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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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WoW Factor: A quick first impression of Shadowlands class changes

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Every so often, we wind up in a lull of information or exhaustion with World of Warcraft that leads readers to speculating in the...
Sexy, kinda.

Pantheon’s unique monster races are absolutely horrifying – in the best way

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February and March have been pretty busy months for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen. Don't believe us? Then just take a peek at the...

Fractured hosts its first ‘all-backers access’ test to stress the servers and de-stress you

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Come one, come all (buyers) to Fractured! The indie MMO is secure and excited enough in its current alpha build that it feels comfortable...

WoW: Shadowlands datamining reveals gamepad support and easier allied race requirements

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If you've been killing yourself grinding your reputations to get all of the World of Warcraft allied races, you may want to hold off...
No custom.

The Daily Grind: What’s the most coveted MMO alpha or beta you’ve ever gotten into?

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At the time I write this, we do not yet know who will get into the first test phase for World of Warcraft's upcoming...

Darkfall: Rise of Agon introduces a land fortress for clans to capture

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Darkfall: Rise of Agon has added a land fortress. Not a sky fortress or a sea fortress or even a space fortress, which might...

Spring and Easter events drop in Albion Online, Roblox, Runes of Magic, and ARK

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Spring is in the air, and if you're largely stuck at home, you may as well enjoy it in your MMOs. Yep, it's getting...

Corepunk’s quarterly update removes gender locks, talks business model and masteries

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Corepunk, the isometric MMORPG from Dutch developer Artificial Core, has shared its quarterly progress report, which has confirmed the removal of gender-locked hero choices,...

Elder Tales is a developing MMORPG based on the anime Log Horizon

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We'd like to introduce you to another in-development MMORPG. It's called Elder Tales, an MMORPG based on the anime Log Horizon, and by all...

Indie MMO Starborne accidentally exposes alpha tester contact info in email blast

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If you participated in the alpha for indie MMORTS Starborne, you might wanna check your email: Multiple alpha participants are now reporting that they...
Nah, you're gonna make it, buddy!

World of Warcraft walks through the enhanced starting experience for Shadowlands

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The upcoming World of Warcraft: Shadowlands doesn't just create new experiences at the top end for players. The revised leveling is bringing with it...

MMO Business Roundup: Funcom’s corporate move, Japan’s ratings board, and Dean Hall’s next big thing

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We're back with another roundup of MMO industry and business stories related to our corner of the online gaming world. Funcom: Funcom is moving to...

Black Desert brings a water festival and a golden goose event to PC, barbecue missions to mobile

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Black Desert and Black Desert Mobile are once more just full of events for players to take part in, including a water festival, golden...

Tamriel Infinium: Exploring the revamped vampires of Elder Scrolls Online’s Greymoor

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Ever since Molag Bal created the first vampires in Tamriel to spite the aedra Arkay, they have held a unique place in the stories...

Skyforge releases its fifth anniversary expansion with progression system updates, celebratory event

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It's been the subject of most of Skyforge's news, and now it's finally arrived. After a brief delay, the fifth anniversary update has gone...
The yeller.

Perfect Ten: How World of Warcraft is like professional wrestling

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Professional wrestling is not my thing. I say that with absolutely no ill will or judgment; much like the Lord of the Rings, the...

TERA declares Kaia’s War – and no egg thief is safe

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A war has begun in TERA -- but would you expect anything else? En Masse Entertainment dropped the Kaia's War content update, with new...
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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...

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