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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Tarisland adds a new Spider Queen raid fight and kicks off a speedrunning challenge

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Gosh-darn it all, who let the spiders have a queen? Tarisland has just added a new raid boss, the Spider Queen, and that means...

World of Warcraft Classic begins Season of Discovery Phase 4 today

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The time is now for players of WoW Classic's Season of Discovery to move to The Next Episode, or more specifically the next phase:...

Guild Wars 2’s Janthir Wilds Kodan are basically cute environmentalist bears

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Before today, I might've said that nobody loves talking about bears as much as our writers, who keep penning articles about cool MMO bears,...

Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online are finally getting official Discords

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Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online both have community-led Discord channels where players and developers hang out, but Standing Stone...
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Global Chat: FFXIV rides out on the Dawntrail

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The blogosphere is buzzing about the recent release of FFXIV: Dawntrail, including The Nosy Gamer, who provided some first thoughts and impressions of this...

Raph Koster lays out the (first) four pillars of design for his sandbox MMORPG Stars Reach

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I have some good news and bad news. The bad news is that Raph Koster's Stars Reach is probably a good long while away...
Carried.

Vague Patch Notes: Yes, tutorials are a good thing in MMORPGs

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For those of you who haven't been reading the site for a while or just don't keep this in your head, I'm going to...
The outfits are an oddly mixed bag.

World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas reflects on a ‘a time of introspection and reexamination’ for the MMORPG

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World of Warcraft game director Ion Hazzikostas has a lot to say regarding the changes that the game's development staff is making moving forward...

Albion Online celebrates seventh birthday with cake and the Living Legacy event

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Albion Online is coasting into its seventh birthday this week with its Living Legacy event splashed across all three regional servers, pitting players against...

Wayfinder preps a huge quality-of-life patch as it journeys toward 1.0

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How many launches is Airship Syndicate's Wayfinder going to get in its lifetime? We had the early access release last year, the Echoes re-launch...

Lord of the Rings Online says there are ‘lots and lots and lots of adventures still to have’

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In a recent forum discussion around whether or not Lord of the Rings Online will wrap up its story when (and if) the Scouring...
They're friends.

The Daily Grind: Have you ever been a part of a large player group migrating to a new MMORPG?

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The first guild I ever joined in an MMORPG was in Final Fantasy XI, and it was made up of about 40% new people...

TERA Console releases a balance patch that seeks to enhance class individuality

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Most of the time when MMO gamers see the words "balance patch," they likely envision a planar saw smoothing every class into a flat,...

Lost Ark’s Cool Retreat update next week boasts solo raids and swimwear skins

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This week's Eye on Arkesia may begin with a recap of what Lost Ark did in June, but the real focus of the video...

RuneScape parties on The Beach and heralds the new Sanctum of Rebirth dungeon

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Having a hard time getting out to an actual shoreline this summer? RuneScape offers the next best thing with its summer event on The...

Crowdfunded MMORPG Pantheon Rise of the Fallen is launching early access in December

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Who had this one on the ol' 2024 bingo card? Pantheon is gunning for an ambitious early access launch in December - yes, that...

Fractured will release next patch ahead of July 24 new server and full game launch

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The deal has been altered; pray Dynamight Studios doesn't alter it further. Only this time the alteration will be a welcome one to fans...

Tibia’s summer update introduces a new boss, a wave survival arena, and a literal candy land

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What are you going to be up to in Tibia this summer? Well you certainly have options thanks to the 2024 summer update, which...

From castles to conservation to content, I had a ball at Black Desert’s Heidel Ball 2024

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It may have been a bit since the end of Pearl Abyss' Heidel Ball 2024, celebrating 10 years of Black Desert Online, but it's...

Star Citizen readies a returning community helping event, preps cargo updates and new event for alpha 3.24

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Star Citizen is always looking toward a future of things to do and that throughline continues in the game's usual weekly update post, which...