OARPG stands for “online action roleplaying game.”
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Lost Ark previews the Breaker coming March 20 as US West merge downtime continues
If you happen to be on one of the merging servers in Lost Ark's US West region, you probably have a bit of time...
Lost Ark wants your feedback on why you quit – and how bad the bots are
Lost Ark is in a weird position right now: It's in the middle of merges with more on the way, a plague of unrelenting...
Last Epoch puts out a fix-filled patch for controllers, UI, and server-crashing skills
The latest update for Last Epoch is another one of those decidedly unsexy but still necessary bug fixing patches. These things have to happen,...
Q4 2023: NetEase’s revenues soar as the company invests in the western gaming industry
I am not sure whether it's dawned on MMORPG fans yet, but NetEase is doing a lot more than jousting with Blizzard and milking...
Diablo IV unleashes the Gauntlet, its first PvE competitive game mode, today
Just when you think you've mastered everything about Diablo IV, the minds at Blizzard have devised its first competitive PvE challenge to keep you...
Lost Ark is merging a total of 57 unique servers over the next two maintenance periods
The fact that Lost Ark is about to get some major server merges is no great revelation - and that's because Amazon and Smilegate...
The MOP Up: Lost Skies gets downright cozy inside of its ships
Lost Skies'Â February dev blog showed off some UX work, early prototypes of its weapon damage system, and some super-cozy ship interior concepts. Also, the...
Diablo IV reveals a new non-linear fixed dungeon called The Gauntlet, coming next week
Last night's Campfire Chat stream for Diablo IV saw the Blizzard team reveal The Gauntlet, a "fixed non-linear Dungeon that will pit players of...
The Stream Team: Taking first steps into Last Epoch
Today is the day when MOP's Chris makes another initial sojourn in a new-to-him game! That's right, the fully released Last Epoch stands before...
Not So Massively: Last Epoch is a potential gem in dire need of polishing
Originally Kickstarted in 2018, Last Epoch has been in early access on Steam for about five years, but the developers at Eleventh Hour Games...
Zenith OARPG Infinite Realms launches today as Steam reviews plummet over MMO development halt
There wasn't much lead-up to this - indeed, the world has known it was happening for less than a month - but Zenith's new...
The MOP Up: Aion, Lineage 2, and Blade and Soul get ready for a new launcher
Blade and Soul, Lineage II, and Aion are all preparing to migrate everyone from the old launcher to the new PLAYNC platform. NCsoft posted...
Last Epoch wrestles with online server issues while handing out bee pets and autumnal wraps to everyone
Last Epoch is a multiplayer OARPG, but you'd be forgiven for thinking that's not the case considering the multitude of server issues that have...
Emmy-winning composer Russell Brower talks about making Tarisland’s soundtrack
Whatever concerns or qualms you might have about Tencent's upcoming Tarisland, the soundtrack shouldn't be one of them. That's because the game signed on...
Corepunk boss says early access launch in 2024 is ‘very realistic’
Now that fans know Corepunk's next alpha test phase is being pushed into late April, there are likely a lot of questions in people's...
Kickstarted OARPG Last Epoch officially launches as players overwhelm its servers
Can we properly claim Last Epoch as a "win" for our crowdfund-centric Make My MMO column? Well, we're doing it anyway, as the OARPG...
Diablo II: Resurrected sets up a new ladder season this week
It's time to go climbing that ladder into -- or is it out of? -- hell once again in Diablo II Resurrected.
Blizzard announced that...
Last Epoch plans 24 hours of downtime ahead of Wednesday’s launch – here are the patch notes
It's not every week that a Kickstarted game actually launches out of early access, but that's exactly what Last Epoch is doing on Wednesday,...
Lost Ark warns cheaters following ‘major ban wave’ of bots and RMT accounts
Last week was apparently a bad time to be a botting or RMT account in Lost Ark, as Amazon Games whipped out its banhammer...
Massively Overthinking: The last great year of the MMO genre
I was randomly reading an article about shitposting when I came across a phrase that haunts me. The author referred to 2015 as "what...
