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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Elder Scrolls Online’s Greymoor has been delayed, but only by about a week

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Elder Scrolls Online's Skyrim-centric Greymoor chapter isn't going to make its original release window, unfortunately. ZeniMax's Matt Firor delivered the news to fans this...
Sometimes it just makes sense.

World of Warcraft previews the class changes arriving in Shadowlands

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If you had hoped that perhaps now you weren't going to need to learn how to play your class all over again with the...

The Daily Grind: Where do you want to explore in your MMO but can’t?

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Every time I'm in an MMORPG, my eyes are always looking to the horizon. What's out there, over that next mountain range, across that...

The Stream Team: Party crashing in Dungeons and Dragons Online

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Last week, Massively OP's MJ talked a giant into becoming an actor in DDO. Tonight, she gets to play the part of a party...

Marvel Future Revolution hypes up its universe-merging story in a video

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I'm going to be honest, specific details are pretty scant here, but there is a new video from the folks at Marvel Future Revolution...

Atlas patches in fire bolt ammo for ballistas, bug fixes, and quality-of-life improvements

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After yet another span of silence, piratical MMO Atlas has once again piped up with a new version update that adds, among other things,...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 266: Feline fine for April Fools

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Justin, Bree, Carlo, and Ben discuss April Fools, Elyon, Elder Scrolls Online, Black Desert, RuneScape, City of Heroes, World of Warships, SWG Legends, LOTRO, WoW Classic, Legends of Aria, shortie races, and gaming disorder.

Trove’s Bunfest offers new spring event content for Gamigo’s voxelbox

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My five-year-old literally woke me up this morning chattering excitedly about "Bunfest" in Trove. Not bunnies - buns. She was insistent that this was...

EverQuest II discusses solo content, crafting, and auto-attack updates in a podcast

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Kyle "Kander" Vallee, creative director for EverQuest II, has recorded and shared the third episode of his Kander's Candor podcast, which talks about, among...

RaiderZ reboot shows off progress on basic attack improvements and the skill socket system

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Developer Masangsoft has posted a new progress update video for its reboot of RaiderZ, showing off some new updates in terms of improved basic...

Guild Wars 2 Super Adventure Box reopens next week, plus somebody bought the golden sink

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Finally! ArenaNet had previously announced that Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box, inarguably the best April Fools' event in all of MMO land, was...

Disgruntled Chronicles of Elyria backers seek aid from the Washington attorney general

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Ever since Kickstarted MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria went belly-up, players have been trying to figure out what to do about it. Some had sunk...
KITTY! AGAIN!

Our interview with Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida and Yusuke Mogi

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Health concerns kept the staff from Final Fantasy XIV away from this year's PAX East in Boston back at the end of February. This...
Roast somebody.

World of Warcraft previews the first pass of Covenant abilities for Shadowlands

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Players were promised yesterday that the developers behind World of Warcraft would be shedding some more light on Shadowlands in the near future. That...
I like being a WHM, though.

Final Fantasy XIV launches patch 5.25 with new Relic weapons

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It's time for players to start in on the latest set of relic weapons for Final Fantasy XIV today, as patch 5.25 opens up...
Burnsauce.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the messiest combat?

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I don't like messes. They freak me out. The chaos, the uncertainty, it gets to me. And it's as true in real life as...

Massively Uplifting: Cake, coloring, and EVE Online’s PLEX4Good COVID-19 relief

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The news this past month has been infected with the novel coronavirus. It's everywhere we turn, and we can't escape it even if we...
Of course 400 million people can be wrong. it just means they have a wider range of collective error.

Call of Duty wins a ‘first amendment’ lawsuit, Tencent sues cloud company for hosting its games

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Ready for some litigious gaming news? Sure you are. In part the first, we look towards vehicle manufacturer AM General and its 2017 lawsuit against...

Get a look at Blade & Soul Revolution’s gameplay ahead of its English release

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While Blade & Soul Revolution is already open for pre-registration for its English version, you might be the sort who wants to know what...
Work that soul, yo

Soulworker explains why the game’s updates have been slower recently

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The update cadence has been slow for Soulworker of late, but it turns out the reason was Gameforge has been trying to give players...

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