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]

Wizard101 drops a massive summer update with character facelifts

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You hear that delighted squealing? It's just the Wizard101 community as they unpack a Christmas' worth of presents in this week's summer content update. KingsIsle's...
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Vague Patch Notes: No Man’s Sky is the real reboot success story

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Whenever an MMO of any type has a launch that resembles the Nedelin catastrophe, people start talking about what the studio should do to...

PlanetSide 2 is finally nerfing the Firestorm implant in today’s update

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Daybreak's Rogue Planet Games is rolling out an update for PlanetSide 2 this morning, focused on tweaks to the Firestorm implant that effectively nerf...
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Final Fantasy XIV updates its Reflections in Crystal site as it passes 20 million registered players

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It was easy to miss amidst all of the other news contained in yesterday's live letter from producer and director Naoki Yoshida, but Final...

Black Desert offers free play event ahead of transmedia synergy collab with Netflix’s Cursed

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So here's one I did not expect to see in my inbox this morning: Pearl Abyss has apparently teamed up with Netflix for a...

Nexon’s UE4 crossplatform MMO V4 is officially live for PC, Android, and iOS players

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We've had an eye on the hard-to-search-for V4 since August 2019, when news of Nexon's next Korean MMO first reached our shores. And the...

LOTRO and DDO say they’re ‘making progress’ on the nine-day server crisis, but the community isn’t having it

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The server crisis that has been plaguing both Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online for over a week now may...
The stuff that you have, does someone have a claim on it?

The Daily Grind: Would you ever consider multiboxing in an MMO?

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If you've ever read Bannable Offenses, a Final Fantasy XI comedy blog, you may remember when the blog's supposed writer took control of the...

Curse of Aros is a retro-styled mobile MMO of dungeon delves and monster loot

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Remember how we pointed out the 16-bit-styled MMO DarkStory? Kind of looked like fun, right? If you're looking for a similarly-styled MMO package on...

Early access MMO Dark and Light resurfaces for an anniversary sale

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Hey, whatever happened to Snail Games' Dark and Light? The last time we checked in with this game was back in October 2019, so...

Albion Online’s Rise of Avalon launches August 12, hits player testing today

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We've been talking about Albion Online's Rise of Avalon update for weeks, but as of today, we finally have a target date for launch:...

Blade & Soul’s Dark Passage patch is live today with a new 12-person raid

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Happy patch day for Blade & Soul fans! Dark Passage is officially live today. At the core of the update is the Silversteel Laboratory,...

TERA’s multi-month summer festival offers icy treats and sandcastles

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This may be the closest you get to a beach party this summer, so drink it up: TERA's summer festival has officially begun this...
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Fractured starts its next alpha test today

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The original plan for Fractured was to kick off its next alpha testing session on July 16th. That didn't happen, unfortunately; bugs cropped up...

EverQuest releases a 20th anniversary vinyl soundtrack

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Fun fact: While sales of music CDs have dropped dramatically over the past decade, vinyl sales have increased even in the face of the...

Perfect Ten: Ten reasons Fallout 76 is good, actually

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Here's the thing about criticism: It isn't mutually exclusive with appreciation. You can like something that you also criticize -- and your head won't...
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Final Fantasy XIV has cancelled its Japanese Fan Festival scheduled for December

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This probably comes as no surprise to anyone, but Final Fantasy XIV will not be hosting any fan gatherings this year. The North American...

Black Desert adds a tactics-based PvE arena, a summertime quiz, and a trial that gives away the game

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Free game alert, though with a bit of an asterisk: Black Desert is offering a free trial starting now until August 5th that can...
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The Elder Scrolls Online previews a whole castle full of the undead with Castle Thorn

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Castle Thorn in The Elder Scrolls Online has lots of undead. No, really, it has more undead than that. They're squirting out of the...
This. Is. Exhausting.

World of Warcraft connects two EU realms while planning its Heroic raid testing for Shadowlands

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It's almost time to make sure that heroic raids are sufficiently... well, whatever they're supposed to be in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. It can't...

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