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]

Path of Exile’s Settlers of Kalguur tackles real-time mechanics with city building

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The Grinding Gear rooster has crowed, signifying the dawn of a new expansion and league. And what might they be? Welcome to Path of...

Fractured has overhauled its PvP to reduce griefing ahead of next week’s formal launch

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We're just a week away from Fractured Online's official launch out of early access, which means Dynamight Studios has officially rolled out its last...

Corepunk’s preorder package includes only playtesting, early access, and the first season post-launch

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Corepunk studio Artificial Core has release a new dev blog this afternoon homing in on "clarifications" about the game's purchase terms. Notably the team...
Yay? Okay?

Throne & Liberty starts its open beta today – here’s the new trailer

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Today is the day when players can start in on Throne & Liberty as actual players because the game's open beta begins today on...

Star Citizen shows off updates and adjustments to alpha 4.0’s jump points

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Right now players are locked inside of the single system of Stanton in Star Citizen, but when alpha 4.0 goes online, they will then...

Vague Patch Notes: How widespread free-to-play impacted MMORPGs

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In 2009, Dungeons & Dragons Online went free-to-play, which was a pretty big deal at the time. It was especially important to me, since...

Guild Wars 2 deep-dives Janthir Wilds’ enhanced warclaw mount aka journeykin

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August is shaping up to be an interesting month here in MMO land, and a large part of that is the impending release of...

Raph Koster aims to make Stars Reach complex but not overcomplicated – and focused on retention

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You didn't think Playable Worlds' Raph Koster was going to stop at just two pillars of design for his new sandbox MMORPG Stars Reach,...

SSG’s Rob Ciccolini laments aging hardware and long downtimes as DDO delays Update 68.1

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As both Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online players noticed yesterday as both MMOs were unavailable for 15 hours, SSG's...

Former Blizzard and Funcom dev Craig Morrison is working on a cozy true crime MMORPG backed by NetEase

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Cast your mind back to summer 2021, and you might recall that was when World of Warcraft's Craig Morrison - best known to MMORPG...
I did a thing!

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs have you played with little hope for future content?

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One of the neat things about City of Heroes Homecoming is that it is not a game bereft of updates or approaching content. No,...

Black Desert brings Jordine Saga and major class balancing to console, adds guild history UI to mobile

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While many Black Desert players might be engaged in the large scale War of the Roses PvP instance on PC, this week has also...
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RIFT brings Unicornalia around once more

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What RIFT may lack right now in terms of regular content update cadence, it hopefully makes up in unicorns. That's the hope of the...

Old School RuneScape readies Deadman Armageddon and tweaks its newly returned quest

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While Old School RuneScape certainly has things to note in this week's patch, what's a bigger deal to Jagex (and likely to a specific...
You know the song.

Albion Online looks back on its last year as the game turns seven

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It may be hard to believe, but it has now been seven years since Albion Online launched, and in that time we've named it...

PSA: New World is planning to expire your character names after six months of inactivity

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So New World has some good news and some bad news for everyone today, and really it's just one bit of news that'll strike...

Perfect Ten: Why World of Warcraft’s Legion was a top-tier expansion

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While a lot of long-time World of Warcraft players will point to Wrath of the Lich King as the high point of the MMO,...

Spellfarers is a new Palia-esque indie cozy MMO, headed to early access July 29

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It's not every day that a new MMO or pseudo-MMO drops in our inboxes and becomes a game I stick on my wishlist and...

Aion Classic EU releases 2.8 Conquest update with new raid, instance, and level cap of 58

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Gameforge and NCsoft have been talking up Aion Classic EU's Conquest update, and as of today, that 2.8 update has arrived, with a new...

Pax Dei’s latest patch balances hide drops, adds plum trees, and declares ‘raisins are back’

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Do you play Pax Dei? Did you miss raisins? Have you looked at grapes on the vine and sighed mournfully because you couldn't enjoy...