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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Lost Ark’s new raid, raid accessibility system, and third anniversary events launch tomorrowday
Lost Ark's Frosty Fate is not, in fact, a story about how the soft-serve chocolate malt you got from Wendy's is now in your...
A publisher pivot and layoffs apparently killed Thought Pennies’ Warhammer 40K PvE ‘social roleplaying game’
We all know that the past year or so has been rough on new games and new studios, but it still sucks when we...
Path of Exile 2’s customer support team is being overwhelmed by thousands of help requests
If anyone reading this has worked in any sort of customer support job, first of all, we understand your pain, and secondly, let's all...
One Shots: Someone go get the vacuum cleaner
Stop! Nobody move an inch or you'll get cut! Go get your mom and tell her that we need the vacuum cleaner ASAP. Someone...
Path of Exile 2’s endgame-focused patch 0.1.1 is live – here are the patch notes
Path of Exile 2's Grinding Gear Games already provided a video overview of patch 0.1.1, but maybe you would prefer to have your patch...
Last Epoch shares a general roadmap of additions and improvements for Season 2 as it eyes an April launch
If you were dismayed by September's reveal that Last Epoch is going to push its next content update into sometime early this year, perhaps...
The Stream Team: Secrets in the Dark of Path of Exile 2
It turns out that Massively OP's MJ and Larry's Sorceress and Mercenary classes make a decent duo in Path of Exile 2. And Larry...
Corepunk opens a player survey that seeks thoughts on gameplay, update focus, and Steam release
Do you have opinions on Corepunk's current and future direction but aren't interested in sharing those in a Discord? Then you're in luck because...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever let someone else level your MMO account? You know, like Musk did in Path of Exile 2
Claims that tech tycoon and Twitter mismanager Elon Musk is some sort of Diablo and Path of Exile savant gave way last week to...
Corepunk rebalances mana, tunes classes, and makes another set of tweaks to Tier 3 artifacts
Artificial Core is continuing the work of balancing and adjustment to its early access MMOARPG Corepunk, as its latest patch has focused on tweaks...
Path of Exile 2 previews changes to endgame maps, bosses, and leagues as GGG admits to data breach
One would expect that an early access MMOARPG like Path of Exile 2 would be getting some updates, which means that yesterday's video preview...
Steam saw more games released in 2024 than any other year prior
We are once again being reminded that Valve's Steam platform is the biggest player in town when it comes to digital storefronts: Fresh data...
The Stream Team: Jumping blind into Path of Exile 2
What is this hype all about? Larry has no idea, so MJ invited Larry to try out Path of Exile 2. Larry agreed with...
Corepunk hands out mount cosmetics instead of restoring lost items
Earlier this week we checked in on Corepunk to follow up on earlier server crashes, finding that servers have been mostly restored (albeit with...
Corepunk’s servers return with a small rollback and temporarily lowered player population caps
Just before the holidays, we kept eyes on Corepunk as it wrestled with infrastructure problems that kept the MMO's servers dark save for some...
PSA: Diablo IV is free to play through the end of the year
In a move that by no means is counter-programming to Path of Exile 2's recent early access launch, Blizzard announced that it is making...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2024
So here's the disclaimer I put in front of this column every year when I do it (we alternate them): The biggest surprises list...
Corepunk’s servers have been offline for nearly three days as a result of database and infrastructure issues
This week has been a rough one for those who were hoping to play Corepunk, as an attempt by Artificial Core to put out...
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2024 MMO predictions
Later this week, we're going to be offering up our traditional predictions for the MMO genre in 2025, but before we do that, we...
Path of Exile 2 is adding inter-map fast-travel and a bunch of buffs and nerfs in its next update
As I type this, more than half of Path of Exile 2's peak Steam concurrency was playing the game - well over 300,000 humans...
