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]

First Impressions: Tarisland’s interesting gameplay isn’t enough to surmount shoddy temport quality

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When we issued our 2024 predictions for the MMORPG genre during our annual year-end articles, I said that Tarisland would be a sleeper hit,...

Aion Classic EU’s roadmap for the rest of 2024 includes three solid content drops

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Gameforge is still working Aion Classic for all its worth: This morning, it officially unveiled the second half of its roadmap for the EU...
There is another shore, you know.

Final Fantasy XIV sets an aetheryte in London ahead of Dawntrail’s launch

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If anyone has an aetheryte ticket in real life and wants the cheapest trip possible to the UK, good news, as there's an aetheryte...

Piffsy is a new social MMO with llamas and dancing

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My friends, have you heard the word on the cyberstreets about this new social MMO that released a couple weeks ago? It's called Piffsy,...

View counts for New World Aeternum’s official announcement trailer see a mysterious spike

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A lot of the time, when PR tells us how many views a game gets on YouTube or Twitch, it's an easily ignored metric...
Plue Brotocol.

Blue Protocol’s fate up in the air after Bandai Namco Online declares insolvency

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It's probably wise for us to severely ratchet down any expectations or hopes of seeing a triumphant release of Blue Protocol in the year...

Throne & Liberty KR showcases updates to progression, new activities, a new region, and artifact system

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Earlier this week, NCSoft brought a four hour-long smorgasbord of information out of Throne & Liberty's Korean version, with devs hosting a TL meet-up...

The Daily Grind: What should MMO subscriptions actually pay for?

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When I first started playing MMORPGs, I didn't know what an expansion was because no MMORPG had ever had one. I paid my subscription...
bro you gotta trust me bro

MMO Week in Review: Tarisland, Pax Dei, and Black Desert’s Heidel Ball

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Tarisland officially launched this week, treating global players to Tencent's WoW clone that looks... kinda less and less like a WoW clone as you...

The MOP Up: Among Us adds three new playable roles

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Highly sus game Among Us added three new roles with its latest update: Tracker (keep tabs on Crewmates via the minimap), Noisemaker (make noise...

The Stream Team: One last roulette run in Final Fantasy XIV before Dawntrail arrives

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It's the last Eorzea Sunday stream of the Endwalker era! MOP's Chris and his crew are coming together for one final run of the...

EVE Echoes has spent 2024 pumping out events, balancing, new regions, new ships, and a cheater crackdown

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Most of the EVE Online-shaped noise has been coming out of... well, EVE Online, particularly since its Equinox update went live and testing for...

Heidel Ball 2024: Black Desert is adding Seoul and the Dosa class, then going to the past

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Given that Black Desert Online is celebrating its 10th anniversary with an event in the very town that inspired the game's first city (Heidel),...

One Shots: Did someone call for a bird delivery?

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Face it: There are a lot of bird delivery services in the world today. Not an hour goes by that your doorbell isn't ringing...
You have too much junk.

The Daily Grind: Do you have MMO items in your inventory that are never going to be useful?

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In the launch version of Final Fantasy XIV, there were a number of currency items that dropped from tribal enemies like the Amalj'aa and...
Missusbugs.

Trove warns players to ditch exploited items before they ‘lead to irreversible damage’

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While PC players are surfing the waves of Trove's new Rising Tide update and its underwater biome, there's something disturbing happening just below the...

LOTRO Legendarium: LOTRO announces its next legendary servers, Angmar and Mordor

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Believe it or not, the last time that Lord of the Rings Online brought out fresh legendary servers, it was the pair of Treebeard...
Makin', make make makin'... armor.

Final Fantasy XIV reminds players to prepare for Dawntrail’s early access period

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If you are unbelievably eager to be tap-dancing in Tural in Final Fantasy XIV, please remember that you need to have a pre-order code...

The Daily Grind: How do you stack the odds for a successful return to an MMO?

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I've left and come back to particular MMORPGs over the past two decades more times than I can count. And if there's anything that...
Duel.

Betawatch: Tarisland launches, ASKA and Pax Dei open early access

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We're saying farewell to Tarisland from our Betawatch listing for all the right reasons: The MMORPG officially launched this morning, meaning its beta is...