OARPG stands for “online action roleplaying game.”
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New executive order could ban US transactions with Tencent – potentially bad news for gaming [Updated]
File this one under "I was about to go to sleep when the internet erupted in an absolute panic over Tencent": Late this evening,...
Activision-Blizzard Q2 2020: Year-over-year revenues are up for the first time in six quarters
We're back with another dip into Activision-Blizzard's financials, this one Q2 2020, the first report since shareholders lambasted the company for excessive executive pay...
Phantasy Star Online Director on working on the original: ‘The pressure was intense’
We wouldn't have Phantasy Star Online 2 without the original Phantasy Star Online - not just because numbers work like that, but because a...
Blizzard staffers agitate against poor worker pay as Activision-Blizzard rakes in billions
Blizzard's labor practices have been under scrutiny over the last couple of years, propelled in large part due to mass-layoffs at the top of...
The Stream Team: Speed gardening in Path of Exile
Massively OP's MJ wants to get in some more gardening before she's gone on her moving excursion. With all the packing and moving, she...
Path of Exile lays out a rough timeline for its next major expansion
Now that Path of Exile has effectively completed work on the Harvest League (sort of), the time has come for the devs at Grinding...
Jukebox Heroes: The ultimate guide to MMORPG music
It's been a long, strange, and wonderful journey to explore MMORPG music with you here in Jukebox Heroes. And while I am anticipating many...
Diablo Immortal offers a slightly gussied-up ‘new’ trailer
Shh, don't worry. We won't spoil your deepest, darkest secret -- you know, the one about how you're actually still kind of interested in...
Magic Legends’ next starting class is the white mana-using Sanctifier
Magic Legends has finally deigned to show off the latest of the multiplayer ARPG's starting classes. Say hello to the Sanctifier, a veritable beacon...
Path of Exile is launching on Mac in September
If you're an MMO fan and a Mac user and you really want to do those two things together... well, you're a trouper, we'll...
Torchlight III will celebrate the ’12 Days of Wipemas’, just later in August
Torchlight III players already knew that there was a wipe incoming as a result of Relic retooling, but developer Echtra Games is apparently looking...
Lost Ark KR launches its second season, teases a new class and future updates
While we're still kind of watching and waiting for the game to arrive to our shores, Korean players of Lost Ark are already deep...
Path of Exile shares the statistics of seeds in the Harvest league
A new challenge league has been running in Path of Exile for about four weeks now, and that means it's time to share statistics....
Perfect Ten: Ten MMOs I was very wrong about
Here's a not-actually-very-secret bit of honesty about the industry that I have been working in for about a decade now: I am not actually...
Wanna feel old? Here’s what Path of Exile looked like over a decade ago
Ahead of the 10th anniversary of the first introduction of Path of Exile to the public, Grinding Gear Games has posted a "then and...
The MOP Up: EVE Online’s Triglavian conflict comes to a head
The big conclusion of EVE Online's multipart Triglavian invasion is coming to a head with Quadrant 3: Zenith, which should hit soon.
"Actions have consequences,"...
Desert Oasis: Black Desert’s outlook in the lead-up to Crimson Desert
I've played nothing but the Black Desert season servers in the last month. It's such a fresh breath of air, and it's something I...
Vague Patch Notes: No Man’s Sky is the real reboot success story
Whenever an MMO of any type has a launch that resembles the Nedelin catastrophe, people start talking about what the studio should do to...
Torchlight III’s endgame-focused Dun-Djinn content update officially launches
Torchums -- er, sorry, Torchlight III has made good on Tuesday's plan to release its new endgame content the following Wednesday. Which means it's...
Not So Massively: Online ARPGs are the pizza of gaming
I spend a lot of time thinking about online ARPGs these days. It's always been a genre I've enjoyed, and since taking over the...