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: Happy first birthday Devilian!
It happens only once in a game's life: that first anniversary! Yes, Devilian turns one year old today. Where on earth did the time...
Check out closed beta footage of Lineage Eternal’s PvP and player killing
The upcoming Lineage Eternal is going to feature player killing. That's kind of the nature of the game; it's part of the franchise, after...
Path of Exile celebrates a smooth content launch with two new videos
Launching something new always involves a certain amount of pulling the trigger and then apprehensively waiting. What's going to go wrong? Are the servers...
The MOP Up: Hearthstone cruises down some Mean Streets (December 4, 2016)
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: Breach is launching today – right now, actually
Going live today -- right as this post is published, in fact, if all goes well -- is the latest content addition to MMOARPG...
Check out a ton of footage of Lineage Eternal gameplay
Good news for Lineage Eternal fans who have eagerly waited for any news about the game: You have some videos to watch now. You've...
Path of Exile goes once more into the Breach
Hold on to your breeches, people, it's time to dive into another Path of Exile challenge league. With the advent of this week's Patch...
Log into Marvel Heroes on Black Friday, get Black Cat for free
Marvel Heroes has purrrrrfect plans for Thanksgiving and Black Friday: Gazillion announced this morning that it's giving away Black Cat to players who log...
The Stream Team: Storming Marvel Heroes’ Cosmic trial
Massively OP's MJ couldn't quite complete the achievement to unlock the Pirate Deadpool team up in preparation for Marvel Heroes' Cosmic trial, so today...
Enter the Breach in Path of Exiles’ next league, launching December 2
If you've ever wanted to call out "Once more unto the Breach!" as a battle cry, Path of Exile offers you just that chance...
Rumor: Marvel Heroes code points to a PlayStation port; Beast and Black Bolt on the way
It's easy to get carried away based on circumstantial evidence when speculating about the future. Players have been suspecting that Marvel Heroes might be...
Path of Exile offers experimental 64-bit DirectX 11 client
Watch out: Path of Exile has split in twain! What has happened is that with this week's 2.4.2 patch, the MMOARPG has rolled out...
Devilian mobile launches worldwide
Following a limited rollout earlier in September, Devilian's mobile edition is now available to players around the globe.
This mobile version of the action-RPG isn't...
For Science: A third of our polled social media users quit Pokemon Go over trackers
Pokemon Go has received some large updates recently: the buddy system, medals, some big gym changes (twice), and now we've got dailies. We've been dazzled...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 91: Accounting 101
Justin and Bree talk NCsoft & Nexon, Neocron, Marvel Heroes, SWTOR, EVE Online, Black Desert, Twin Saga, and The Secret World, with mailbag questions on MMO factions and Blizzard's duty to the genre, plus a preview of the second part of our Mark Jacobs interview.
Marvel Heroes will personalize difficulty level in its streamlining patch
Gazillion wasn't kidding when it said Marvel Heroes was getting the biggest systems update in its history. After learning about item updates, hero powers,...
Lineage Eternal shows off its spectacular closed beta trailer
Lineage Eternal is on the verge of kicking off its Korean closed beta test, and when there's a test, there's almost always a trailer....
One Shots: A lovely holiday
If you were a dragon, what kind of dragon would you be? Perhaps you'd go traditional, with the whole "giant world-devourer" aspect. Maybe you'd...
Massively Overthinking: Nickel-and-diming in MMORPGs
Massively OP reader and listener Suikoden79 recently wrote in to the podcast with a gem of a question I thought would be more fun...
Beast is coming to Marvel Heroes, bringing the roster to 60
He's big, he's blue, he's erudite, and he has never turned back into a normal human by getting a kiss from a pretty lady....
