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: Storm’s final steps to 60 in Marvel Heroes
It seems like level 60 is always just out of reach for poor Storm in Marvel Heroes; Massively OP's MJ keeps getting distracted by...
The MOP Up: Titan Siege debuts (January 17, 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...
Massively Overthinking: Just how massive is massively multiplayer?
Recent tweaks to the taxonomy structure of Massively OP and coverage of what we formerly called "Not-So-Massive" games prompted a resurgence of internal discussion about the types...
Marvel Heroes starts selling Advance Pack 3 and 1602-era costumes
What, did you think that Marvel Heroes was going to take it easy and not churn out another small army of superheroes this year?...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 46: The high price of VR
Justin and Bree discuss the Oculus Rift's pricetag, Marvel Heroes' David Brevik, Divergence Online, Smed on emus, and TUG, with mailbag questions on tstories, MOBAs, and skill trees.
Devilian begins 20v20 guild tourneys, grants 15 days of bonus gifts
Devilian players know that the game is absolutely shameless in its attempts to get you to log in and play it, with daily rewards,...
Path of Exile shows off the Earthquake skill for big melee hits
When Path of Exile launches its Ascendancy expansion, your character builds will have new skills to play with, and many of those new skills...
Massively OP’s guide to choosing an online ARPG
Bored of MMOs, despondent about the industry, or simply looking for something a little different? Turning to something similar to MMOs, yet offering a new...
David Brevik’s new company is Graybeard Games; expect an RPG
During a stream of Marvel Heroes led by his wife last night, former Gazillion CEO David Brevik announced that his new company is called...
Marvel Heroes’ David Brevik has resigned
VentureBeat is reporting that Gazillion CEO and Marvel Heroes front-man David Brevik has left the company. Interim CEO Dave Dohrmann described the departure as...
Path of Exile explains the nature of the new Ice Trap skill in Ascendancy
When Path of Exile launches its next expansion, Ascendancy, the designers are adding in some additional skills to give existing builds new options. Case in...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO with the brightest future
Imagine you have a friend who wants to play an MMO but doesn't want to get involved in a game that's in decline or...
Perfect Ten: The MMORPGs to watch in 2016
A long time ago on another website far, far away, I held a tradition of kicking off the new year by listing the top...
PSA: Get your free Marvel Heroes character tomorrow!
Marvel Heroes is about ready to wrap up its 14 Days of Festive Favors, and the game has saved the best for last. On...
Not So Massively: Top 10 most surprising NSM stories of 2015
Back in 2011, our former corporate overlords at Massively-of-old noticed that games like League of Legends were getting pretty damn popular and asked us to work...
The Stream Team: Doing the Marvel Heroes Danger Room
Marvel Heroes has gone and done it now: MassivelyOPs' MJ just can't stop singing "I went to the Danger Room!" Maybe once she finally...
MMO Year in Review: Smed & Smart (July 2015)
This year, 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...
Devilian takes a look at the successes and failures of its launch month
The first month of operation is a tumultuous time for any new title. Devilian feels as if it were just announced, but it launched...
Perfect Ten: The 10 best MMORPG updates and expansions of 2015
There is no way we can list all of the great updates in a given year. It's not possible. We are always going to...
The most popular MMORPG articles of 2015
Earlier this week, we posted a rundown of the most popular MMORPG conversations of 2015, calculated by number of comments and then number of...
