warcraft nerfs gear

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World of Warcraft Classic is certainly feeling the pinch of Shadowlands attention deficit disorder, so the opening of Naxxramas in early December can't come...

The Daily Grind: What was the best Guild Wars 2 living world season?

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To date, there have been approximately five Guild Wars 2 living world seasons. Technically, The Icebrood Saga, which began last year, isn't a season,...

Minescape is a custom-built recreation of RuneScape in Minecraft

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What happens when you combine Minecraft with RuneScape? You get a boxy version of the classic MMORPG, or more specifically, you get Minescape, a...

EVE Pulse thanks players for PLEX for GOOD donations and shows off an updated jump clone panel

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EVE Online has once more cobbled together a new episode of the Pulse, which rounded up the game's latest developments. As one would expect,...

Shroud of the Avatar drums up hype for… more lights in player towns

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In what's being touted as a part of ongoing "amazing" quality-of-life improvements to Shroud of the Avatar, the game's newest newsletter is talking up...

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