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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2013 MMOARPG Path of Exile hit peak concurrency in March thanks to its latest patch
Path of Exile just keeps getting bigger and bigger in terms of both players and team size, and it's actually providing the numbers to...
The Stream Team: A look at Logan in Marvel Heroes
Considering that Wolverine is one of her all-time favorite Marvel characters Massively OP's MJ was surprised to realize she hadn't played him yet in...
Path of Exile is buffing the heck out of leaguestones
Path of Exile's 2.6 patch last week was a whopper, but it wasn't without issues, some of which are rectified in today's update. In...
Marvel Heroes takes servers offline for database fix
Hope you didn't loot anything extra special yesterday in Marvel Heroes because there's a chance that you may have lost it.
Apparently there were some server-side...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 107: Dark Knight rises
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, WoW, Torment, Black Desert, Age of Conan and Anarchy Online maintenance mode, WildStar, Darkfall Rise of Agon, Path of Exile, and Revelation Online's soft launch, with mailbag questions on console vs. PC MMO fans and dealing with immersion-breaking mounts.
Path of Exile creates the industry’s first ‘transparent’ lockbox
We've all griped and grumbled about how MMO lockboxes are too much like gambling and tend to swindle players out of money for a...
Path of Exile lets loose with Patch 2.6 tonight
Just call it Patch of Exile.
This evening, the highly anticipated Patch 2.6 will go live in Path of Exile, and the relatively calm landscape...
Rumor: Lost Ark’s next Korean CBT is coming this summer
What's going on with Lost Ark anyway? It's been a good long time since we heard anything about this promising and stunning-looking MMOARPG, including...
Path of Exile posts patch notes in advance of Friday’s Legacy Challenge League
There are just two days to go until Path of Exile launches its Patch 2.6 with the insane Legacy Challenge League. To help the...
Path of Exile shows off the many, many challenges of the Legacy Challenge League
When Path of Exile patch 2.6 launches, you're going to have some challenges to overcome. The Legacy Challenge League boasts 40 different challenges for...
Marvel Heroes changes infinity system to be more flexible
Round robin dispersal is out -- and gem mastery is in.
Thus sayeth Gazillion in response to player feedback over Marvel Heroes' revised infinity system....
The Stream Team: Be Black Bolt with a free Marvel Heroes code
Massively OP's MJ can't help it -- she just can't resist checking out the new heroes that arrive in Marvel Heroes. And this one...
Nexon invests money into IMC Games as part of Tree of Savior mobile partnership
Nexon has made a "strategic investment" into Korea-based IMC Games, the companies announced in a press release this morning. IMC Games is known to MMO...
Drakensang Online preps trailer for next week’s Sands of Malice expansion
2011 free-to-play MMOARPG Drakensang Online has today released a trailer for next week's update, dubbed Sands of Malice, which is due on Tuesday. The...
Marvel Heroes has totally overhauled summoners
As part of Marvel Heroes' Black Bolt patch last night, Gazillion made a number of major changes to the summoner characters. Previously, Gaz says,...
Path of Exile explains its rebalancing philosophy for patch 2.6
When The Fall of Oriath goes live, Path of Exile will undergo quite a bit of balance adjustment. But why wait until then? The...
Black Bolt leaps into Marvel Heroes
Maybe you missed it, but Marvel is no longer going to be making an Inhumans movie. Instead, it's decided to adapt the comic series...
Guardians of Ember unlocks Act 4, raises level cap, and goes on sale
Runewaker's hack-and-slash MMOARPG is a bit bigger, a bit older, and a bit wiser, thanks to a hefty update to Guardians of Ember's early...
Path of Exile shows off the unique items hinting at the power of departed gods
The ancient gods of Path of Exile have slumbered for thousands of years, and for all intents and purposes they have vanished from the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 105: Samurai and Smedley
Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss FFXIV's fanfest reveals, John Smedley's new Amazon studio, Path of Exile's expansion, Skyforge's console plan, and the Dociu/Taylor moves, with mailbag questions on level scaling and replacing favorite games.
