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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Revelation Online previews the City of the Demon Gods

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You've got to be a pretty rough town to be dubbed the City of the Demon Gods, but the new dungeon being added to...
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Albion Online works to limit alliances, ganking, and underwhelming loot in its latest patch

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It'd be unfair to call the latest patch for Albion Online a course correction; rather, it's more of an ongoing course adjustment. Alliances, for example,...

Daybreak’s new EverQuest and EverQuest II boss Jennifer Chan addresses players in new dev blog

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Last week, Daybreak's Holly Longdale stunned players of EverQuest and EverQuest II when she announced she'd be leaving the Daybreak team she's headed up...

Phantasy Star Online 2 gets its transmedia synergy on with a Sonic-themed founder pack

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Hey, you said you wanted more transmedia synergy in your MMOs, probably, so here it is: Phantasy Star Online 2 just announced a Sonic...
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Black Desert Mobile releases Ascension and preps for the Dark Knight, PC version continues its anniversary

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There's a whole lot new in the world of Black Desert. There's updates for mobile that have brought Ascension for the game's classes, the...

Enter to win a Bless Unleashed Exalted founder pack courtesy of Neowiz and MOP

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We're coming up on the official launch date for Bless Unleashed tomorrow, when the latest entry in the Bless franchise rolls out the free-to-play...

Desert Arena: First impressions of Shadow Arena, the Diet Black Desert of battle royales

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Did someone just cast Arcane Echo? Because this'll be our second piece on Shadow Arena this week, following its deep-dive by our PvP columnist...
Just barely avoided this fate.

Perfect Ten: Son of conversations with anthropomorphic MMO studios

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It has been a while since I've had any more conversations with anthropomorphic representations of MMO studios. Why? Because it's not fun for me. Come...

PlanetSide 2’s big Escalation update is live as EU server migration is underway

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It's finally happening: Escalation is about to go live for eager PlanetSide 2 players. We've been covering this update since February, when Daybreak and Rogue...
The shine is off.

Astellia Online merges its European servers, begins event to boost duos and trios

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Ah damn, don't like writing these posts: Astellia Online has admitted it's merging down its EU servers, specifically Aquarius and Canceria. On March 17th,...

World of Warcraft Classic declares Arathi Basin open for business

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As World of Warcraft Classic starts to run low on the remaining PvP content to dole out to its playerbase, at least there is...

You’re going to have to work to get a home in New World

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If you've already called the movers to lug your stuff into New World when it (supposedly) launches this spring, you might want to reschedule....

Coronavirus leads to E3’s cancellation, plus SMITE and Pokemon Go postpone events

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Update: The ESA has now made it official. We've included the press release at the end of this article. If you thought it was strange...

The Daily Grind: Are you a stingy MMO spender?

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I like to think of myself as a fairly thrifty guy. A bulk of my Kindle library was either free or purchased on discount,...
Good job, guy!

Players claim to be hitting rank 1000 in Red Dead Online

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Big numbers are impressive, and thus it's something of a milestone that a player in Red Dead Online has hit rank 1000 for what he...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 262: Holly Holly oxen free

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Justin and Bree discuss Daybreak's Holly Longdale's departure, City of Heroes' Homecoming video ban, PlanetSide 2's Escalation, Black Desert's birthday, Cryptic's chat nuke, Guild Wars 2's next episode, changing MMO opinions, and MMO automation, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, and SWG Legends.

TERA PC patches in Kaia’s Anvil as 28 days of dungeon runs begins

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PC players of En Masse's MMORPG TERA are in for a treat today with the launch of the latest content drop, Kaia's Anvil. En...
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Dark Heart of Skyrim arrives to Elder Scrolls Online’s console version with the launch of Harrowstorm

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Console fans, your wait is over, as The Elder Scrolls Online's Harrowstorm DLC and Update 25 are now making their way to you. Assuming...
Might as well jump.

Phantasy Star Online 2 looks back at its closed beta for some statistics

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The open beta for Phantasy Star Online 2 is just around the corner, but the game did have its first beta test already, and that...
Paws for impact.

ArcheAge brings the Pawesome Festival around to give everyone some adorable furry pets

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Do you want to share your adventure in ArcheAge with a sentient pillow filled with knives who screams for food and breaks things in...