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]

Dungeons and Dragons Online gives everyone 46 free quest packs, posts hardcore season leaderboard

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Just in case you missed seeing this the other day, Dungeons and Dragons Online is making a huge bulk of its content completely free...

One Shots: Do you have a few moments to talk about Jediism?

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Here's a player housing pro-tip that is useful when striking up a settlement in a risky location: Make a door. A big door. A...
Sometimes the game hates you trying to understand it.

The Daily Grind: What’s the most irritating bit of MMO randomness you’ve dealt with?

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I've frequently said that Final Fantasy XI influenced a lot of my later feelings on MMOs, and this is also true of the crafting. For...

The Stream Team: Celebrating Conqueror’s Blade’s first anniversary

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Conqueror’s Blade celebrated its first anniversary this week, and Massively OP's MJ hopping in headfirst to join the festivities. What's a battle but a...

EVE Online’s Invasion event overtakes the galaxy while new ships approach

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EVE Online's galaxy is on fire -- more than usual, we mean. As MOP's Brendan covered last week, the Invasion event of the past...

The Game Archaeologist: Were sequels ever a good idea for MMOs?

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From movies to books to video games, sequels (and all related spin-offs) are a common sight when a property is sufficiently successful enough. Even...
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Elder Scrolls Online moves Greymoor’s console release out of the way of George Floyd’s funeral

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The widespread outrage and protests against police brutality over the past week and a half have trickled their way down into many facets of...

The Daily Grind: Which lowbie MMO alt have you enjoyed playing the most?

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Looking back over all of the characters that I've made in MMOs, I've probably spent half my time on low-level alts that never went...

The Stream Team: Going for Guild Wars 2’s glider

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So many times in Guild Wars 2 Massively OP's MJ has been teased with the chance to jump in the air and glide away...
Sheewax.

Betawatch: Magic Legends gears up for summer testing

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There's something in the air that makes it feel as if Magic: Legends is getting ready for its first public testing phase. I don't know...

SoulWorker introduces a new high-level raid in its recent update

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Yesterday saw the action MMO SoulWorker kick out a new update that has something for the high-level player: a new raid. Players level 65...

MMO Business Roundup: Paradox signs union agreement, shareholders slam Activision-Blizzard

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Welcome back to another quickie roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent gaming industry business news. Activision-Blizzard is under fire yet again for its corporate management, this...

The Stream Team: A hodge podge of AQ3D adventures

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Massively OP's MJ might have worked through the current story offerings of AQ3D, but that doesn't mean she has run out of things to...

Destiny’s Sword offers up a new PvP demo, blames its radio silence on the pandemic

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Do you recall Destiny's Sword? It's a tactical MMO that plays like X-Com but has a metagame where players have to also consider their...

Snag a Conqueror’s Blade year-one anniversary gift pack key from My.Games and MOP

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Dang, time flies: Conqueror's Blade is officially one year into its soft launch this week, and My.Games is havin' a party. "Global publisher MY.GAMES and...

Black Desert staff help throw a wedding for stuck-at-home players

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Turns out Guild Wars 2 wasn't the only MMORPG to host an honest to goodness player wedding this week. Kakao Games let us know...
Some elves have no eyes any more. Be sensitive.

WoW Factor: Behind blue (elf) eyes (in World of Warcraft)

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Players were very excited when blue eye options were datamined out for Blood Elves in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, then less happy when it was...

Elite Dangerous’ Odyssey expansion won’t include base building or VR compatibility at launch

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Earlier this week, Frontier summoned cheers with the announcement that next year's Elite Dangerous expansion is called Odyssey and will indeed include content that...

Old School RuneScape’s vampire patch triggers a rollback, Jagex supports Black Lives Matter

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Here's the good news for Old School RuneScape fans: The 2007-era MMO just unleashed its Darkmeyer update on the world, which "introduces the Sins...
Darkness!

Final Fantasy XIV cancels its North American fan festival for 2020 over COVID-19, delays patch 5.3

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One of the later events scheduled for this year has still been claimed by the global pandemic; Final Fantasy XIV's fan festival scheduled for...

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