OARPG stands for “online action roleplaying game.”
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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...
Diablo IV lands on Xbox Game Pass March 28, Sea of Thieves will expand to PS5 and the Switch
During the much-touted Xbox podcast this afternoon, we learned not just that only four Xbox titles will be set free for other consoles but...
Path of Exile plans next expansion launch for late March, with more details coming mid-March
When is the next expansion/update/league coming for Path of Exile? We don't know precisely, but we do know the release window thanks to a...
Last Epoch outlines February 21 patch, details the Warlock and Falconer classes
Last Epoch has been absolutely bursting with news, information, and reveals as the OARPG heads for its exit from early access into full launch...
Diablo IV releases its uber unique crafting system, tries selling portal effects for $30
How much would you pay to get some differently colored portal effects in Diablo IV? Evidently Blizzard believes that fans will shell out $30...
Lost Ark is merging all of its NA and SA servers into ‘one enormous region’ this summer
Smilegate and Amazon apparently have more up their collective sleeve for Lost Ark's second birthday than events and freebies: Last night, Smilegate released a...
Diablo IV is bringing the ability to craft uber unique items on February 13
When is a Diablo IV item more unique than unique? When it's uber unique, of course! This tier of item has been a farming...
Mad World updates UI elements and potential growth system, delays its new dungeon to next week
This week is bringing another patch to Mad World, and most of its contents are about adjustments to existing features and UI elements, as...
Massively Overthinking: When the original MMO is better than the sequel
A few weeks ago, two lovely gamers I follow on Bluesky were discussing how let down they felt by Diablo IV, less because Diablo...
Lost Ark celebrates its second birthday by reminding you how many times it’s killed your characters
Lost Ark fans are already swept up in the game's second anniversary festivities thanks to the patch yesterday, but technically, the formal western birthday...
Papaya’s Tree of Savior adds the Illusionist and kicks off another round of boost events
Care to mess with enemies in Papaya Play's Tree of Savior so hard that it actually physically harms them? Then you're ready to play...
Perfect Ten: The MMO franchises that can’t count past two
Back in the day, there was a running joke about how Capcom had shown with Street Fighter that the company could not count higher...
Happy second birthday to Lost Ark, whose ‘2 Extreme’ update arrived this morning
I half expected to be able to make a "too extreme to launch on time" joke for today's Lost Ark patch, but actually Amazon...
Lost Ark discusses designing the lore, sound, and systems of the Voldis region
The month of December was all about Voldis for Lost Ark players, as the new continent and its various features dropped on fans of...
Diablo IV’s brand-new lunar new year event, Lunar Awakening, begins February 6
Diablo IV is joining the long list of online games celebrating lunar new year: On February 6th, Blizzard kicks off Lunar Awakening for the...
Lost Ark’s second anniversary-themed ‘2 Extreme’ update is, obviously, too extreme for you
It seems wild to me that Lost Ark is already nearing two years old, especially knowing that was only the western launch - it's...
