MMOARPG stands for “massively multiplayer online action roleplaying game.” It can be contrasted with an OARPG, which makes little attempt at being “massive” in a way that MMORPG players would accept.
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Next week’s Lost Ark update adds Buzzling Island and an item level helper system
There's only one more week left in the month of November, but that week looks to be bringing a bunch of things to Lost...
Here’s what’s actually making it into Corepunk’s early access launch build next week
So Corepunk studio Artificial Core put out a press release this morning, and I think most of our readers already know the main content...
Corepunk updates its website, reopens pre-orders, releases Episode 2, and debuts a new early access trailer
This week was a particularly busy one for the MMOARPG Corepunk, as developer Artificial Core has put its nose to the grindstone to make...
Massively Overthinking: What are the great ‘popcorn games’ in the MMORPG genre?
MOP reader Elenie recently put the concept of "popcorn MMOs" back on my radar thanks to a comment about Neverwinter being an MMO many...
Path of Exile apologizes for botched account update that took the game offline yesterday
Earlier this week, Path of Exile studio Grinding Gear Games announced that it was planning a fresh patch with important changes to account management...
Indie MMOARPG Drakantos releases new open world gameplay footage and plans for pet taming
The studio behind 2-D pixel art multiplayer ARPG Drakantos noted previously that it would be scaling back its dev blogs to every three months....
Kakao Q3 2024: ArcheAge 2 aka ArcheAge Chronicles has been delayed yet again
Kakao Games dropped its third quarter financials this past week, and it's a bit of a mixed bag - especially if you were anxiously...
Path of Exile 2 shares 30 minutes of gameplay footage from this year’s Tokyo Game Show
How will Path of Exile 2 players salve themselves knowing that the OARPG's early access is being delayed into December thanks to demons in...
Path of Exile 2 delays early access to December 6 over account-linking database demons
If you were thinking that Path of Exile 2 was moving very quickly toward its early access on November 15th, you weren't wrong: Just...
Lost Ark deploys a fix-filled patch and compensation to players affected by rewards bugs
Generally speaking, players expect to get rewards when they're slaughtering enemies in an MMO, but that wasn't exactly the case in Lost Ark when...
Sil and the Fading World is an upcoming ARPG that pits solo players against MMO raid bosses
We obviously are about MMORPGs, MMOs, and multiplayer gaming here at MOP, but as we've demonstrated before, we're not averse to highlighting games that...
The MOP Up: Path of Exile 2 prepares to talk about early access
While it feels like we've been waiting ages for Path of Exile 2, it's actually on the way, and sooner than one might think....
Massively Overthinking: Has the term MMORPG become toxic?
Back in 2016, when the MMORPG genre had just suffered a brutal one-two punch of losing EverQuest Next and the gutting of WildStar's team,...
NCsoft’s MMORPG Throne & Liberty has officially arrived at its global F2P launch
All right folks, if you've been waiting for Lineage 3 aka Lineage Eternal aka Project TL for the last decade, your moment is finally...
Lost Ark gave everyone a bundle of boost items to address Behemoth boss gatekeeping
Most of the time it seems as if Lost Ark players are pushing their way through the latest raids and boss fights as they...
Vitae Aeternum: What new and returning players need to know about New World Aeternum
The long wait is almost over. In just a few weeks, New World's soft relaunch as New World: Aeternum will be live. With so...
The MOP Up: Path of Exile arrives on the PlayStation 5
It's a great week for PlayStation 5 users, as Grinding Gears' acclaimed Path of Exiles finally got its own launch on the console.
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Lost Ark dates its final guild siege and raid matches ahead of October’s update
There are quite a few things that the October 9th update is bringing to Lost Ark, but a couple of things it will be...
Lost Ark details the Tier 4 progression tweaks and level-buffing Ignite servers arriving on October 9
Players who have run their character roster up the progression ladder are likely looking forward to Lost Ark's Wednesday, October 9th update, which is...
Diablo IV goes down a ‘dark, twisting path’ of story teasers for October’s Vessel of Hatred
One would wisely assume that an expansion named Vessel of Hatred is not going to be HappyFluffyGoodTimes in the realm of Sanctuary. And indeed,...
