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]

Elite Dangerous previews Odyssey’s atmospheric planets in new dev video

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Back at the top of June, Frontier announced that the massive Elite Dangerous expansion it's been working on for ages is called Odyssey, coming...

New World is already gearing up for its ‘preview event’ next week

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As August marches onward, New World fans are eagerly anticipating the promised preview event launching on August 25th, which will let in all the...
Skeeorch.

EVE Online’s weeks-long player war has cost players over $112,000 so far

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For over six weeks now, one of EVE Online's largest and bloodiest battles has been waging across the game's galaxy. World War Bee is...
Not so close.

Closers Online’s developer is taking over operation following En Masse’s collapse

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Following the shocking announcement yesterday that MMO developer and publisher En Masse Entertainment is closing its doors, it's only natural to wonder what will...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most annoying travel system in an MMO?

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A while back, I finally talked my husband into buying his Elf Warden a basic Hobbit house in Lord of the Rings Online. He...

RuneScape takes its community award show online

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Considering that RuneFest isn't going to happen this year, Jagex has been looking at other ways to celebrate RuneScape's community. To wit, the studio...

Mad World says it’s still on track for a 2020 release

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As we noticed back in May, promotion and public updates for Jandisoft's Mad World has all but slowed down to a standstill. This is...

Starbase previews fleet PvP tourney video, works on player progression and exploration design

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It's been months since we checked in on Starbase directly rather in our weekly roundup, so we're going to do just that today and...

Dark Age of Camelot prepares to repossess a lot of abandoned houses

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If you've got some property in Dark Age of Camelot that you haven't visited in a while, you might want to make a trip...
Boom, crash, new year, explosions.

TERA and Closers studio En Masse Entertainment is closing its doors (but the games will survive)

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I kinda can't believe I'm typing this, but it appears that En Masse Entertainment, which has run TERA here in North America for the...
Much better.

Check out Sims 4 builds for living in Dalaran or Darnassus… or in a world of Overwatch

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You probably do not want to live in Darnassus in World of Warcraft. For one thing, it's on fire. For another, even when it...
Into the exceedingly well known.

Wurm Online tops concurrency records and will add yet another new server

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Wurm Online has been fully on Steam for just over three weeks now. The surge of new players prompted Code Club to to roll...

Warhammer Online’s Return of Reckoning linked over 2200 accounts in Twitch

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We were pretty amazed last month when we heard that Warhammer Online's rogue server, Return of Reckoning, was getting Twitch drops. It turns out...

Meridian 59 honored the late MMO developer Brian Green in yesterday’s memorial

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Last week, we covered the tragic news that Brian Green, better known as Psychochild around here, had passed away, far too young at the...
Holla back.

Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Reflections in Crystal content

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All right, this format worked well last time; let's go for it again and talk about Final Fantasy XIV's latest patch. But to start...

First impressions and hands-on with Razer’s left-handed Naga MMO mouse

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A little-known fact: I am one of the less than 10% of the world’s population who are left-handed. It’s not always convenient (those chairs...
Working from not-home.

Final Fantasy XIV is planning more housing plots for patch 5.4 in addition to new housing servers

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It's not exactly a surprise to Final Fantasy XIV fans that more housing plots are in the plan, considering that Ishgard restoration is pretty...

Valiance Online has extended its open beta event another two weeks

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PlayNYC, the newly digital games con in New York, ended yesterday, which means Valiance Online's brief open beta whereby anyone could play should have...

Jagex is publishing a new game, this one a ‘multi-format living’ UE4 multiplayer action RPG

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I dunno about you, but I always get a little nervous whenever Jagex announces a new game, given how so many of them have...

The $420K ArcheAge class action lawsuit settlement is finally paying out

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I'm quite sure our readers will remember the class action lawsuit a group of gamers lodged against Trion Worlds way back in 2015 -...