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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SuperData February 2020: Fortnite returns to the top 10 as analysts predict COVID-19 impacts

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SuperData is back with another monthly report on the state of the games industry's revenue, unbowed and unbent from its tussle with Epic Games...

The Elder Scrolls Online tests adjustments to light and heavy attacks on PTS

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It appears to be almost time for a combat meta shake-up in The Elder Scrolls Online. A forum post has unveiled a new PTS...

EverQuest activates a short bonus period, releases a cappella album

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Even as EverQuest's team transitions to working from home, it doesn't mean things are slowing down for the title during its anniversary month. In...

The Daily Grind: What once-popular MMORPG terminology has fallen out of use?

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Let's play with words. A while back I saw someone describing the act of MMO banksitting on Twitter without actually using the term. It's one...

Felicia Day releases an unifinished World of Warcraft machinima sitcom

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Say you're stuck in self-imposed or locally mandated quarantine in the wake of the novel coronavirus and you've blitzed through all of your TV...

Revelation Online’s Skyward World is live today with the new progression system

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While the Book of Enchantments sounds a bit like an old '80s high fantasy Muppet show (that I would totally watch by the way),...

RuneScape releases the Zodi-yak Track and digs into Archaeology in a livestream

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RuneScape is looking both into the dirt and at the stars with this week's series of news updates. As of today, players of the...

Trove’s latest PTS update brings an infinite dungeon

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Things are about to get endless in Trove thanks to the introduction of delves, a combination of Geode's caverns with procedural generation to create...

Saga of Lucimia shows off over two hours of stage three alpha gameplay

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If you've got time to kill (and most of us do) and are following the progress of Saga of Lucimia, then the developers have...

Skyforge postpones its anniversary, gives a month of free subscription

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Not even tinpot gods can make everything in the game universe bend to their will -- when delays happen, they have to sit on...

Fight or Kite: Hackmud is more than a MUD – it’s a living cyberpunk world

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As these words loaded into your browser, sending bits and bytes across a vast array of interconnected wires and tubes, someone is typing away...
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EVE Online addresses cheaters, elaborates on tomorrow’s faction war updates

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EVE Online has a whole lot to talk about, both on its official site and in the weekly EVE Pulse video series. This week,...

The Survivalist: Last Oasis virtual dev tour highlights nomadic life and offline safety

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At this stage of the survival genre game, you need more than just a novel idea for the setting. You need unique features to...

COVID-19 roundup: GameStop, unions call foul, Square-Enix, race cars, Blizzard, Skyforge, and Ultima Online housing

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of news bits all about how COVID-19 has impacted even our MMO corner of the gaming world. Also...
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Wisdom of Nym: Expected expansion features still unseen in Final Fantasy XIV

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We're still not into the period of time in which we'll learn about patch 5.3 for Final Fantasy XIV. Indeed, there's a lot of life left...
Sometimes it's a bit less clear.

City of Heroes rogue server creates a folding@home team for players to combat coronavirus

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"Go. Fold. Kill Coronavirus," mandates the call to action from the City of Heroes: Homecoming team. The devs of the rogue server have created...
The fanboy mines are harder to work all the time.

Valve’s Gabe Newell discusses the time he was a gold farmer in World of Warcraft (for research)

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Apparently, Gabe Newell -- you know, the billionaire president of Valve who has enough money to, say, throw it into the bonfire of rejiggering...
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Final Fantasy XIV brings Hatching-Tide around with a new sort of bunny suit

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It's almost time for the latest iteration of Hatching-Tide to hop back into Final Fantasy XIV, and this year you can indulge in any...
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The Daily Grind: What’s the perfect size for an MMO battleground?

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I've made no secret of the fact that I like big battle MMO PvP. I want it to feel huge. I want there to...

MMO Week in Review: Finding refuge in MMOs from WoW to LOTRO

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This week was both the spring equinox and St Patrick's Day, but you wouldn't know it from the world, which is still reeling from...