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]

Stick and Rudder: Elite Dangerous Odyssey’s second alpha phase had more FPS goodness and even more bugs

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The whole that made up the second phase of Elite Dangerous Odyssey's alpha testing could easily be broken up into two parts: Frontline Solutions...

DC Universe Online’s freebie World of Flashpoint episode is live for all players

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After a hefty downtime yesterday, DC Universe Online pushed its latest episode, World of Flashpoint, live - for everyone - allowing even free-to-play players...
No screenshots yet, obviously.

Raph Koster expounds on MMO fun, retention, and cynicism in the genre

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MMORPG developer Raph Koster has been having words about the MMO industry ahead of the reveal of the MMO that his new studio Playable...
The Doom Brigade

World of Warcraft details exactly how adjustments to drops and mechanics will work in The Burning Crusade Classic

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So, if you were wondering how exactly WoW Classic would handle the changes implemented over the course of The Burning Crusade, your questions have...

Tamriel Infinium: Previewing The Elder Scrolls Online’s Blackwood and companion system

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While fans of the Elder Scrolls series patiently await any scrap of information pertaining to TES6, players of The Elder Scrolls Online continue to...

SWG Galaxies Restoration III’s CU/NGE blend rogue server says launch is ‘imminent’

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If you follow the Star Wars Galaxies emulation community at all, you're probably waiting on a very big announcement from a certain rogue server...

City of Titans recaps efforts on music, powers, multiplayer, and more

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MMO superhero fans have been watching a slew of Kickstarted and fan-funded MMO ventures ever since City of Heroes was sunsetted - City of...

The Daily Grind: What was the last thing you built in an MMO?

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MMO builders, this Daily Grind is for you. And I don't mean people who build MMOs; I mean people who build in MMOs. And...

The Stream Team: Hunting eggs and adventure in Dungeons & Dragons Online

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If you thought only Christmas liked to assert itself as dominant over many weeks, you haven't met Easter! Also dissatisfied with only one day...

Massively Overthinking: The 2021 MMORPG outlook is good, actually

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Early this week, I saw a mainstream gaming headline in my feeds about how we should all just give up on 2021 since it's...

Occupy White Walls introduces gallery music, grid snapping, and a new plaza in the CloudSound update

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I haven't peeked in on the multiplayer art gallery builder Occupy White Walls, but I always sort of assumed it had music of some...

ArcheAge brings back the Hereafter Festival to mark the in-game sacrifice of goddess Nui

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One of the chief lore points of ArcheAge's story is the sacrifice of the goddess Nui when the realm of Auroria fell to Kyrios,...
Yay?

The Warcraft movie twitter shares some deleted scenes from the film

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You may not have thought about the fact that there was a Warcraft movie for years, bu it turns out that there's still a...
Walking.

Final Fantasy XIV restores the world visit system after technical outages

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Good news for people trapped on other world servers in Final Fantasy XIV, these prison bars shall jail you no longer. The development team...

Dual Universe adds self-support features, posts dev letters on live game challenges and costs

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Dual Universe has taken to the belief that players of the game should be allowed to help themselves and one another instead of coming...

Elder Scrolls Online’s new Endeavors dailies offer a new path to lockbox loot

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If dailies aren't your thing in MMOs, you can probably keep on scrolling. But if they are, or if you're planning to return to...
Laser needles.

Vague Patch Notes: Playing MMOs as an introvert

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I've heard people say that the idea of "extroverts" and "introverts" isn't really all that accurate to the way that human beings actually behave,...

Ashes of Creation promises to sell more alpha keys, heads back to the studio

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Like bees spying a honey buffet, Ashes of Creation fans are buzzing about this coming June's non-NDA Alpha One test. In this month's creative...
Oh look,

More World of Warcraft Update 9.1 discoveries: glasses, bonus rolls, and a mega-dungeon

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One has to imagine that World of Warcraft putting a patch on a test server these days must feel like a studio inviting someone...

Elyon answers more player questions about PvP, cash shop items, and PvE plans in Reddit AMA

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The community manager for Elyon seems to be hard at work. Following a Q&A session held on a fansite's Discord, Elyon CM Yukimura took...