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]

The Stream Team: Frolicking about for Allods Online’s 9th birthday

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How would you celebrate a ninth birthday? In honor of Allods Online's special day last Sunday, Massively OP's MJ will be romping about on...

Camelot Unchained talks about expanding its current test build, crafting issues, and PvE

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As we've reported before, the current "slice" of Camelot Unchained is available to IT-level testers, and in a livestream this past Sunday, Mark Jacobs...

PSA: Guild Wars 2 puts Path of Fire on sale, grants free cape, living story episodes, and XP boost

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If you've been sitting around during quarantine wishing ArenaNet would put Guild Wars 2 on sale so you could jump in or pick up...

We’re definitely going to Elder Scrolls Online’s Greymoor on May 26, ZeniMax confirms

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Earlier this month, ZeniMax admitted it was delaying Elder Scrolls Online's Skyrim-themed Greymoor chapter an extra week thanks to the pandemic, which had forced...
Sure, fine. Great. Neat.

Mortal Online 2 begins its closed combat alpha

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Will second time be the charm for Mortal Online? As we noted last year, Swedish Studio Star Vault is deep into development on a...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Reviewing ArenaNet’s Complete Art of Guild Wars 20th anniversary edition book

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Talk long enough to Guild Wars fans about their favorite franchise, and chances are that sooner or later, they will start gushing about the...

Art MMO Occupy White Walls’ Kickstarter comes up short of its $124K ask

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It turns out that art is a hard sell in the gaming space. The decidedly unique Occupy White Walls saw its recent Kickstarter campaign fizzle...

RuneScape studio Jagex finally confirms it was sold for $530M to a new ‘global asset management company’

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Over the course of 2019, we covered the news that RuneScape developer Jagex was being put up for sale by the Chinese holding company that...

Chronicles of Elyria boss insists work on the game continues in spite of team layoff

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As we've been covering over the last month and change, Soulbound Studios shocked backers and watchers when it announced that MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria,...

Age of Conan’s Onslaught is live, the Funcom MMO’s ‘biggest update in years’

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Back in 2018 and 2019, Funcom's Age of Conan MMORPG - soon turning 12 years old, if you can believe it - ran the...
Bnurgh.

The Daily Grind: Have you ever been harassed in an MMO?

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Riot's Valorant made headlines this past weekend, and not entirely for reasons Riot would've liked, when multiple Riot devs spoke up about harassment they've...

Wizard101 lets you play as your pet, Pirate101 conforms to MacOS Catalina

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There's plenty to love about our in-game pets, but it's the rare MMO where they're much more than something cute to look at. With...

Dungeon Fighter Online now lets players climb to level 100

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There are some new heights of power to climb for in Dungeon Fighter Online with the introduction of Season 6, Act 1, otherwise known...

Saga of Lucimia cuts together footage from its April alpha weekends in one video

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Just in case you didn't get the memo, Saga of Lucimia was holding alpha tests every weekend in April for those who pre-ordered the...

The Repopulation continues to squash bugs and plans to add water soon

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There's been yet another bug-crushing update made to The Repopulation, which is to be expected for a game still in an alpha state. This...

LOTRO and DDO extend free questing through May 31 – and toss in bonus goodies for subscribers

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It's generally agreed that Standing Stone Games' promotion this past month to offer free questing (including all expansion packs) for both Lord of the...

The Stream Team: Lineage II celebrates sweet 16th

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Happy birthday, sweet 16! Lineage II is celebrating this milestone birthday today, and Massively OP's MJ is on hand for the fun and festivities....
They're not attractive spaceships.

Star Wars Galaxies Legends players share messages of support and goodwill

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These are still very weird times we live in as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to roll along, and now more than ever communities of...

Population Zero, which launches next week, recaps its development journey in new vid

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We first started covering the survival scifi MMO Population Zero all the way back in December 2018, but in truth, the game had been...

City of Heroes’ rogue servers mark their first anniversary as the game itself turns 16

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It's now been over a year since the City of Heroes community discovered the existence of a secret emulator, a discovery that led to...

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