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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The Stream Team: Plundering an entire Path of Exile temple
Thanks to friends, the last time Massively OP's MJ built up her Path of Exile temple she was able to unlock all the rooms...
Trion just bought up Gazillion’s assets to beef up its MMO publishing arm
Did you see this one coming? VentureBeat has a piece out this morning interviewing Trion Worlds CEO Scott Hartsman, who's apparently just revealed that...
Path of Exile’s Elementalist wins Incursion League popularity contest
Which classes are most popular in Path of Exile's Incursion League? Grinding Gear Games has released the stats for the first three weeks of...
The Stream Team: Temples or levels, that is the Path of Exiles question
While Massively OP's MJ has been piddling around with temples in Path of Exile's new Incursion Leagues, one of her friends has already finished...
The MOP Up: Skyforge’s PvP revolution (June 17, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Path of Exile’s Incursion league launched smoothly with no crunch time
If you think that patching a game always means crunch time, misery, and developers sobbing beneath their desks, Path of Exile's Incursion league launch...
The Stream Team: Raiding Path of Exiles’ temple
Earlier this week, Massively OP's MJ completed the 11 incursions to build her first temple of the new league. Today, she's going to dive...
The Stream Team: Going to the temple in Path of Exile’s Incursion League
We're going to the temple and we're gonna get loooooot! As much as Massively OP's MJ is tired of starting over in Path of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 173: The Bless Mess
Justin and Bree discuss Bless Online's launch, EVE Online's Into the Abyss, Fallout 76, Elder Scrolls Online's spyware issue, Path of Exile's Incursion, H1Z1, Star Trek Online, Trove, DDO, and UO, with mailbag questions on the Bless Mess and on open-world immersion.
Path of Exile’s Incursion update is live today
Going live today for PC players of Path of Exile is Incursion, the MMOARPG's latest expansion, featuring the promised skill revamps and the choose-your-own-adventure...
Path of Exile posts the full patch notes for its Incursion update
A patch is a beautiful thing for Path of Exile if you enjoy reading through patch notes or playing new patch content. You'll have...
The Stream Team: Bye-bye Path of Exile’s Bestiary League
With Path of Exile's Incursion starting this weekend, Massively OP's MJ really, really wanted to get one more day of Bestiary League adventures in before...
Lost Ark enters ‘final’ closed beta in South Korea with new class trailers
Hey, remember back in 2014 when Smilegate first announced MMOARPGÂ Lost Ark? It's been a long time. As I've written before, I was positively smitten...
The Stream Team: Let’s talk Path of Exile’s buyout by Tencent
So, happy Monday! Many of us have started our week with the news that Tencent bought out Path of Exile. Some folks are congratulatory,...
Tencent gains majority stake in Path of Exile’s Grinding Gear Games
Path of Exiles has a new boss this week.
Grinding Gear Games announced that Chinese mega-publisher Tencent has purchased a majority stake in the studio....
Would you attend a Path of Exile con in New Zealand?
How does an ExileCon sound to you? Grinding Gear Games wants to know if you'd be interested in traveling down New Zealand next year...
Grinding Gear runs down everything you need to know about Path of Exile’s Incursion League
Path of Exile is preparing to throw players back in time with its upcoming Incursion Challenge League. When the league arrives in June, players...
The Stream Team: Touring a massive menagerie and talking Path of Exile’s Incursion league
With the news that the bestiary and menageries are disappearing, Massively OP's MJ is broken-hearted. She has no hope of collecting a robust assortment...
Change history in Path of Exile’s Incursion League starting June 1st
If, like me, you are still quite disappointed from the announcement that the beloved Bestiary League won't be included in the core of Path...
NCsoft Q2 2018: Revenues for all NCsoft MMORPGs are down in Q1 2018 except… Aion?
NCsoft's first quarter 2018 financial results are in, and it's... kinda OK? Guild Wars 2 saw a big drop-off, though that's to be expected...
