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]

The MOP Up: Dark Age of Camelot widens its F2P doorway

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St. Patty's day is alive and kicking in Dark Age of Camelot through next Wednesday, but the big news here is that Broadsword is...
This will probably be on the list.

Battle Bards Episode 164: Away with the fairies

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If you ever walked into a forest glade at the light of the first full moon of the year, you may spy an impish...

Global Chat: Don’t mess with my GeForce Now

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The titanic struggle going on right now between cloud-based game streaming platform GeForce Now and studios who are pulling their titles from it is...

Albion Online’s 2020 roadmap promises more solo and small group content, improved faction warfare

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The remainder of 2020 in Albion Online looks to be an important one for a number of different playstyles in the game if the...

One Shots: Stitching a world together

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MMORPGs are well-known for featuring an entire Sonic series' worth of contrasting biomes. And while that's great for lovers of variety, the art teams...
Unembraced.

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite role to play in an MMO group?

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In broadest strokes, a lot of MMOs have embraced the trinity for character design with three roles of tank, DPS, and healer. That's fine....

Make My MMO: Elite Dangerous’ Fuel Rats have rescued 70,000 ships

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, I needed something heartwarming, so there it is: The Fuel Rats, the folks who run around in Elite Dangerous...

PSA: ArcheAge is handing out a huge pile of fun, free toys

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Come one, come all to ArcheAge, where Gamigo is waiting with a pile of time-limited gifts for you to enjoy! The company is running...
Haha whoops.

Coronavirus roundup: Blizzard, free APB Reloaded, EA esports, HPWU, and how your PC can help humans win

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Feel pretty surreal to be reporting on a global crisis like the coronavirus in our indie pages here on MOP, but it affects everyone...

The Daily Grind: In which MMO have you accumulated the most account goodies?

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One of my favorite things when going back to an old favorite MMORPG is creating a new character that gets to benefit from all...
Blessed not be.

Betawatch: Bless Unleashed is, well, unleashed

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Better luck this time, Bless Unleashed! We had a giveaway for your proper launch, which was yesterday, and we're really hoping you get your stuff...
Temmie get money for college

Temtem steamrolls over a wide variety of bugs in its latest update

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Sometimes, it's better to fix the stuff that's in your game before adding more stuff to it. That would appear to be Temtem's approach...

Runes of Magic opens up a Stomping Grounds PvP mode and celebrates 11 years

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Runes of Magic has a couple of things to celebrate in its most recent updates. On the one hand, there's a new PvP mode...

Warframe studio Digital Extremes cancels in-person TennoCon 2020, turns it fully online

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Another MMO-adjacent gaming event has now been canceled in the midst of the coronavirus epidemic. "TennoCon is going fully digital!" Warframe studio Digital Extremes announced...

The Stream Team: Hearts vs skulls in AQ3D’s Dage-themed Friday the 13th event

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It's that time again: Massively OP's MJ's favorite day! And that means she gets to dive back into Camp Gonnagetcha in AQ3D's Friday the...
The centaur iPad is really overpowered.

Guild Wars 2 Game Director Mike Zadorojny and VP of Marketing Mike Silbowitz left ArenaNet

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We've updated this post at the end with confirmation of the Mike Z departure. We hate to rain on the "wheee Guild Wars 2 is...
Duuude!

Crowfall details a quartet of its racial disciplines

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Your choice of race matters in Crowfall. Not simply in the sense that it affects your options when it comes to character classes, although there's...
Local Panda Recalls When She Was Special.

WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Mists of Pandaria

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It's time, people. It's time to remember you should never say no to panda. Yes, we've reached one of World of Warcraft's most weirdly controversial...

Coronavirus roundup: EGX Rezzed, Pokemon Go, and using MMOs to learn from home

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We're capping off an odd week of coverage here in our little corner of the online gaming world, as even those of us who've...
science, together, fun

EVE Online returns to China after a two-year interruption

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EVE Online has been given the thumbs-up by the People's Republic of China. The space sandbox MMORPG originally released in China back in 2006, at...