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]

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Zul’Gurub is live in World of Warcraft: Classic with an actual world first kill achieved

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So Zul'Gurub is available for raiding in World of Warcraft: Classic right now as part of the fourth phase of content updates, and the...

Swords ‘n Magic and Stuff just fully funded on Kickstarter for $79,000

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Swords 'n Magic and Stuff just fully funded on Kickstarter, ensuring that I'm going to be looking up the exact spelling of this "casual,...
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EVE Online makes a Surgical Strike on its playerbase

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Sometimes, it's not a bad thing to get hit with a strike. EVE Online blasted its virtual galaxy with the Surgical Strike update yesterday,...
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The Daily Grind: Do you want controller support for your PC MMOs?

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The fact that it looks like World of Warcraft will get some sort of controller support is a piece of news that fills me...

MMOs you’ve never heard of: Red Stone, Euotopia, Ogre Island, Stendhal, and Astonia

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent games you’ve (probably) never heard of — or have totally forgotten about until now! If you're...

RIFT tests new world bosses as Defiance asks players to hunt mutants

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They're not dead; they'd like to take a walk! Gamigo's ever-shambling MMOs RIFT and Defiance are doing some new things to keep however many...
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PEGI adds lockbox warnings to rating labels

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That sure didn't take long. Earlier this week, we found out that the ESRB would be adding a specific content warning to games in...

Player-run Open Perpetuum celebrates second birthday with new content and freebies

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Way back in 2017, Perpetuum Online developer Avatar Creations announced it was closing the game because it could no longer afford to develop the...

The Stream Team: Birds and boxes, a SWTOR story

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Did you know there was a hidden quest to get a pet in SWTOR? Massively OP's MJ learned about it last time, and now...

COVID-19 Roundup: EVE Online’s huge influx of newbies, live Gamescom is probably toast

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Welcome back to another roundup of how MMOs and the gaming industry are faring and fronting during the COVID-19 pandemic. First up: CCP's Hilmar Pétursson...

Desert Oasis: How I’m progressing through Black Desert without spending a dime

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I've been playing Black Desert for quite a while, and in that time I've made a bit of cash and built up a stable...

Elite Dangerous is seriously reducing the cost of fleet carriers following beta feedback

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Elite Dangerous' fleet carriers beta has been up barely a week, but already Frontier is walking back some of the changes. Last week, players venturing...

Perfect Ten: Sports-themed MMOs

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Here's something we don't talk about much here on Massively OP: sports games. When we think of "MMOs," we tend to run right toward...
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World of Warcraft has controller support under active development

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Accessibility is a big deal when it comes to games, and MMOs have traditionally worked to ensure that people with disabilities still have full...

Black Desert issues a juice challenge, Black Desert Mobile adds tier 5 pets and celebrates strawberries

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There are some fresh updates to Black Desert and Black Desert Mobile, and once again they're full of events for players to enjoy. This...
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Phantasy Star Online 2 launches on PC in late May, officially leaves Xbox One beta today

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If you're one of the many, many would-be Phantasy Star Online 2 fans waiting eagerly for news about the game's PC release, you have...
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Former EverQuest boss Holly Longdale scooped up by Blizzard to work on WoW Classic

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Daybreak's Holly Longdale raised a lot of eyebrows a month ago when she announced she was departing the Darkpaw Games sub-unit and leaving behind...

World of Warcraft previews Shadowlands’ Torghast while WoW Classic goes into Phase 4

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Will Blizzard ever crack the code of engaging and replayable World of Warcraft endgame content that doesn't go stale for a long time? It's...
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The Daily Grind: Which MMO content updates were better than expansions?

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Recently, RuneScape pumped out an update for the game called Archaeology. While it wasn't, to my understanding, a full-fledged expansion, it was treated with...

The Stream Team: Hold your horses and bunnies in EverQuest II

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Massively OP's MJ needs to see a man about a horse. Or is it a Froglok? Whichever,  EverQuest II has launched a crazy new...

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