Best Online MMORPGs for PC

When it comes to pure world immersion few games come as close as an MMORPG. They’ve become titans of the gaming industry for a reason. But it can be illuminating to really take a look at why they’re played by so many people all over the world.

MMORPGs take you on an easily identified and very satisfying character arc. You begin as a low level vagabond barely able to defeat a solitary goblin to this titanic force of nature capable of slaying gods. There’s a real sense of progression with MMOs which enhances the sense of growth. You’re getting better gear, better weapons and facing off against stronger enemies. But even more than that you’re achieving a better sense of the world you’re inhabiting and your role inside of it.

Another area that MMORPGs have excelled in have been in the technological realm. And this means more than just better graphics and more detailed game worlds. In recent years browser based free MMOs have become more and more prevalent. With browser MMOs you don’t need a powerhouse PC to get the most out of your gaming experience. Any PC with an internet connection can connect you to any number of fantastic free-to-play games.

It was also common for MMOs to only be accessible through a monthly subscription fee or, at the very least, a pricey upfront purchase. While many of these games can justify these costs that doesn’t mean that everyone’s willing or able to pay them. This is another area where browser based MMOs excel. They’re free to play which means there is zero financial commitment. So if you don’t like a game you don’t have to play and you’re not missing out on a dime. And thanks to recent advancements in browser based games you don’t have to sacrifice quality either. These games can be just as enthralling and impressive as their more established brethren. But don’t take our word for it, you’ll find dozens of free-to-play browser based MMORPGs on this page alone, including standouts such as League of Angels II and Dragon of Legends. Give one of them a try and see for yourself what all the excitement is about.

Victory Command

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Victory Command is a free-to-play RTS that pits you and four other commanders against five enemies in tactical combat.

Choose a company of units comprised of either infantry, jeeps, or tanks and customize them for battle with literally millions of strategic combinations. No battle will be the same.

Teamwork is key in this 5v5 arena. Coordinate with your other commanders to out-gun, out-maneuver, and out-play your rivals.

Developed by Petroglyh Games, world renowned creators of RTS games including Grey Goo, Star Wars: Empire at War, and as members of Westwood Studios the Command & Conquer series, and the Dune RTS series.

Wolf Team Reloaded

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WolfTeam, the high-octane sci-fi MMOFPS from Aeria Games, has just relaunched as WolfTeam Reloaded! To celebrate, Aeria Games is giving away special in-game items and holding weekly Playtime events to reward players with awesome gear. As part of the relaunch, WolfTeam’s servers have been updated and merged so that players will have an easier time finding matches, engaging in events, and putting their clans to the test with more competitive gameplay than ever before. A brand new competitive event system is waiting for players and their clans.

WolfTeam Reloaded is a unique, futuristic, free-to-play first-person shooter in which players have the ability to transform between Humans and Werewolves. Humans have a vast assortment of weapons at their disposal, giving them an advantage at a distance. Wolves have limited ranged attacks but are much faster, stronger, and more resilient than their human counterparts.

Tera: Rising

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TERA Rising takes the fight beyond whack-a-mole monotony with enhanced aiming, dodging and tactical timing to create intense and rewarding combat. The recipient of multiple industry accolades, including Best PC Game at E3 and Best Combat at PAX, TERA Rising gives players the best of both worlds: MMO depth with visceral action combat.

TERA Rising delivers pulse-pounding action, stunning Unreal visuals, and an immense immersive world so jumps in and find out what true action combat is all about.

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Supernova MOBA

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Supernova MOBA Game

Supernova is a brand new MOBA game with RTS elements from Primal Game Studio and Bandai Namco Games America. Supernova is scheduled to be released in Q2 of 2015 on PC. In Supernova, the human race has ventured into the cosmos to find a universe that is in peril. A serious of mysterious portals have brought us face to face with an array of alien races in the midst of war. The human race must lead their forces into a fight of galactic dominance to figure out the secrets behind these portals.

The game will bring new innovation to the MOBA genre through both it’s fresh new take on a sci-fi universe, but also with upgradeable minions, crafting from drops and a great line-up of commanders that players will use in battle.

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True Command of Your Army – Strategically deploy and outfit lane units that advance on enemy territory. How you manage technologies, upgrades, and build order can mean the difference between stunning victory and crushing defeat. You have control of it all!

A Distinctively Sci-Fi Setting – Supernova’s futuristic science fiction setting, with technology and space-faring races, offers huge gameplay possibilities. You’ll be transported to a universe where contests between commanders are won with unique technologies and strange alien powers.

A Vast Galaxy of Customization – Commanders can prepare a wide variety of craftable accessories before a match, then customize attributes and talents with each in-game level. Accessories are crafted by combining dropped items to boost commanders’ inherent talents.

Commanders from Across the Universe – A dizzying array of powerful commanders is at your disposal, ready to lead your armies into battle. Choose between mech pilots from the human core worlds or gun-for-hire mercenaries from the lawless outer planets. Or look beyond mankind and select an alien commander – the choice is yours.

Technology is Key – Commanders daring enough to challenge and defeat the ancients will be rewarded with Mechanoughts, planet-razing ancient technology that relentlessly drive through the heart of your enemy’s defenses. The question is; who will awaken them first?

Battleline: Steel Warfare

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Battleline: Steel Warfare

Battleline: Steel Warfare is a real time strategy tank shooter from Creant Studios and Bandai Namco Games America. In this FSRTS (full spectrum real time strategy) game, players will team up with other players to defeat your enemies with fully upgradeable tanks.

The game will feature:
Modern tanks like the M1A1 Abrahms, the Challenger and the K2, along with your favorites from WWI and WW2.

Territory War game mode where you and your allied guilds can conquer nations and defend them from your enemies.

A Unit Commander mode where you can command more than one tank in battle.

Kingdom Online

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Kingdom Online

Kingdom Online is an upcoming free-to-play medieval fantasy MMORPG developed by NTT Games for PC. The game features core MMORPG gameplay with a mix of strategy; players can manage territories by upgrading forts, recruiting mercenaries to conquer resource areas on the world map. Kingdom Online is a community driven MMORPG set in the world of Volcan, a medieval realm where players are compelled to create alliances with other players online in order to rise to power.

Beta testing for Kingdom Online: A Blood Pledge began on Tuesday, November 25th for registered NTTGame users. This initial testing period closed on December 8th, however there will be other opportunities for players to get into the game and check out this new MMORPG.

Kingdom Online will feature four classes from the get-go which include:
Warrior / Arakan – Used by those who prefer close-ranged combat, Arakans are strong and brutal warriors wielding one-handed or two-handed swords and shields.
Rogue / Silvakul – Nimble in melee combat, Silvakul people are agile warriors capable of inflicting damage with their daggers and bow.
Wizard / Plubia – Plubians are weak in close combat, but are capable of dealing devastating magical damage once they get some distance from their opponents.
Cleric / Mesena – Mesena people are natural healers with a set of combat skills to defend themselves.

Additional Kingdom Online Features:
Dominate the “War Map” – Players can engage in strategic battles to occupy forts owned by rival players online.
Manage your personal territory – Players can upgrade buildings in an occupied fort to enhance its fortification, raise an army composed of minions, cavalry and siege weapons. Players can expand their territories by waging wars in team or solo battles.
PVP Zones – Aside from the massive battles, players can choose to join a faction and participate in 1v1 duels.
In-depth skills enhancement – Collect over 300 upgradable “Ere stones” to enhance your attacks. Collecting 5 “Ere stones” of the same class grants the user an ultimate skill.

Cabal 2

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Cabal 2

ESTSoft, Inc. announced today that gamers who long for the days of MMOs with deep, immersive RPG elements, epic skill-based battles and in-game communities that defined the word “massive” can now sign up for their chance to be among the first to experience CABAL 2. The high-fantasy massively-multiplayer role-playing game (MMORPG) is now taking signups at its pre-launch website, offering the most dedicated of online role players the chance to sign up to be the first to experience the game as early as next week. Launching in 2015, CABAL 2 is the North American follow-up to the wildly-successful CABAL Online, played by tens of millions of players.

“The launch of the beta program and focus testing for CABAL 2 is the first step toward delivering the smooth, strategic and social MMO experience our passionate community deserves,” said Steve Pae, executive vice president of ESTSoft Inc.  “With beta signups and the launch of our new forums, it’s finally time for the CABAL 2 community to officially come together, and we’ll reward a lucky few with the chance to be the first to experience the game through our focus group testing next week.”

Beginning today, gamers can sign up for beta testing and to receive access to the forums and all  latest game updates for CABAL 2 at http://cabal2.estgames.com/, and can also sign up for closed focus tests that begin on Dec. 19.  The four days of focus testing, offering the first chance to play CABAL 2, will wrap up on Dec. 22.

Everquest 2

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Sony Online Entertainment LLC released the 11th expansion for EverQuest II (EQII), Altar of Malice . Announced at SOE Live earlier this year, the expansion coincides with the 10th anniversary of the renowned massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Altar of Malice brings players a bevy of new content to explore, including new Overlands, 14 Heroics, six Advanced Solos, two Contested, six Raids, four new Avatars, and an increase in Level Cap to 100.

STORYLINE: Norrath enters a new age, one darkened by the cold war between Freeport and Qeynos. The end of the last age cost them both dearly and neither can risk making the first move…yet. Outside powers can help them rebuild, like the Far Seas Trading Company, but lately its ports have run mysteriously silent. Emissaries sent from the cities have gone missing and any scout sent to investigate does not return.

Only the bravest adventurers will take on the quest to journey across the mysterious Shattered Seas to face monstrous deinodons, pint-sized yet perilous pygmies, bone-armored lizard men, salty pirates, and other new creatures lurking amongst the shadows. And while there are dangers on the waters, beware the thickening evil plot growing deep in the Kithicor Woods. Its maliciousness could make even the undead’s skin crawl…

QUICK FACTS

· Altar of Malice by the numbers:

o 15 Heroic zones

o 6 Raid zones

o 6 Advanced Solo zones

o 2 Contested zones

o 2 Overlands

o 4 new Avatars of the Gods raids

o More than 100 new quests

· Alongside each new, beautifully landscaped Overland comes new dungeons featuring a range of instances for solo, advanced, heroic and raids including:

o Brokenskull Bay, Zavith’loa, Ossuary of Malevolence, Castle Highhold and Ssrashza Temple

· Increase to Level 100 for adventurers, tradeskillers and guilds.

· A myriad of new loot and abilities including: prestige items, PvP gear, and Tradeskill recipes.

Games of Glory

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Games of Glory

Games of Glory is a fast-action sci-fi MOBA blend created by the independent Franco-Swedish studio, Lightbulb Crew. In Games of Glory players star at the center of intense arena battles that decide the future of the galactic empire, the Synarchy. Games of Glory presents a major difference in the way battle arenas have traditionally been played, by combining Hack & Slash controls, free aiming à la shooters, and an arsenal of more than 40 weapons to choose from. E-Sport is a part of the setting, and players have the ability to choose to enact different roles within the e-sport universe, such as star player, tournament planner, club head, trainer, recruiter, and more.

Zombies Monsters Robots

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Zombies Monsters Robots is an intense, third-person shooter that pits players against an unexpected assortment of enemies, environments, and game modes. The invention of portal technology has lured cross-dimensional creatures into the world, and humanity finds itself under attack. In ZMR, players will battle monstrous enemies and bosses across a wide range of co-op campaigns and wave-based survival missions and also fight other players in fierce head to head shootouts. With an arsenal of customizable guns and gear, players need to make every shot count as they enter a war against infectious zombies, abominable monsters, and murderous robots that will stop at nothing to see the end of mankind. This is the world of ZMR.

Storm United

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Storm United MMOFPS

Storm United is a socially driven class based massively multiplayer First Person Shooter that has been built upon an omnipresent clan foundation.

Your journey into Storm United begins with choosing a clan. Every player gets a clan, so no one is left behind. The clan’s personal headquarter will serve you as a central communication hub where you can chat and get the latest news on the clan’s objectives and victories while also being a place where you’ll build useful infrastructures in a similar way strategy games works.

Get ready to wage war with other clans for resources on a globally shared intergalactic map. Build and break alliances, research or spy for technologies and produce new weapons and gear.

In addition to the ongoing galactic war, organised tournaments and events give you one more opportunity to prove your ultimate supremacy.

The first version of Storm United will be released on Steam for PC and Mac users and will later likely get released on Xbox One and PS4. It’s free to play and won’t provide paying users unfair advantages over free players.

Hunternet

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Hunternet MMOFPS

After two years of development, Hunternet is in alpha, so placeholder art is seen throughout the teaser trailer. Hunternet is fully playable and a new take on competitive FPS combat. The fundamentals of the genre from controls, health, scoring, shooting, spawning, teamwork, etc have all been revisited and new fertile ground has been explored through countless iterations. Combat is a 100% skill based, with zero random elements, and no level or xp systems, means everyone is on equal footing.

Players who embrace failure as an integral part of learning and value mechanics over aesthetic are welcomed to signup. But if you think shooters must be ultra-realistic “big macho war fests” sit this one out.

Grimoire

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Grimoire is a PC multiplayer shooter where wizards battle in a dark medieval fantasy world for prestige and power using unique and powerful spells. Though inspired by many popular FPS games, Grimoire is a significant departure from the norm, including everything from devastating “ultimate” attacks to specialized class-based passive skills to customizable classes.

We aim to combine the best of FPS with the unique classes and abilities found in MOBA games into fun and engaging wizard combat that rewards precise aim as well as strategic skills and teamwork. Although Grimoire has a total of seven planned game modes we have decided to focus primarily on our three favorites for the games initial release: Conquest, Co-Op Survival, and Arena.

Check out Grimoire on Kickstarter Now! (campaign ends Thursday, October 16th, 2014)

Blade 9

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Blade 9

Blade 9 is a fantasy MMORPG set in the orient in a mythical world. The tale of the story revolves around 9 legendary artifacts known as “Ruin Weapons”. Legends say that long before the land and people were divided, the heavens bestowed these Ruins to the earth in order to protect it from the powers of darkness. When evil, lead by the Tyrant of the Void began its reign on the land; nine knights capable of wielding these weapons joined forces and unlocked a power so unimaginable that the land itself separated. The Tyrant of the Void was vanquished, but the remnants of the fierce battle were apparent. The knights sacrificed their lives to save the realm and the ruin weapons themselves scattered across the world.

It’s been over a millennium since these weapons have been lost. The world is an entirely different place, separated into factions; these many kingdoms now reside peacefully within their own accord. However, a malevolent King from one of the ruling kingdoms wishes to collect all 9 ruins and become the ruler of the world. His thirst for power threatens the existing peace. His tyranny must be stopped!

Cloud Chamber

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Cloud Chamber

Cloud Chamber is an indie adventure MMO coming from development studio Investigate North which largely seeks to break the mold of what is typically considered traditional gameplay and storytelling. In Cloud Chamber, you navigate through a virtual dataworld housing fragments of information which piece together to unravel the mystery of young scientist Kathleen Petersen. She risked everything to find the truth of the Cloud Chamber and save humanity from itself. Now the only remaining evidence is the information found on the database being explored. It’s a player driven game where individual enjoyment will stem from how invested you allow yourself to get.

Players will navigate more than 150 story fragments spanning 10 different levels in Cloud Chamber, each containing different clues ranging from videos, photos, documents, maps or transcripts. It’s a non-linear means of progression which allows a player to create a unique experience and reach a conclusion all their own. Of course, being an MMO, you won’t be solving the mystery on your own. Each bit of evidence is attached to a discussion board where players can discuss their theories and the significance of various details. Good theories get upvoted while unfavorable ones get downvoted. Presenting a supported theory will grant you access to even more data to help you along.

MMO ATK’s Zac Pickle enjoyed Cloud Chamber, questioning, “Is it a video game? A movie? A work of art? … Can it be all those things?” He continued by calling Cloud Chamber quirky in it’s premise and presentation, yet “it’s fairly easy to become absolutely engrossed in the game and all it has to offer.” Solid acting and and a shockingly engrossing narrative pull the player in and compels them forward. While he found the game a little too self-indulgent in its break from traditional gameplay at times, he overall thought the experience was well worth his time. Gamers interested in a unique, player-driven mystery MMO game can find more information on Cloud Chamber’s main website or through Steam.