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]

Bless Unleashed offers apologies and goodies for Estate bugs and erroneous account bans

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The devs of Bless Unleashed have written up a mea culpa regarding exploitation of the game's Estate system and the team's apparently overzealous wave...

Camelot Unchained looks back at the progress of its previous 90-day plan and outlines goals for the next 90 days

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It appears that City State Entertainment really is keen on that 90-day plan thing. Mark Jacobs has recently penned a dev blog that takes...

EVE Echoes confirms August 2020 launch window, debuts new gameplay trailer

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Well, it wasn't exactly a launch date as originally believed, but we at least now have a launch window for EVE Echoes. The livestream...
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Club Penguin rogue server shut down following discovery of explicit content

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Everyone was kind of sad when Disney shut down Club Penguin back in 2017, but rogue servers seemed an inevitability given the game's popularity....

The Daily Grind: What MMO should a true MMO newbie try in 2020?

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If you've ever been to generalist gaming Reddits, you know one of the most common threads is the "what should I play" thread, which...
This is what happens when you give guns to plants.

MMO Week in Review: Guild Wars 2 rolls back, Fallout 76 pushes forward

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This week in MMOs, Guild Wars 2 botched rewards for its EU rollback, we mused over the quarterly financials for Pearl Abyss and NCsoft,...

Vendetta Online explains what’s delaying content updates in recent bug fix patch notes

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What's new with internet spaceship MMO Vendetta Online? Besides the fact that it's still here like a friendly ghost since 2004, I mean? According...

The MOP Up: Bossa Studios releases World War AI

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Bossa Studios, the team behind the late Worlds Adrift, just rolled out a new prototype game for you to check out for free: World...

Global Chat: Just say ‘no’ to coin weight!

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When Pantheon recently announced that it would be adding coin weight to its inventory management system, little did the devs know that they were...

One Shots: This is my rifle, this is my gun

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Let me tell you, the wilds of Fallout 76 aren't a place for nerf guns and slingshots. When you're facing down deathclaws and up-armored...
Space needed.

The Daily Grind: What limitations do you place on alts in an MMO?

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It's really silly to have alts in Final Fantasy XI or Final Fantasy XIV. I do. I actually have several. The one saving grace I have...

The Stream Team: Saving the Skald-King in Elder Scrolls Online

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Massively OP's MJ couldn't get through all of Elder Scrolls Online's Greymoor prologue last time, so the group is back together tonight to tie...

LOTRO community unravels mysterious cipher to reveal a new dungeon

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For the past week, the Lord of the Rings Online community has been hard at work trying to decipher a secret code that the...

LOTRO Legendarium: What I want from Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO

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While my primary interest and focus in this column continues to be Lord of the Rings Online, I'm not so stubborn as to refuse...
Twists.

Chinese World of Warcraft players beg NetEase to rescue them from RMT bot infestation

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How is World of Warcraft doing in China? If one player's collected account is anything to go by, not well at all. A Chinese...

The Daily Grind: What was the most recent MMO guild event you enjoyed?

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At a baseline, I expect my MMO guilds to at least keep me entertained and socially connected through chat. But the really good guilds,...
And a real universe.

Betawatch: Dual Universe could go to consoles – but isn’t planning on it

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You'd think an entire piece from the Dual Universe team about how the game wasn't planned for consoles and will still not be going to...

Trove kicks off the Spring Fling event on all platforms, offers recruit-a-friend rewards

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It's time to celebrate the spring season in Trove with the Spring Fling, a little event running between now and May 26th that has...
Pet action.

Final Fantasy XI offers free login goodies for players with two campaigns

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We've already talked about how Final Fantasy XI had had to delay some anniversary fun, but that's not the same as removing all of the...

Twitch forms a ‘safety council’ to promote healthy streaming habits and protect marginalized groups

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Twitch wants you to know it cares. No, really, it does. Why else would it announce a Safety Advisory Council whose sole purpose is...

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