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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Guild Wars 2 Judgment episode is unleashed April 27 – here’s the new trailer

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Back in March, ArenaNet hinting that the fourth and final episode of Guild Wars 2's Icebrood Saga would roll out in late April, and...
No screenshots yet, obviously.

Playable Worlds’ MMO will leverage cloud gaming to simulate a world and be playable on multiple devices

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Over the past few weeks, Playable Worlds' Raph Koster has been kicking out lots of blog posts about what his studio's game is aiming...

WoW Classic lets you store world buffs for later, pushes Burning Crusade beta forward

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A late-cycle patch for WoW Classic hit the servers today with a couple of significant changes to how buffs work in the game. First...

The Daily Grind: How do you occupy yourself when your MMO is offline all day?

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As promised, Daybreak's entire suite of MMORPGs is offline for 24 hours today, which means DCUO, EverQuest, and PlanetSide 2 fans are going to...
Get the Shrek jokes out of your system.

Wurm Online previews its upcoming animal update with donkeys

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Tired of plodding around in Wurm Online on a cow? Then we've got good news for you because here come donkeys. Yes, with the...
why

Aion EU opens Pangaea, adds the Labyrinth, and reworks Legion contribution in Update 7.9

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If it feels like you've seen this headline before it's because you kind of have, except this time around the previously announced update to...

MapleStory is opening the luxurious Hotel Maple to celebrate its 16th anniversary

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No, unfortunately for fans of MapleStory, the Hotel Maple is not going to be a thing in meatspace. What it is going to be...

ArcheAge developer XL Games announces mobile sandbox MMO Moonlight Sculptor

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Developer XL Games, which readers will know are the folks behind ArcheAge, and publisher Kakao Games are set to unleash a new mobile sandbox...

Kickstarted VR MMORPG Ilysia is finally nearing alpha

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Last fall, we covered the successful Kickstarter of VR MMORPG Ilysia, which pulled in over $150,000 to become the second-biggest Kickstarted MMO of 2020...

Fight or Kite: My mobile MMO experience peaked in 2008 with Parallel Kingdom

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It's a distant memory now, but in 2008 I played a mobile MMO that completely and totally had me hooked. I remember sitting on...

Albion Online buffs matchmaking, loot, and accessibility for its new hellgates

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It's patch day for Albion Online, and if you were one of the players fussed over the state of the hellgates introduced in the...
Roar.

Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s 5.5 content

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This is a bit of an unusual case. I can't think of any patch in recent memory that's been so split between the quality...

Book of Travels explains how gear improves your journeys

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For most MMOs, a player's gear is a collection of stat points that accumulate to increase combat effectiveness. But for Book of Travels, gear...

Elder Scrolls Online elaborates on Update 30’s tweaked proc sets and champion system

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While Elder Scrolls Online's Update 30 is still a little ways out, ZeniMax wants to prepare players for a couple of significant combat adjustments...
Poke.

Swords of Legends Online shows off its Spearmaster class

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If you're looking forward to Swords of Legends Online but want to be contrary about what sort of weaponry you use to poke at...

Dual Universe promises less tedium, more meaningful PvP, and prettier graphics in latest dev blog

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Followers of Dual Universe have been fed a series of dev blogs outlining the future of the in-development sci-fi building sandbox, with the first...

Lord of the Rings Online introduces a line of Bilbo Baggins quests

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O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! It's a LOTRO patch day! That's right: Update 29.5 arrived on the servers rather early in the week, bringing with...
Tink tink.

The Daily Grind: What’s the most unique experience mechanic in MMOs?

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Bhagpuss over on MMO blog Inventory Full recently penned a piece about an experience mechanic in EverQuest II that I had completely forgotten existed:...

MMO Week in Review: So LOTRO is breathing easier right about now

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It's pretty rare that a story that broke over the weekend is the most interesting thing to have happened all week unless it's a...
Oh.

MMO Synergy: The Offspring, NERF, Monopoly, and Evangelion

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Who doesn't love a good round of corporate synergy? No, no, don't answer that, just cruise on to the next sentence. Today we're going...