OARPG stands for “online action roleplaying game.”
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Diablo IV’s head start launches this evening – Blizz warns it might be ‘a little bumpy’
A little over 11 years after the release of Diablo III, this is the day that Diablo IV hath wrought... for pricey edition pre-orders,...
Bobby Kotick decries ‘aggressive labor movement’ trying to ‘destabilize’ Activision-Blizzard
We're just a few days from the launch of Diablo IV, so naturally Variety has offered up a mushy interview with... Activision-Blizzard's Bobby Kotick,...
Tamriel Infinium: Six reasons to be excited about Elder Scrolls Online’s Necrom chapter
I feel genuinely bad for Elder Scrolls Online right now. At a time where all other games are scurrying out of the way of...
Diablo IV’s launch event is stirring up controversy – and it hasn’t even started yet
With Diablo IV's head start kicking off Thursday evening, the race will be on to see which players are crazy and dedicated enough to...
Global Chat: How insistent are MMOs that you group up?
In a recent essay over at Inventory Full, the author looks back at a couple decades-plus of MMO gaming to recall how fast and...
Diablo Immortal goes all-in on Lilith in honor of Diablo IV
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, right? That's the strategy for Diablo Immortal, which isn't so much attempting to compete with the imminent...
MMO Business Roundup: SEGA’s layoffs, Diablo Immortal’s fines, and MY.GAMES’ Middle East ambitions
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent gaming industry news!
SEGA: Sega's issued yet another round of layoffs this week, slashing 121...
Diablo IV posts early access and launch schedule along with new live action trailer
With just a little over a week to go before the forces of hell are overrun by the forces of nerds in Diablo IV,...
World of Warcraft celebrates the Diablo franchise with the Greedy Emissary event
Fans of the Diablo series are likely familiar with the Treasure Goblin that can pop up while delving the maps of the ARPG, but...
Tree of Savior is getting a brand-new global version under Papaya next week
In a fascinating stroke of counter-programming, Papaya Play is planning to re-launch online ARPG Tree of Savior next week, just days before a little...
The Daily Grind: How many online ARPGs have you played?
I can't imagine why I have ARPGs on the brain right now, but I do. And in fact, I've been enjoying a fair bit...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 423: The Overwatch MMO we’ll never get
Justin and Bree discuss Amazon's LOTR title and shade for LOTRO, Overwatch 2's PvE debacle, Worlds Adrift's return as Lost Skies, and delays for Nightingale, Ashfall, and Wayfinder, with adventures in LOTRO and Torchlight II, plus mailbag topics on character build freedom and the natural and unnatural ends of MMO characters.
Diablo Immortal teases new class in July, prepares celebrations for its first year and Diablo IV’s launch in June
Diablo Immortal will be marking its first anniversary on June 2nd, and that naturally means there will be some things to celebrate, including both...
Diablo IV showcases its accessibility options, runs promos involving cathedrals and meat shakes
It's hard to think that a game like Diablo IV needs more promotion, but Blizzard has been absolutely banging that drum for a while...
Albion Online compensates players, cracks down on fraud as population stays high
Albion Online has a couple of post-Knightfall changes in store for players of the PvP sandbox. First, Sandbox Interactive has revamped its rules for...
Mad World’s Steam version is still MIA while an exploit in latest patch requires a three-hour rollback
It's time once again to see how things are going with the hell-made Mad World, and we're sorry to report that things are still...
Blizzard walks back Diablo IV Necronerfs, says it’s ‘really confident’ about a smooth launch
We're almost at the point where we're going to be counting down days rather than weeks or months until Diablo IV's anticipated launch, and...
BlizzCon 2023 has been announced for November 3-4 in Anaheim
Well, here we go. The past couple of years have not featured a celebration of Blizzard as a company because... well, we have a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 422: Two Lord of the Rings MMOs to rule them all
Justin and Bree discuss Amazon's new LOTR MMO (again), LOTRO's King's Gondor, WoW's Fractured in Time, official WoW Classic hardcore, Diablo IV, FFXIV, and financials for NCsoft, Square, and Pearl Abyss, with adventures in LOTRO, SWTOR, and SWG Legends.
Last Epoch continues to patch up its multiplayer, prepares to showcase May 25 Rising Flames update
The early access ARPG Last Epoch slid from out of our purview to the center of our radar when developer Eleventh Hour Games introduced...
