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]

NCsoft Q4 2019: It was a rough quarter for MMORPGs, especially Guild Wars 2

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NCsoft corporate had a solid financial quarter for the last three months of 2019, with increases in revenue quarter over quarter and year over...
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The Daily Grind: Which MMO puts on the best Valentine’s Day?

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Valentine's Day tends to be one of the stranger holidays for MMO developers to try to shoehorn into their game worlds. It can be...

The Stream Team: MOP’s 5th birthday party, evening edition

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When you are celebrating Massively OP's 5th birthday, you can't just limit it to one party. No you need at least two! MJ is...
Fan favoritism

Star Trek Online: Legacy is launching on March 3 for console players

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It's been a decade for players of going on a trek across the stars online in... uh... Star Trek Online. It delivers what it promises....

Blade and Soul takes a closer look at the upcoming Way of the Phantom Assassin specialization

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While by no means the deep dive that one might want for a new class spec, Blade and Soul has at least offered a...

Mad World shows off its upcoming pet system

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Going through the mad world of Mad World need not be done alone. In a recent developer diary, players got a first look at...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 259: Once upon a Phantasy Star

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Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard, PSO2, WoW Classic, Camelot, the site's 5th anniversary, adventures in STO and SWGL, and mailbag topics on Daybreak, the podcast, and gaming ambassadors.

The Stream Team: MOP’s 5th birthday party, afternoon edition

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Happy birthday Mo! Today marks the 5th year that Massively OP has been news-ing, opinion-ing, and streaming right here at our very own overpowered...

TERA’s Crescent Sea is live on PC with Elin Valkyries and the new treasure ship dungeon

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It's patch day for TERA's PC crowd today, as Crescent Sea officially goes live, bringing the playable Elin Valkyrie to the game world along...
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Albion Online now counts 350K monthly active players, plans major alliance changes

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We just got some fun numbers on Albion Online, buried in a forum post: Sandbox Interactive says that its massive Queen update in January...

MMO Business Roundup: Kakao’s controlling stake in XLGAMES, Steam’s new record, Xbox’s games-as-a-service

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news! Kakao Games: Kakao has snapped up a controlling stake in XLGAMES, having acquired 53%...
And here we just keep going.

Guild Wars 2 just put an end to cheese mechanics in the Drakkar encounter

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It's patch day for Guild Wars 2, and that usually means one of two things: a tiny one-line bug tweak, or a major release....

Choose My Adventure: Nearing a point of Lahn mastery in Black Desert

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In the last Choose My Adventure column, I mentioned how the Lahn in Black Desert felt an awful lot like a fighting game character...
Party down.

Star Wars: The Old Republic delays Update 6.1, but you can read the patch notes

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Hope you didn't build your time off around Update 6.1: Pinnacles of Power's release to Star Wars: The Old Republic because the devs have...

Enter to win a Star Trek Online LE anniversary badge, T6 battlecruisers, fleet packs, and more!

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This might just be the coolest Star Trek Online giveaway we've ever done, and we've done a lot of 'em! In celebration of the...

Massively Overthinking: MassivelyOP, five years in

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Five years ago, we flipped a switch, let the site go live, and published our first article as Massively OP. It was from Justin,...

Stake your claim with New World’s settlements as Amazon drops new dev blog

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Even though New World is allegedly right around the corner this spring, Amazon Game Studios has been fairly quiet on the sandbox title since...
Oh, we're out of luck here.

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG endgame for people who like to PUG?

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A few months ago on Reddit, a player popped up with a neat question about MMO endgames. Essentially, Redditor TooEarlyForMe wanted to participate in...
Fair fights.

EVE Online is celebrating 11 years of wormholes with its next update

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It appears that EVE Online is keen to celebrate wormholes soon. The game's next update is all in on wormholes and wormhole-related content, announcing...

Shroud of the Avatar updates Bard skills, gives $6999 backers a new house

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A new architecture style has arrived to Shroud of the Avatar and the first ones to get their look at it are those who...

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