Generally used to describe MMOs from before World of Warcraft’s launch in 2004, though sometimes shortened to describe just the first few MMOs launched prior to 2000.
classic mmo
RuneFest 2019: Exploring RuneScape’s archaeology, dino breeding, and content through 2020
Do you know what I have been missing in my life? Baby dinos. I really miss getting to raise baby dinos. But thanks to...
The Stream Team: Talking RuneFest shop while meandering RuneScape
After all the fun she had at RuneFest, Massively OP's MJ is jumping back into the world of RuneScape. It's going to take some...
RuneFest 2019: RuneScape Mobile moves to early access this year with better UI, free gifts
RuneScape Mobile, your time is coming! Let's be real: As much as you love RuneScape, you likely did not lug a desktop to this...
Massively Uplifting: From weddings to memorials, gamers celebrate life in AQ3D, GW2, BDO, LOTRO, WoW, and more
It's an alphabet soup of good (MMO) vibes this month! While many may have returned to the school of hard knocks this fall, plenty...
RuneFest 2019: Old School RuneScape’s Morytania expansion, Twisted league, group ironman, and clans
What's in store for Old School RuneScape in 2020? Plenty. Before the big stage reveal at this year's RuneFest 2019, John Colgrave, product manager...
The MOP Up: KurtzPel is getting a dash of Lime
KurtzPel is getting its newest hero, Lime, very soon, and to lead up to her release the game is winging a CP and AP...
Battle Bards Episode 154: Death and decay
Get an early jump on Halloween with the Battle Bards, as they grab the nearest shovel and start unearthing all sorts of morbid and...
Raph Koster’s new MMORPG will be more than ‘just hack and slashing your way through levels’
Yesterday, we reported on something pretty thrilling for long-time MMORPG fans: Raph Koster, one of the brains behind classic MMORPG sandboxes Ultima Online and...
Massively Overthinking: The one about MMO roleplay servers
An MOP reader named Thierry recently pointed us to a brewing storm in the World of Warcraft Classic community: In a nutshell, the server...
Raph Koster is making a new MMO and just raised $2.7M in seed funding to do it
So, who wants a new and well-funded MMORPG from the guy who literally wrote the book on virtual worlds? I knew you would. Raph...
Perfect Ten: Solo prequel games to MMORPGs
When studios go about making MMORPGs, risk comes along with the effect as a matter of course. The only question is how to reduce...
Dark Age of Camelot’s free-to-play version is ‘just around the corner’
The dark age of mandatory subscriptions is almost over for one of the industry's most famous PvP MMORPGs.
Dark Age of Camelot announced that its...
RuneScape patches in big improvements to its bank interface
The sheer length of RuneScape's operation means that veteran players no doubt have banks absolutely clogged with stuff, which makes the newest patch's bank...
Don’t panic, but Tencent just bought 29% of Funcom
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...
Ultima Online turns 22 years old today, teases upcoming Jolly Roger update
It's a big day for the seminal game of our genre: Ultima Online is officially 22 years old.
"On this day in 1997 thousands of...
The Daily Grind: What constitutes a ‘classic’ MMO to you?
Earlier this week, a job posting on Blizzard's career site made it clear that the company considers Diablo III one of its "classic" games....
RuneScape introduces the Slayer Collection Log and releases a patch full of bug fixes
Oh, hey, it's Monday, and that means another RuneScape news bundle! Time for your bulleted list of Gielinor happenings! Best enjoyed with a sausage...
The Game Archaeologist: The day Dungeons and Dragons Online dropped the free-to-play bomb
By 2009, the MMORPG genre had firmly established a norm for its business model. For over a decade, a monthly subscription -- usually $15...
The Daily Grind: When was your ‘MMO birthday?’
We often note birthdays and anniversaries for online games here on Massively OP, but today it's not about the game -- it's about you!...
Someone in RuneScape spent $62K on microtrans according to UK Parliament report
Remember last year when we polled our readers on how much money they'd spent on their Steam accounts? Most people seemed to track under...
