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]

EVE Online kicks off a series of competitive Proving Ground events

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There's barely any reason to instigate a fight in EVE Online since players can simply blow you apart for the crime of logging on...

Project Gorgon adds a new animal form [update]

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Project Gorgon is calling it -- the end of beta, that is. Coupled with a July 16th patch notice was the announcement that the beta...
How near, how far.

Into the Super-verse: Seven tips for designing amazing MMO superhero costumes

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While we all know that the real endgame in any MMORPG is fashion, superhero titles take this much further than the rest of the...

LOTRO players postpone Weatherstock due to unstable servers

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If anything, Lord of the Rings Online's server issues worsened as this week progressed. The problems, which initially seemed isolated to a small handful...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG summer event?

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Poor summer, it just can't get a break, even in a non-pandemic year. Sure, it's full of vacations and sunny days, but it got...

The Stream Team: Summer fun with Warframe squirt guns

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Water fights are fun, and sometimes you just gotta have some fun -- even if you're a warframe! The Dog Days Tactical Alert has...
Soff

Betawatch: Magic Legends begins invites for its second closed alpha

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I bet you thought Betawatch this week was going to be all about World of Warcraft's Shadowlands beta, which did indeed begin and we've already...
Where's Glimmer?

AdventureQuest 3D previews the bows coming for the new Ranger class next week

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So is archery good or bad? AdventureQuest 3D has decided that it's good, and to that end the game has been developing the new...

MapleStory preps Rise: Surge of Power event for July 22, Yum Yum trip for August 12

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MapleStory can't stop, won't stop: It's now gearing up for what Nexon is calling a "massive summer update," Rise: Surge of Power that picks...
snaaake snaaaaake, oooh it's a snaaaaake

Wild Terra 2 offers roadmap with new territory and skills leading into 2020 early access

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When Juvty Worlds announced Wild Terra 2 last autumn, eyebrows shot up around the MMO world. But since then, the studio has been laser-focused...

Champions Online players have a week to slay Vlad Dracul in the latest limited-time challenge

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There's yet another limited-time menace for players of Champions Online, and this one sounds like a doozy. It's Vlad Dracul, the supervillainous version of...
Guns out, additional guns out.

Bless Unleashed kicks off its summer event through August 12

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It's a salamander sort of summer in Bless Unleashed. No, really; turns out that every summer in Lumios involves a whole population boom of...

The Stream Team: A look at AQ3D’s new Adventure Book of Lore

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AQ3D just can't let a week go by without an update (no, seriously, it happens weekly!), and Massively OP's MJ is always curious as...

Population Zero’s latest early access update rebalances perks and tackles performance

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Population Zero made big moves this week to rescue itself from the doldrums of a weak Steam launch thanks to a large content update...
I'm going to master letting this play instead of me.

The Soapbox: Where does WoW need to go beyond Shadowlands?

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This expansion hype cycle, I've heard more about how to customize your character and less about raids than any other WoW expansion in recent memory, and I can't see that as anything other than good.

City of Titans is releasing a big avatar builder patch next week

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It's been a while since we've heard a whole lot from the City of Titans team, but Missing Worlds Media is back with a...
Saturday is also all right for fighting

Albion Online celebrates three years online and spring playerbase peaks

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Remember 2017? It wasn't great, but anything looks good compared to 2020, right? It was also when Albion Online launched. No, not the Steam...
Who taught you math?!

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has officially moved into its beta testing phase

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The bells have tolled, the signal fires have been lit, and the time is upon us: World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is now officially in...

Lord of the Rings Online’s servers struggle while Weatherstock returns

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If you've been adventuring -- or trying to, at least -- in Middle-earth this week, you may be quite aware that certain Lord of...

Nexon has shut down its California studio, canceling at least one PC title

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Nexon's main western studio is no more, as the gaming giant closed down its Irvine location this week and canceled the projects that teams...

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