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]

City of Titans defines alpha and beta, teases a patcher, and shows off unisex outfits

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There's been a little bit of a news burst coming out of the City of Titans camp. The devs have taken a moment to...

EVE Online releases CSM 14 summit minutes as players quibble over metrics

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The Council of Stellar Management (CSM) in EVE Online has had its first summit and those who are eager to learn a bit about...

Astellia players clash over the perks of new post-launch founder packs

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The community of Astellia Online is barely a few days into the game's official launch, and it already looks to be stirring itself up...

Don’t panic, but Tencent just bought 29% of Funcom

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Whether you follow Funcom for its old-school MMORPGs like Anarchy Online and Secret World Legends, its survival sandbox Conan Exiles, or its up coming...
Heritage.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO do you wish the devs would just. stop. touching?

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A few weeks back, MOP's Not So Massively columnist Tyler Edwards penned a piece on the problems plaguing Heroes of the Storm, and as...

MMO Week in Review: Astellia Online has officially launched

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Astellia Online launched this weekend after a week in head-start, marking what might be the biggest new MMO to hit western shores all year....
oh dear

Forsaken World is a new mobile version of Forsaken World (the non-mobile version)

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All right, hands up for everyone who remembers Forsaken World Mobile back in 2015. It launched back then, really, and it promptly got zero traction...

The MOP Up: Warframe’s community designs stunning fashion

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One really neat aspect of the ultra-popular Warframe is that Digital Extremes invites artistic community members to design cosmetics for the game. The best...

Ember Sword is an upcoming MMORPG with a blockchain-based monetization scheme

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By Ember Sword's reckoning, the MMORPG genre is in decline thanks to insidious monetization practices like lootboxes and pay-to-win items. So what do you...
Gonna go fight a boss.

Global Chat: Diving deep into Project Gorgon

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While you're over there playing the same-old, same-old MMO, do you know who is having a spectacular time discovering one of the most original...
Well, this isn't ideal.

MMO Business Roundup: Nexon drops Tree of Savior, plus DUNE hires and Pearl Abyss’ new HQ

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Nexon's let go yet another MMO from its publishing stable. According to MMO Culture, Nexon has announced that it's closing down its Japanese server for...

One Shots: An oldie but a goodie

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Last week's screenshot challenge to share pictures of older MMOs that still check out (visually, I mean) resulted in a small avalanche of Lord...
Racing.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best non-combat PvP?

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PvP is about more than just getting into the dirt with your opponent and seeing who drops first. Sure, it frequently is exactly that, and...

Make My MMO: Ashes of Creation Apocalypse is review-bombed, again, as Fig throws shade on Kickstarter

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If Ashes of Creation Apocalypse thought it could avoid a review-bomb with a new Steam portal as Apocalypse hit early access this week, it...

ArcheAge provides more launch details for ArcheAge Unchained in latest stream

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ArcheAge held a livestream this past Friday with a number of details for players looking forward to ArcheAge Unchained, granting eager fans a few...

Eternal Magic has been accused of ripping off Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft, and SMITE

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It's no secret that Eternal Magic, the now-in-beta PvP MMO from Chinese developer Duoyi, got off to a bad start with the community earlier...

LOTRO Legendarium: Minas Morgul is off to a better start than Mordor

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While we have known for a long while that this was coming, the official announcement of Lord of the Rings Online's 2019 expansion was...

Guild Wars 2’s next major class balance patch is dropping October 1

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Forget your pumpkin spice lattes, Tyrians, because you will soon be drinking deep from the cup of a balance patch that is due to...

The Daily Grind: If you could bring back an MMO for a single day, what would you do in it?

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Here's the good news: You've been handed a device that has the power to resurrect a sunsetted MMORPG and activate servers for you and...
I'm fine. We're fine. This is fine. Everything's fine like wine.

Betawatch: Ashes of Creation un-cancels the Apocalypse, Magic the Gathering Arena leaves beta

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What? Yes, we know that Ashes of Creation: Apocalypse was never cancelled, but it was a perfect chance to make a Pacific Rim reference. Besides,...

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