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 most popular Massively OP MMO articles of 2017
One of my favorite things to do every year is drill down the top articles on the site for our readers. I don't mean...
MMO Year in Review: Ship of Heroes abandons Kickstarter (April 2017)
We’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into...
The best Massively OP streams of 2017
As captain of our Stream Team, Massively OP's MJ Guthrie and Larry Everett were joined by Andrew Ross this year to play zillions of...
MMO Year in Review: Landmark is wiped off the map (January 2017)
December's many article roundups and awards always remind us that it's hard to remember what happened last month, let alone what happened way back...
Snag a Wild Buster trial key from InselGames and Massively OP!
If you watched "gritty sci-fi hack'n'slash MMOARPG" Wild Buster launch last week and considered giving it a go but hadn't quite pulled the trigger, then today's...
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the best value at the start of 2018
Let's talk about value. A couple of weeks back, I did an article on the healthiest games at the end of the year; today,...
Path of Exile: War for the Atlas releases on Xbox One
A couple of weeks after the PC version launched, Path of Exile: War for the Atlas has finally arrived on Xbox One. The MMOARPG...
The Stream Team: Devilian turns two!
Because Devilian apparently did not want to play nice with the better video card on her laptop, Massively OP's MJ had to wait to...
Tree of Savior adds four classes, increases level cap
If Tree of Savior has been off of your radar for a while, perhaps it's time to give it a solid ping this week....
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Rogalia, Lazarus, Dead Maze, We Ride, and SOS
Welcome back to our intermittent series on MMOs and other multiplayer games you you’ve never heard of! Let's run down five more floating to the...
Path of Exile updates players on the team’s current projects
So the most recent major update for Path of Exile is out now. You can enjoy War of the Atlas and the Abyss League...
Duke Nukem and Serious Sam headline Wild Buster’s early access
Hack-and-slash Wild Buster is here to kick butt and chew gum -- and it's all out of gum.
InselGames' MMOARPG entered Steam early access today,...
Path of Exile is adding a map stash tab
Where are you going to store all of your maps in Path of Exile? There are too many maps, and you have no place...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 148: Vampires, kobolds, and pirates
Justin and Bree discuss MOP's December awards, DDO, Secret World Legends, Path of Exile, Hearthstone, Sea of Thieves, RIFT, and Blade and Soul, with mailbag questions on returning to MMOs and love for Champs Online.
Guardians of Ember needs your help to QA test its live update
Well, here's a weird situation to be in as both a game and a player of said game. Guardians of Ember pushed out a...
The Stream Team: Working toward joining Path of Exile’s War for the Atlas
Because Zana, the Master Cartographer, moved to the end of Path of Exile's Act X, Massively OP's MJ cannot yet access the Atlas of...
Path of Exile’s War for the Atlas expansion is live today
Path of Exile's free-to-play War for the Atlas expansion is slated to go live this afternoon on PC, expanding the gameworld for diehard MMOARPG...
Perfect Ten: The healthiest live MMORPGs at the end of 2017
As Counting Crows told us, it's been a long December, although the fact that it has also only just started being December speaks to...
Crowfall: ‘You don’t have to get into the stats to have a good time in this game’
Crowfall's J. Todd Coleman and Billy Garretsen are back for another ACE Q&A - you can pretty much mark the months by these things....
Here’s all the stuff being nerfed in Path of Exile’s War for the Atlas on Friday
Path of Exile is fond of issuing manifestos, especially when it's nerfing stuff and trying to break it to you gently. This week's manifesto...