OARPG stands for “online action roleplaying game.”
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Path of Exile 2’s Dawn of the Hunt goes live on PC and console this afternoon
It's patch day for Path of Exile 2 fans as the early access multiplayer OARPG is officially launching Dawn of the Hunt today -...
Lost Ark’s Q2 roadmap previews the continent of Rimeria, Kazeros Act 3, and new progression events
As promised, we're finally getting a look at Lost Ark's roadmap for the next three months today, and it does indeed look as if...
Perfect Ten: The wild MMORPGs that came out in 2011
Not every year sees equal releases in the MMORPG genre. We've had years of starvation and years of plenty. Every so often it's fun...
Lineage 2 discusses the new werewolf class and wolf server coming with Project Wolf’s launch
Lineage II is basking in its newly contracted lycanthropy as it hypes up the April 15th Project Wolf update with a quick video that...
Path of Exile 2’s Dawn of the Hunt introduces the Huntress, rogue exiles, a mount, and heaps of support gems
With Path of Exile 2 being in early access beta instead of launched, I was unsure whether Grinding Gear Games would be keeping to...
‘We like to make really big games’: John Smedley teases Distinct Possibility by namedropping PlanetSide 2 devs
Our regular readers and followers of the MMO genre already know the name of John Smedley. He was the former head of Sony Online...
Lost Ark’s March update has arrived with a new chapter of Music Box of Memories content
Just under the wire, Lost Ark's March update is officially live as of this morning and the servers are back in operation after their...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 511: Heroes shall arise
Justin and Bree discuss Dune Awakening's monetization, Guild Wars 2 expansion delay, Marvel Heroes' rogue server, the decline of extraction RPGs (and demise of Seekers of Skyveil), and new MMOs Crosswind and Spirit Crossing, with adventures in LOTRO, World of Warcraft, and Sims 4.
Lost Ark’s attempt to contextualize recent ban waves raises player eyebrows
It's obviously not a good idea to cheat or spend money to advance your MMO character. These are platinum-clad rules for most people. Yet...
Marvel Heroes’ emulator project has a playable test server in Project T.A.H.I.T.I.
When last we checked in on the Marvel Heroes emulator project, the developers were basically still in the "make code go and upload to...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best way to handle MMO economy errors?
Back in February, Amazon raised all the eyebrows when it clawed back a range of drops from innocent Lost Ark players. According to the...
The MOP Up: World of Peaky Tanks
When you think "World of Tanks," naturally you free-associate the TV series Peaky Binders along with it. And a good thing too, because Wargaming...
Lost Ark takes a closer look at the design process behind the Wildsoul class
Last month brought another new class to Lost Ark in the form of the Wildsoul, the shapeshifting magical character that already had a deep-dive...
Lost Ark discusses the features of its ‘lighter’ patch arriving March 26
By Lost Ark's own admission, the patch arriving to the MMORPG on Wednesday, March 26th, is "a little bit of a lighter update." Despite...
Last Epoch delays Tombs of the Erased to April 17 to avoid competing with Path of Exile 2’s April 4 update
If you are living in the larger ecosystem of what one may term "Diablo-likes," there is currently a very big and very heavy gorilla...
Diablo Immortal’s Writhing Wilds update releases this week with a new region and battleground
Last week, NetEase and Blizzard previewed Diablo Immortal's 2025 roadmap - and more specifically, the Writhing Wilds update that is literally on deck this...
Diablo Immortal’s 2025 roadmap promises Writhing Wilds next week and a new class this summer
NetEase might be pulling back in other corners of the global market, but it's apparently full-speed ahead on its Blizzard Diablo Immortal collaboration, as...
Design Mockument: How would a Marvel MMORPG actually work?
We've had an awful lot of Marvel-related online projects that never quite get over the finish line into an MMORPG. Sure, we have had...
The Steam spring sale is upon us with deals on MMOs from New World Aeternum to Pantheon
Is it actually spring? No. But do you actually need an excuse for a Steam sale? Also no! But that's exactly what we got...
Path of Exile 2 gets a teaser for its next major content update, Dawn of the Hunt
Good news, Path of Exile 2 fans, you're not going to need to go hunting for information on the game's next major update! Do you...
