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]

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Blue Protocol starts its Japanese closed beta testing on April 23

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The beta test for Blue Protocol had to be delayed a little bit before based on COVID-19, but it was always just a delay....

EverQuest bungles new overseer system, infuriating fans

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Sometimes, Daybreak's just gotta Daybreak, and there's nothing we can do but shake our heads and laugh mirthlessly. A black cloud is spreading over EverQuest's...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever paid for MMO-related services like coaching?

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A few weeks back, MMO veteran dev John Smedley posted a tweet about paying for, of all things, coaching in a video game, and...

The Stream Team: Never leaving Neverwinter’s Neverdeath Graveyard

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Massively OP's MJ is a big fan of cemeteries, so there is a chance she may never leave Neverwinter's Neverdeath Graveyard. Of course, she...

Massively Overthinking: What do you hoard in MMORPGs?

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Last week, online gamers made headlines for hoarding toilet paper. No, not in real life - in Fallout 76. Way to embrace the apocalypse,...
Pictured? Not me.

Final Fantasy XI offers a small April update and an egg-hunting event

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Is there anything more on-brand for Final Fantasy XI than apologizing because this month's update is a bit smaller than usual? Probably not. According...
Oh hi survey.

Champions Online surveys players, preps Serene Abyss, as Star Trek Online boosts mark acquisition

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Would you like to take a survey? Champions Online would like you to take a survey. It's a survey about the future development of...

Old School RuneScape makes several small improvements as RuneScape shows off Archaeology rewards

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Jagex is still pretty busy with both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, with the former providing another look at Archaeology and the latter putting...

ArcheAge Unchained kicks off Rock’n’Scroll event through April 23

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ArcheAge Unchained is ramping up for yet another event that ought to consume players' time during the global pandemic, and this one's called Rock'n'Scroll....
Years and years.

The Elder Scrolls Online starts celebrating six years of operation on April 2

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It's been six years since The Elder Scrolls Online first went live, and as is largely tradition in the MMO space, most of the...

Woodpunk survival MMO Last Oasis has officially launched on Steam early access

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Woodpunk survival MMO Last Oasis is officially live in early access on Steam today - because we don't have enough apocalypse in our lives...
Never over.

Perfect Ten: The stages of the MMO life cycle

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To this day, no one has a quote as useful on the subject of life and death as E. B. White: "We're born, we...
That was a real laugh!

Vague Patch Notes: Ambition is not delivery in MMOs

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So Chronicles of Elyria is dead in the water. Or... wait, that's not actually accurate; let me start again. Chronicles of Elyria has admitted...

Bethsoft has delayed Fallout 76’s Wastelanders expansion again – but only by a week

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Fallout 76 players have been waiting for the Wastelanders expansion for a long time, it's safe to say. It was originally meant to come...

COVID-19 drives up WoW Classic queues, threatens UK’s only videogame museum

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Many MMOs and online games - at least those that can be operated more or less from a distance - are seeing surges of...
WHAT AM I?!

Final Fantasy XIV shows off the sound design that went into Shadowbringers in a new video

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The sound design of Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers was a strong part of the expansion from the moment the first trailer showed up at...
yay sure

Shroud of the Avatar extends an olive branch to Chronicles of Elyria’s community

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With this week's announcement of the collapse of Chronicles of Elyria's studio and development, you can bet that there are a whole lot of...
Boldly gone.

The Daily Grind: What made you drop a daily routine in an MMO?

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I like Star Trek Online. I really do. I like the whole meta-event stretching through its event that lets you pick up a free...
Song by Placebo.

OrbusVR is adding climbing and treasure hunts while bringing back escort quests

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Since OrbusVR is a virtual reality game, there are certain limitations to jumping. After all, if you start jumping around in real life you...
But in world form.

World of Zenonia announced as a new mobile MMORPG

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If you aren't familiar with the Zenonia franchise, we understand. Not everyone has time to keep track of every mobile RPG, after all, but...