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]

City of Heroes players have released a security-centric, server-inclusive launcher called Sunrise

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Back in 2019, when the City of Heroes community was still squabbling over who got to be in charge of what once a copy...

The Stream Team: AdventureQuest 3D’s new Crimson Corsair quest

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Any quest that starts with a pirate named Gunpowder Mary has got to be interesting, right? That's what Massively OP's MJ thinks. AQ3D just...

VR MMORPG Ilysia releases an updated trailer and a final list of Kickstarter stretch goals as it preps for alpha

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Earlier in the month we cast our eyes to Ilysia, an in-development VR MMORPG that promised to bring back "the glory days of MMORPGs...

Krafton continues its massive corporate consolidation with PUBG Corp amalgamation

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If you've been watching all the Bluehole and Krafton and TERA and En Masse tomfoolery this past month, you've surely wondered what the heck...

Afrofantasy MMO The Wagadu Chronicles hits Kickstarter target, adds navigation stretch goal

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Earlier this week, we covered the launch of the Kickstarter for a new MMO The Wagadu Chronicles. Built by diversity-minded developer Twin Drums and...

Netmarble opens global preregistration for hybrid mobile MMO A3: Still Alive

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We've covered A3 Still Alive a couple of times in the last year, but today, Netmarble has officially confirmed that the game is definitely...

EVE Online’s unpopular ‘resource distribution’ plan, plus the messy 49u battle and Japanese localization

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Earlier today, EVE Online studio CCP Games released a dev blog on the next leg of its resource distribution plan. The studio aims to...
All over again.

WoW Factor: The stuff I’m genuinely excited for in World of Warcraft Shadowlands

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For the first time in the past three expansions, I am not in the beta for World of Warcraft's next expansion. This is fine. It's...

Leaderboard: Are you tempted by Ultima Online’s New Legacy server?

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So here's a fun fact for you: While vanilla, legacy, and progression servers have been all the rage for the last five years or...

Whatever happened to Population Zero?

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A month ago, we checked in on Population Zero, a survival MMORPG that hit early access back in May. It was a rocky launch,...

Guild Wars 2 fractal event seeks to bond the community together

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Fractals: Either you get them or you don't. Either you do them or you don't. Either you flunk out of fourth grade math or...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most useful crafting profession in your MMO?

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While I'm never much one to craft in MMOs, that's usually because I don't see most crafting professions as beneficial in relation to how...

The Stream Team: Beating Bartholomew Blackdagger in Neverwinter

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The pirate fort in Neverwinter's Pirate's Skyhold was underwhelming, so Massively OP's MJ wants to kick it up a notch or two. Cue the...

Massively Overthinking: MMO voids that haven’t been filled

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I swear, so many of the posts I bookmark on Reddit to muse on later wind up deleted, and today I've got another one,...

Lost Ark confirms the Reaper class launches on Korean servers September 29

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Yup, we're still waiting on Lost Ark's arrival to western shores, but we can still at least peek over to the goings-on for the...
Big treasure.

Albion Online makes improvements to mobile and the Black Market in latest patch

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Albion Online has addressed a couple of little but no less important issues in its most recent patch, namely to the mobile version of...
Lies, damn lies, and statistics.

World of Warcraft shows off customization changes coming with the Shadowlands pre-patch

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Every World of Warcraft fan knows that the Shadowlands pre-patch remains locked in a future of indeterminate date, forever happening "soon" without an actual announcement....

City of Heroes rebuild project SEGS expects to have an alpha by the end of the year

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Back in the long long ago, before last year's City of Heroes revival, there was a group trying to bring back the game not...
ha ha moneymaking go brrrrrrrrrr

Vague Patch Notes: Why stan an MMO with nothing to show for itself?

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We need to talk about Star Citizen, folks. But maybe not in the way you might be thinking. Not about the game's development, which is...
Sure, fine.

Lineage II celebrates 6,000 days of uptime with server boosts and free goodies

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Usually, most MMOs elect to mark their game's lifespan through yearly milestones, but the fact that Lineage II has been online for 6,000 days...