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‘Free-to-play’ is a term that refers to games that do not have box or download fees associated with them and do not incur a mandatory subscription. Some have optional subscriptions and are more properly referred to as hybrid F2P. Most have cash shops and microtransactions.

The Daily Grind: What are the most nostalgic MMO music tracks for you?

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As one of the hosts of Battle Bards and the writer of this site's Jukebox Heroes column, I obviously hold great affection for MMORPG...

The Stream Team: Warframe’s The War Within

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She's ready. Massively OP's MJ is ready to take on Warframe's next mega story quest, The War Within. At least the prerequisites say she...

RuneScape preps Breaking the Storm event, Old School rolls out Wilderness changes

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This July, RuneScape's summer update The Land Out of Time will pull back the proverbial curtain on the temporally anomalous island of Anachronia, where...

Grab a Crossout anniversary gift bundle code from Gaijin and Massively OP!

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Post-apoc MMO action game Crossout is in the midst of its anniversary month, complete with a new patch dropping five new Mass Contagion missions,...

New RIFT team letter discusses release cycle changes and the game’s future

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Ever since Gamigo acquired Trion Worlds back in October 2018, RIFT players have been left in a sort of limbo in regard to what...

Massively Overthinking: The worst MMO cash shop trickery

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Last week, games psychologist Jamie Madigan tweeted an underrated comment about how psychological tricks used in restaurant menu design are also found in video...
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Latest Path of Exile update improves Legion mechanics and steamrolls a bunch of bugs

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As Path of Exile nears the end of the second week of its Legion league, the devs at Grinding Gear Games have released a...

LOTRO patches in functional bees and discourages permadeath playthroughs

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Heads up for you Hobbits and Elves: Lord of the Rings Online is patching up to Update 24.1.1 today. This mostly fixes a few...

Warframe of Mind: The story of Space Mom and The Second Dream

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When I first started playing Warframe, I definitely wasn't in it for the story. Was there story? Initially, no. There were only crumbs of...
Ohhh snap.

Star Wars: The Old Republic is easing restrictions for free-to-play and preferred players

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It can be difficult to play Star Wars: The Old Republic without paying; the game has some pretty strict restrictions in place for free...

‘Classic’ MMO Dekaron announces mobile adaptation

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The trend of giving old MMOs new leases on life by turning them into mobile titles continues: Korean developer ThumbAge has announced that it...

Old School RuneScape dishes on Song of the Elves dev progress in new blog

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It's been some time since Old School RuneScape's Song of the Elves quest was initially revealed at RuneFest 2018, but don't worry -- it's...
Pay to lose.

Perfect Ten: The most poorly managed MMO sunsets of all time

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MMOs shut down. This is just kind of a reality. It's an unpleasant one, but we also are collectively aware that it happens and...
Why don't you trust us?

Star Wars: The Old Republic returns to that Nar Shadda nightlife

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Who doesn't love the night life? No one on Nar Shadda in Star Wars: The Old Republic; everyone wants a slice of that life,...

Star Trek Online’s Discovery Enterprise lockbox has captains in an uproar

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It stands to reason that in a game called Star Trek Online, the most desirable starships of them all will be any that have...

Fortnite introduces the Chug Splash in today’s update as Epic steps up anti-datamining measures

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The latest update to Fortnite is live today, and it allows players to share a drink in a rather unconventional fashion with the introduction...
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Neverwinter’s Undermountain is live on console today as Waterdeep preps the Protector’s Jubilee

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Dungeon delvers, prepare to descend: Neverwinter's massive Undermountain expansion goes live on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles today, bringing with it the eponymous...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 225: The slash and burn of Amazon Game Studios

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Justin and Bree discuss E3, Black Desert, Warframe, Last Oasis, Amazon, New World, Ship of Heroes, SWG Legends, LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, with mailbag questions on monetizing character costuming and beating bad launch dead horses.

Funcom is throwing anniversary bashes for Anarchy Online and Secret World Legends

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Funcom is gearing up for anniversary festivities in two of its MMOs. First up: Anarchy Online is turning 18. Feel old yet? "Beginning June 18th...

Choose My Adventure: TERA’s Valkyrie and the free-to-play grind

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Close set of voting this time 'round, at least in terms of TERA's business model. For a time, the polls were literally at 50/50,...

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