OARPG stands for “online action roleplaying game.”
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The Stream Team: Playing with Marvel Heroes’ Black Cat
MassivelyOP's MJ knows that playing with cats can be taking your life into your own hands, and Marvel Heroes' Black Cat is no exception....
Leaderboard: Autorun in MMOs
I recently gave Trion's MMO-ARPG hybrid Devilian a try and was pleasantly surprised to see one particular Asian import included: autorun. Basically, you click on the...
Interview: John Smedley on Hero’s Song crowdfunding and the future
Following the abrupt cancellation of the Kickstarter for Pixelmage Games' sandboxy OARPG Hero's Song, we chatted with studio CEO and MMORPG veteran John Smedley about...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 50: Happy birthday MOP!
On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and Bree discuss MOP's first birthday, DUST 514, H1Z1, DCUO, Hearthstone, Anarchy Online, Diablo III, and TSW, with a mailbag question on the return of MMO subs.
The Stream Team: Continuing Storm’s story in Marvel Heroes
Marvel Heroes 2016 is here, and it brought more story. However, MassivelyOP's MJ still has most of chapter 9 to finish up before she...
How Diablo III’s set dungeons are built
There's a new kind of challenge in Diablo III with the advent of Set Dungeons, specific challenges with pre-determined sets. The latest entry on the...
One Shots: On a highway to Hell
The Secret World has needed awesome mounts since, oh, day one, and it does my heart good to see players rumble about on hogs,...
NCsoft plans Lineage Eternal testing this year
Korean website GameFocus reports that NCsoft is planning to continue its "rapid pace" policy by undertaking private tests of Master X Master, its MOBA,...
Devilian adding Tempest class, raising level cap
Trion Worlds' OARPG Devilian has only been out for a short while now, but the game is already preparing to grow in more than...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 49: Marvel Heroes 2016 interview
Justin and Bree are joined by Marvel Heroes devs discuss Marvel Heroes 2016. We also talk The Repopulation's engine switch, The Division's beta, and business model shenanigans in RIFT, Trove, SWTOR, and The Secret World.
Path of Exile’s Ascendancy expansion arrives March 4th
Path of Exile's upcoming expansion, Ascendancy, officially launches on March 4th, 2016 -- at 3 p.m. EST, to be precise. The expansion is themed around...
The Daily Grind: Are OARPGs the future of the MMORPG genre?
Toward the end of 2014, genre academics popularized the idea that the MMORPG genre was becoming "unbundled" -- that MMORPGs were splintering, "with sociality,...
The Daily Grind: Does powergaming ruin the MMORPG experience?
A recent article on Kotaku tells the author's tale of being powerleveled by a friend through Diablo III. "You might think that there's no 'wrong'...
Marvel Heroes 2016 launches today with new story chapter, visual updates
Marvel Heroes is about to reinvent itself as Marvel Heroes 2016. And it's even 2016! What a coincidence!
Launching today, the upgrade will download for...
Path of Exile demos Ascendancy Berserker, Hierophant, and Pathfinder classes
Fresh off making public the news that Path of Exile's business is booming and the team is expanding to suit, Grinding Gear Games has produced...
Path of Exile updates players on Ascendancy release dates and staffing changes
In a development that will no doubt shock and confuse many of our readers, January is almost over. If you're a Path of Exile...
NCsoft is porting its MOBA Master X Master to the West
NCsoft has just announced that it's porting Master X Master, its MOBA, to western shores "later this year."
https://twitter.com/PlayMXM/status/692347333556715520
The MOBA brings together characters from multiple...
Diablo III’s renegade wizard joins Heroes of the Storm
If you love crossovers between fictional universes, then Blizzard's "anything goes" approach to Heroes of the Storm must send you into paroxysms of joy. The...
The Stream Team: Storm takes on Marvel Heroes’ Danger Room
When MassivelyOP's MJ was first introduced to the Danger Room, she had a bit of trouble completing the training on Rogue. But now that...
Path of Exile’s new season gets a bit frosty
Don't fear the winter -- embrace it! That's the thinking of Path of Exile this month as it prepares to launch a new seasonal...
