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]

Albion Online wants to boost players’ ‘incentives for backstabbing and going to war’

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Over the last few months, Albion Online's Sandbox Interactive has continued its push to rebalance the endgame meta - specifically, the power and potency...
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Prosperous Universe prepares to give population more punch with the Populous update

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The next major update to Prosperous Universe has been dubbed Populous, and it's all about population... except in some ways, it might feel like...
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Skyforge’s Aelion Day anniversary event asks players to fulfill prophecies for rewards

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Why would players challenge themselves to fulfill a prophecy? To face a destiny ordained on paper? Is it fame? Glory? Redemption? In Skyforge, it's...

APB Reloaded discusses its Easter event and beta testing for the Unreal Engine upgrade

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APB Reloaded has a lot of pots boiling right now and they'd like to share what's cooking with you, so let's get right to...

The Stream Team: Looking for SWTOR datacrons in Alderaan places

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Alderaan meets a sad end, but not today. Today, Massively OP's Larry and MJ might meet a sad end though! The duo is off...

EVE Online details management of the sandbox ecosystem and explains the intention of resource distribution

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The one constant in EVE Online is that things are always changing, but sometimes it's not always clear why things are changing. In a...
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PlanetSide 2 reboots its Outfit Wars qualifier after exploits

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The good news about PlanetSide 2's Outfit Wars revamp is that the qualifiers have produced lots of good data for the developers to use...

Pandemic roundup: Humble Conquer COVID-19, Bethsoft events canceled, EA ‘stay and play’

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Welcome back to another roundup of the impact of COVID-19 on gaming. A huge stack of game studios have chipped in to support Humble's Conquer...

Choose My Adventure: Albion Online, chestnut logs, and terrible mistakes

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I regret to inform you all that my final moments in Albion Online were something of a bellyflop. A number of smaller frustrations just...
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City of Heroes Homecoming patches in asymmetrical costume parts and new support powerset

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Fresh out of the test server and into the rogue server of City of Heroes: Homecoming comes the most important thing to ever arrive...
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Wisdom of Nym: Does Final Fantasy XIV need new jobs?

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We're all still basically expecting an expansion announcement for Final Fantasy XIV in November. I'll talk about the weirdness of the world right now...

Camelot Unchained details work on Devout classes, new crafted traps and barricades, and Soul Essence Shards

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In spite of a work-from-home policy, the folks at Camelot Unchained have been spectacularly busy. In the end of the month update for March,...

April Fools’ Day around the MMO ‘verse, 2020 edition

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Happy April Fools' Day, folks. Here's a look at a few of the goofball pranks and patches we spied in MMOs this morning! First, up...
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Black Desert gets an April Fools’ event on PC, Drieghan on console, and new events on mobile

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Whew! The down side of having so many different versions of Black Desert is that when an update day rains, it pours. And it...
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Why I Play April Fools’ Day

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So it's time for our April Fools' Day joke, which means that usually it's my time to shine. Seriously, a lot of these have...
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Ashes of Creation plans its alpha one testing starting in May

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Make it through this stretch of time, Ashes of Creation, because good things are coming in the future. Specifically, they'll be arriving in May,...
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Ascent: Infinite Realm rebrands to Elyon, launches new website

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It's no joke: The long-in-coming steampunk MMO Ascent: Infinite Realm has a new name. Daum Games announced yesterday that the game is now and...

The Daily Grind: Are you on board for Burning Crusade Classic?

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It seems all but one official announcement short of certainty that Blizzard is going to be rolling out a Burning Crusade Classic server for...
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Global Chat: Is Animal Crossing New Horizons an MMO?

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One trend that we have noticed over the past decade or so is the blurring of lines between "regular" video games and MMORPGs. It...

Bloodlines of Prima is a free-to-play PvP/PvE open world hero shooter MMORPG

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OK, I confess that the headline for this one sounds like Bloodlines of Prima tossed all of the MMO sub-genres into a blender, whirred...

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