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]

Fallout 76’s 2020 roadmap includes seasons, scaling rewards, and the Brotherhood of Steel

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Now that Wastelanders has reshaped the face of Fallout 76, it's important for Bethesda to keep this rare positive momentum going. So what about...
Why believe in angels?

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has many new race customizations and is considering endless Torghast runs

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A new alpha build for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands means new character customization options being added, because that is the most important thing in...

Dungeons and Dragons Online winds down its second permadeath server

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With piles of corpses heaped in its virtual graveyard, Dungeons and Dragons Online's second "hardcore" server has ended its run. The limited-duration permadeath shard...
Because you've got nowhere to go.

Guild Wars 2 hands out free mount skins to players who lost playtime in the EU rollbacks

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Earlier this week, Guild Wars 2 players in the EU were dismayed to realized that an unintentional rollback of their server cluster had cost...
Expectations.

The Daily Grind: Are starter bundles a bad thing for free-to-play MMOs?

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The other day, I was talking with a friend who raised an interesting point that's still sticking in my head. She was talking about...

Build your own text MMO with Fableverse’s robust game engine

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Have you ever yearned to build your own MMORPG, yet nobody's throwing millions of dollars and big-name developers your way to make that happen?...

Mobile version of SoulWorker announced for South Korea and southeast Asia

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It would appear that a new mobile edition of the action MMO SoulWorker is in the works. This new mobile game, currently called Project...

Old School RuneScape gives Twitch Prime members two free weeks of play

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Don't let its looks deceive you: Old School RuneScape is one of the most popular MMORPGs on the planet, even if its polygons could...

Nexon Q1 2020 financials: COVID-19’s economic damage caused ‘no significant disruption’

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How is Nexon faring after the 2019 year that saw the company’s owners give up on a sale and instead begin slashing teams and...
GLory can't afford an actual shirt, I guess.

Skyforge strikes up the Days of Glory event for mechanoid battles through May 27

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The Days of Glory event has started in Skyforge, and like so many other events for Skyforge, it starts with an invasion. Fortunately, this...

Crowfall on Frostweaver limits, the next Dregs campaign, and what’s delaying beta

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The month of May brings yet another ACE Q&A video from Crowfall and another cornucopia of player questions, which runs a pretty wide gauntlet...

The Stream Team: Defrosting a droid in SWTOR

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Datacrons are done! With that collection now complete, Massively OP's Larry has a different activity to take MJ on: droid defrosting. Yes, he is...

Pearl Abyss Q1 2020 financials: Black Desert, EVE Online revenues hold steady

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We've got Pearl Abyss' financial report for the first quarter of 2020, and in common with so many gaming companies right now it was...
It's a... you know.

Blizzard teams up with Days of Wonder for the new Small World of Warcraft board game

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Sometimes board games go into odd directions. Small World of Warcraft is not "World of Warcraft but everyone is smaller," despite the name; it's a...

Working as Intended: The big list of City of Heroes rogue servers, 2020 edition

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It's been a weird and wonderful year for City of Heroes fans. In April of 2019, the expose of a secret City of Heroes...

Black Desert moves Heidel Ball online, adds Striker on mobile and events on PC

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You are cordially invited to fire up Black Desert or Black Desert Mobile, check out some of the new stuff each game is releasing,...

Perfect Ten: Actually useful World of Warcraft toys

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Pretty much since its inception, World of Warcraft has made a point to include just-for-fun items that were more about personal expression and enjoyment....
Urgent, urgent, urgent!

Phantasy Star Online 2 offers up a new set of Urgent Quests and a boost campaign for Advanced Quests

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Ah, the many different sorts of quests in Phantasy Star Online 2 never fail to provide a panoply of things for players to do....

ArcheAge’s Garden of the Gods expansion launches June 11 – here’s the trailer

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With Gamigo clearly culling its herd of MMOs, you might be wondering who's next. Good news: It's not ArcheAge. In fact, ArcheAge is due...

Lord of the Rings Online is finally buffing Hunters in a big way

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Remember that "something secret" that Lord of the Rings Online promised would arrive today? Part of it may be a surprise for one of...

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