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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Dual Universe’s aerospace expo brought together a thousand players and their hardware

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Did you realize that Dual Universe's beta test has been going on for two months now? I didn't, but that's pretty cool to see....
Try.

Guild Wars 2 teased End of Dragons concept art during its $64K charity livestream

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The Extra Life charity livestream from Guild Wars 2 was, naturally, a place to raise money for children's hospitals, but during that broadcast there...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite crowd control class in MMORPGs?

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I know that crowd controllers as a standalone class have long since fallen out of fashion - most MMORPG players don't even remember when...

MMO Week in Review: Marching to Markarth

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If the last couple of years have taught us anything, it's to appreciate a low-key week when everything was fine and nothing was actively...

The MOP Up: Runes of Magic gets a headstart on Thanksgiving

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It's still early in November, but Runes of Magic has already laid out a tasty spread for its Autumn Banquet in the game. Eat...

Project Gorgon bestows much love upon its playable cows, rabbits, and spirit foxes

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We still have a ways to go -- at least a year and a half -- until Project Gorgon officially launches, and the hard-working...
Still struggling.

Jukebox Heroes: The best of EverQuest’s MIDI soundtrack

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I've always felt that MIDI tunes were to computers what chiptunes were to 8-bit and 16-bit consoles. Before storage media expanded and technology increased...

EverQuest II celebrates its 16th anniversary with Heroes’ Fest 2020

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A very happy birthday to EverQuest II, which is celebrating 16 years of live operation this month! But the MMO doesn't need us to...

One Shots: Don’t stare directly at the book

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In most games, a book is a dumping ground for ignored lore or, at best, a prop to make you look extra-nerdy for all...

The Daily Grind: Are there MMO quests you refuse to do?

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Today's Daily Grind comes to us courtesy of MOP's Carlo, who is really not about this one quest in Black Desert. "So I'm questing in...

Battle Bards Episode 180: Moonlight Blade

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While Moonlight Blade is not yet a known quantity over here in the west, its soundtrack has gone before it and landed right into...

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is pretty much ready to go now

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We are just about two weeks away from World of Warcraft's latest expansion launch, but if the test servers are any indication, this sucker...

LOTRO Legendarium: How to make Lord of the Rings Online Classic work

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Twice now this year we have heard from Standing Stone Games' Jeff Libby that, no, a hypothetical LOTRO Classic isn't in the works, nor...
Big other things.

Guild Wars 2 offers up another colorful Baby Aurene bundle for Extra Life charity drive

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The list of MMOs joining in to raise money for Extra Life and children's hospitals continues to grow: As we noted earlier this week,...

WRUP: Googly eyes

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So! That was a week. Since we are all super mature adults here, we're going to spend the traditional Saturday morning What Are You Playing talking...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best playable cat race?

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Despite the very real evidence that a feline lurks somewhere in my home, I am not what you would call a cat person. I...
Not factored.

Betawatch: Fractured’s fall alpha is underway

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MMORPG sandbox Fractured pushed its way into its fall alpha this week, in spite of technical difficulties and a downtime outage on Wednesday that...

Mobile MMO Warhammer Odyssey shows us a very familiar game world

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Those Warhammer Online veterans who are missing their dearly departed MMORPG (the ones not playing on the Return of Reckoning rogue server, that is),...

The Stream Team: Into the Tower of Necromancy in AdventureQuest 3D

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The Tower of Necromancy's doors have finally opened in AQ3D, and Massively OP's MJ is ready to investigate. She'll be traveling to the Isle...

ArcheAge’s Rise of Nehliya update is heading to the game’s public test server

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Are you curious about that blue lady that walked out of a mirror in that initial announcement for ArcheAge's latest update? Then feel free...

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