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]

Torchlight Frontiers brings back its fame and contract system

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Early Torchlight Frontiers testers might recall a previous version of the fame and contract system that experimented with a daily quest-and-reward format. Echtra Games...

EverQuest community server Project 1999 is launching a new shard next month

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Tired of WoW Classic already? Feeling ready to take off the training wheels from your MMO bike and pedal with the hardcore kiddies? Then...

LOTRO Legendarium: The bold life of a player chicken

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When you get a little bored of the normal questing flow or dungeon hopping in Lord of the Rings Online, there are plenty of...

Guild Wars 2 talks up 2v2 PvP, Swiss tourneys, and the future of ‘expansion-tier features’

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Guild Wars 2 PvP. It seems that you either like it, or you think it's missing a whole lot. But what does ArenaNet think...
roar?

The Daily Grind: What MMOs are in your backlog?

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Most all gamers know the bittersweet feeling that is to have a huge backlog of unplayed games thanks to seasonal sales and impulse purchases....

The Stream Team: Experience AdventureQuest 3D’s new Friday the 13th dungeon

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No one has a better Friday the 13th event than AQ3D, and this year there's a brand-new dungeon in Camp Gonnagetcha. Massively OPs MJ...
It's a real laugh.

Betawatch: Chronicles of Elyria shows off its pre-alpha gameplay

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It's easy to be a bit on the cynical side with Chronicles of Elyria as the game continues to... well, not be a game, but...
Break on through to the other side.

Champions Online’s third anniversary week brings back Dr. Destroyer and his Destroid robots

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It's been some time since Champions Online launched, but we've finally learned a great truth about the game's major villain: Despite his grammatically ambiguous name,...
Uh... huh. Is that what this game is about?

Aion celebrates its 10-year anniversary with a plethora of in-game events

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It's Aion's birthday! The game has been running for a decade now, which means that various proclamations that the title was dead over the course...

Star Trek Online is bringing back the horror-themed Hearts and Minds mission for Friday the 13th

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At the time of this story's writing, it is Friday the 13th, which either brings to mind goofy horror monsters, bad luck traditions, or...

City of Titans offers a look at the landmarks of Alexandria from inside the game’s world

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While we've gotten a look at landmark locations a couple of times in City of Titans before, the latest preview post would be the...

EVE Evolved: EVE Online is losing players, and no one can agree on why

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Nobody wants to think that a favourite MMO is losing popularity, but with EVE Online now being over 15 years old, it's a possibility...

Blizzard is spinning up another WoW Classic server, this time for South America

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It looks as though Blizzard is still cranking out the WoW Classic servers, as yesterday the company announced it'll add a new server for...

Dungeons and Dragons Online dishes out anniversary gifts

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While we usually convene here at Massively OP to discuss game launch anniversaries, today we have something slightly different: the launch of a business...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most obscure MMO you wish were still around?

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I bet you thought this post was gonna be about Zentia, since I loved that game and almost no one remembers it. But it's...

The Stream Team: Night two of new Neverwinter adventures

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Massively OP's MJ completely intended to make a new Gith in Neverwinter, but then she made her Drow rogue and there was no going...

Massively Overthinking: Let’s ban a word from the MMORPG lexicon

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A while back, an MMO player I follow on Twitter who also happens to be super into sports retweeted something fun into my feed:...

Ashen Empires emulator Dransik Rebirth is allegedly shut down by a cease and desist order

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In May, our roundup of MMOs you've never heard of offered a quick look at Dransik Rebirth, a rogue server of the old-school MMORPG...

Citadel: Forged with Fire’s newest hype video features its creatures

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We told you that Citadel: Forged with Fire was going to start cranking out videos and pressers all about what it has to offer...

Path of Exile lays out its expansion plan for the next year, through the 4.0.0 release

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Path of Exile studio Grinding Gear Games is already hard at work shoring up the remaining issues in the Blight league launch. But what...

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