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]

Black Desert’s PC roadmap dates Guardian Awakening, more Succession skills, and new continents

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While players of Black Desert already had an idea of what was to come thanks to a content preview, there weren't many release dates...
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CIG fires back in response to Crytek’s request to pause Squadron 42 lawsuit

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Earlier this month we reported on a request from Crytek to halt its ongoing breach of contract lawsuit against Star Citizen studio Cloud Imperium...

The Daily Grind: Who was the MMORPG gamer of the year in 2019?

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One of the awards we considered doing this year but decided not to is one for gamer of the year, specifically MMORPG gamer of...

MMO Week in Review: Elder Scrolls goes back to Skyrim, New World abolishes FFA PvP

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I thought this week was going to be all about the reveal of Elder Scrolls Online's Greymoor chapter - who's up for vampire vikings?!...

EVE Evolved: Fight or Flight is a season for change in EVE Online

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January marks not just the beginning of a new year for EVE Online but also the start of a new seasonal development strategy for...

Battle Bards Episode 160: MMO cover songs vol. 2

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For the first time since Episode 50, the Battle Bards crew returns to the theme of cover songs of MMO tracks. Several extremely musicians...

The MOP Up: Funcom delays Moons of Madness’ console release

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For those starving in the Secret Worlds Legends content wasteland of 2019, there was at least the single-player spin-off Moons of Madness to enjoy....

Make My MMO: Looks like Edengrad and Divergence Online are abandoned

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, we've got a long overdue status update on a pair of crowdfunded titles on our list, Divergence Online and...

The Game Archaeologist: Super-early versions of MMORPG websites

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One of the absolute best things the internet ever generated has been the Internet Wayback Machine. Through this site, snapshots of millions of websites...

Albion Online AMA talks 1v1 PvP, quality-of-life, and preventing mega-alliances

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As you'd expect from a good AMA, the folks from Albion Online covered a lot of ground and touched on a variety of topics...

One Shots: Abusing emote spam

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Emotes: They're a privilege, not a right. Well, they actually come pretty standard in most online games, so I guess they're more or less...
It's a tiny little sprout thing. It might kill you.

The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs you can’t admit you’re not playing any more?

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I'm still playing Final Fantasy XI! No, really, I am. Sure, I haven't logged into the game in... well... months, at least. Maybe a...
Multi-digit division.

Global Chat: Why player representation in games matters

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The recent flap over Escape from Tarkov's public pronouncement of "no icky girls" (my paraphrase) as playable characters in its game elicited more than...

Albion Online is planning a big Battle for Caerleon event tomorrow ahead of the Queen update

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With Albion Online's Queen update rolling on toward launch next week, Sandbox Interactive is understandably keen on ramping up the in-game storyline that'll drive...

Guild Wars 2 subreddit goof helps re-confirm new ArenaNet game

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A thread posted Friday on the Guild Wars 2 subreddit apparently went awry as players panicked under the mistaken belief that ArenaNet's Jennifer Scheurle was...
We're fine.

World of Warcraft’s Visions of N’Zoth is kind of a ‘horrific’ mess – where’s the old ‘Blizzard Polish’?

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One popular World of Warcraft YouTuber is calling this past week's Visions of N'Zoth Blizzard's "buggiest patch ever" as a result of the WoW...
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Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s Rich Lambert on the Dark Heart of Skyrim

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At this week's live reveal of the Dark Heart of Skyrim for The Elder Scrolls Online, I had the chance to sit down with...

New World just took a hard turn away from a PvP slugfest, and hardcore PvPers are not happy

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Even knowing it was slated to arrive, I was still surprised last night when Amazon Game Studios dropped New World's latest dev blog well...

The Daily Grind: Do you like standard MMO classes or abnormal ones?

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Any time I hear about a new MMO or jump into an existing one, the first thing that I look at is its class...

The Stream Team: Warm melodies at LOTRO’s Winterstock

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What better way to spend a Friday night at a concert with friends? LOTRO's annual Winterstock is this weekend, and Massively OP's MJ is...

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