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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The Daily Grind: What’s your most embarrassing MMO fail story?

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A while back my husband was playing Overwatch when he was in a match with two guys who obviously knew each other and both...

The Stream Team: The sky pirates are the limit in Neverwinter

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So long werewolves, hello sky pirates! Or, should we say, crocodiles! Massively OP's MJ and her D&D crew are embarking on their next Neverwinter...
Take care.

Massively Overthinking: The MMOs we intentionally avoid

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A few weeks back, I read a Twitter thread about people who avoid specific games and types of games, and the folks chiming in...

CCP Games CEO Hilmar Petursson wants the company to expand further into mobile gaming and new regions

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You don't get too far in business without having aspirations, I suppose, and CCP Games CEO Hilmar Petursson is certainly not lacking for those...

The Elder Scrolls Online celebrates the Imperial City with bonus PvP and PvE rewards

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The Elder Scrolls Online is apparently going to celebrate the Imperial City of the game's fiction by having people fight Daedra and one another....

ArcheAge is offering a monthly progress report that tracks kills, deaths, gold earnings, and other stats

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My favorite part of any game is the part where I'm shown in a spreadsheet how crappy I am compared to everyone else I'm...

Albion Online players have accessed corrupted dungeons 1M times since Rise of Avalon launched

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It's been only a few weeks since Albion Online's massive Rise of Avalon patch graced the live servers, but Sandbox Interactive has apparently spent...

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is launching on October 27

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And we have a launch date, fam! It's been announced at the start of gamescom's digital incarnation this year that World of Warcraft: Shadowlands...

Game preservation champion The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment has closed its doors

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VentureBeat is reporting today that MADE, aka the Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment, is closing down its Oakland, California, base. It had already...
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Six years after planning a Steam launch, Ultima Online might finally be launching there

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Ultima Online studio Broadsword has been teasing all year that it had a big announcement coming for the game this year after publish 109,...
Lots of people, sure, why not.

PlanetSide 2 announces Shattered Warpgate content campaign

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Just a day or two ago I was chatting with an MOP commenter about how PlanetSide 2 really took off this year, getting more...

Atlas, still in early access, addresses reviving PvP and buffing the core game

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Atlas has had a long journey since its stumbly early access rollout in 2018, back when it was still promising to be an “MMO...

Massively on the Go: Everything we know about Pokemon Go’s new mega evolutions

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In another new twist, Pokemon Go has just released Generation 6's big feature, Mega Evolutions, before Generation 6 pokemon themselves. While we've had mega...
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Final Fantasy XIV kicks off its anniversary stories with a tale of the last days of Voeburt

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The Rising has begun because it's Final Fantasy XIV's relaunch anniversary, and that means stories. Yes, every year's anniversary is marked by stories exploring...

MMO Business Roundup: Fortnite iOS’s lost parity, Halo Infinite’s debunked rumors, Funcom’s movie

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent (mostly adjacent today) industry news. Fortnite iOS players who don't read the news are in...

Shroud of the Avatar is working on adding mounts to the game

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Sure, you can get from player town to player town by using wagons, boats, or singposts, but apparently very soon players of Shroud of...
Ohhh snap.

Star Wars: The Old Republic tops Steam’s new F2P releases in July

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Is it the Force or Valve that's giving Star Wars: The Old Republic a huge bump in popularity this summer? Perhaps it's both, because...

LOTRO extends summer festival while servers are still being fixed

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Are Lord of the Rings Online's servers getting better? From anecdotal evidence, it appears so, although the recent instability hasn't completely vanished from the...
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The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best bears?

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To this day there are few things that have bothered me as much as seeing someone refer to bears as "a big pile of...

The Stream Team: Missing kids is the thing in Dungeons and Dragons Online’s Ravenloft

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Being a kid is never easy, but it's downright life-threatening in DDO's Ravenloft. From scattered journal entries to a death house, Massively OP's MJ...

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