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]

One Shots: Acrophobia immersion therapy

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For those, like myself, who have a slight fear of heights, then boy does Star Citizen have the ship for you! It's the equivalent...
Good car, bad game.

The Daily Grind: What old inventory items in MMOs do you keep around even though they’re dead weight?

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I should really get rid of my beast tribe currency from Final Fantasy XIV version 1.0, but part of me still holds on to...

Make My MMO: Chronicles of Elyria becomes the highest-profile MMORPG Kickstarter to crash and burn

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Soulbound Studios, the team behind MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria, announced that the game was on indefinite hold and all...

Ashes of Creation shows off an hour’s worth of gameplay from alpha one

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Earlier this week, Intrepid Studios had promised to deliver some gameplay from the alpha one build of Ashes of Creation, and deliver it did,...

Blizzard sends out a Burning Crusade Classic survey, says farewell to Diablo III’s community manager

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It's time to throw a whole armful of kindling onto the smoldering fire that is rumors of a WoW Classic Burning Crusade server. Wowhead...

LOTRO Legendarium: Lord of the Rings Online’s Hytbold experiment

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The landscape of any long-running MMORPG is bound to be littered with various developer experiments that were tried and later abandoned. Lord of the...

Survival MMO Last Oasis’ early access has been plagued by connection issues

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"Problematic" is the term of the day when it comes to woodpunk survival MMO Last Oasis. The title went into early access on Steam...
Notably after!

The Daily Grind: When you return to an MMO, do you start over or continue?

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Recently I loaded back up Guild Wars 2 after a multi-year absence. While I still have a strong roster of decked-out level 80 characters...
That arena is sure shadowy.

Betawatch: Shadow Arena announces its final beta in April

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Is there any arena more shadow-filled than Shadow Arena? It might need to change its name if there were, but you can evaluate for...

The Stream Team: A first look at space sandbox Avorion

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There's a new game that launched you say? And it is a sandbox in space? Right on! Sounds like now is a great time...

EVE Online details its Champions of Lowsec event and posts another monthly econ report

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If the changes to lowsec in EVE Online aren't already enough to get you to fly to that section of space and blow up...

DarkStory is a 2-D MMORPG that hearkens back to 16-bit era RPGs

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I admit that my RPG gaming sensibilities are greatly informed by the SNES age of JRPGs. Games like Illusion of Gaia, Secret of Mana...

Check out Rogue Company, Hi-Rez’s upcoming cross-platform team shooter

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Rogue Company: It's definitely not Rogue Squadron on a Bad Company binge. It's Hi-Rez Studios' next big thing under the First Watch Games label:...

Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box is coming mid-April, not next week, and there’s no new World

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I've joked a few times this week about how badly my kids want to play Super Adventure Box in Guild Wars 2, and I...

World of Warships’ exercises and recipes, World of Tanks’ overhaul, and War Thunder’s movie set

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Welp, here's something I've never seen before: An online game is offering up workouts and recipes that players can do from home while under...

Guild Wars 2 Game Director Mike Zadorojny left for Amazon Games Studios – in November

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Two weeks ago, we reported that Guild Wars 2 Game Director Mike Zadorojny had quietly departed ArenaNet last fall. Originally leaked by a troll...
As above, so below.

Wurm Online opens its Steam page and makes missions easier to complete in its latest patch

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The time is nigh for Wurm Online to arrive to Steam, and no more is that apparent than the opening of its Steam page,...

The Stream Team: Say yes to Yokai story in AQ3D

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In honor of her eighth streamaversary today, Massively OP's MJ is going to spend the afternoon in the game that makes her the happiest,...
Probably without the album that slaps, too.

DC Universe Online brings out a Birds of Prey episode on April 16

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If you haven't already seen the movie Birds of Prey, you can actually get that on streaming right now. That's cool. It also means...

Dungeons and Dragons Online brings back its anniversary event and starts the Mimic Hunt

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If all the free content on offer in Dungeons and Dragons Online isn't enough for you, then maybe a couple of events will be...