‘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.
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TERA’s Antiquities update next week comes with a solo scavenger hunt
The next episode of TERA's Skywatch rollout is launching next week on July 23rd, and it's called Antiquities, so you can probably already guess...
Aion news: Mobile gets XP gifting, EU previews the Painter for 7.0, NA celebrates summer
Welcome to a big chunky bundle of Aion news! The mobile and PC versions of the game all look to be extremely busy recently;...
Life is Feudal: MMO is officially going free-to-play with bonuses for existing players
It's been a while since we checked in on the MMO version of Life is Feudal, which hit early access over a year and...
The Stream Team: Unraveling the mystery of AQ3D’s Arcangrove Tower
Massively OP's MJ has begun to unravel the mystery of the newly opened Arcangrove Tower in AQ3D, but she's suspecting that there's either a...
RIFT’s Summerfest 2019 drops surfboards, weapons skins, and masks
RIFT has not had the best run of things since Trion handed over the keys to Gamigo last year, from the premature end of...
PlanetSide 2 discusses the incoming DX11 PS4 update, the Mentor system on PTS, and a new social hub
A couple of days ago, the developers of PlanetSide 2 offered up a livestream that ran down some of the most recent matters for...
A Tale in the Desert prepares for its ninth iteration
Aside from being a social/crafting MMO with absolutely no combat, A Tale in the Desert's biggest claim to fame is its sporadic reboot of...
Warframe of Mind: TennoGen fosters player creativity and content, store now on Steam
With TennoCon 2019 in the rearview mirror, it's time for folks to buckle down and get back to work developing more awesomeness for Warframe....
A lawsuit against Jagex for muting a player is thrown out in five days
Let's tell a story about one Amro Elansari, a player of RuneScape who was muted for undisclosed reasons (so almost certainly involving his being...
Daybreak filed for yet another studio trademark just a week ago
Last week, we covered some odd happenings over at the MMORPG company formerly known as SOE and now known as Daybreak, and today we've...
Neverwinter’s Summer Festival launches tomorrow – bring your swimsuit and get ready to ride a snail
Black Desert isn't the only MMORPG bringing the summer fun with a themed event this month: Neverwinter is launching its own Summer Festival tomorrowday...
Meadow developer Might & Delight announces a new unnamed online RPG
Last year, I hopped on our podcast to talk about an obscure but long-running and adorable MMO: Meadow. It's one of those games that...
Champions Online’s new serial story continues with a city-wide search
In this, the bizarro timeline of the real world where Champions Online actually produces new playable content on a weekly basis, Cryptic pushed out...
The Stream Team: Taking the Taris datacrons in SWTOR
Once again, Massively OP's Larry and MJ must venture into both Republic and Imperial territory in SWTOR to try to take all the datacrons....
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offering is filling your summer hours?
We're only now in the middle of July, but so far it feels as though summer 2019 has been a non-stop rollercoaster of great...
Wizard101 rolls out a new event with a Crab Alley revamp
The big summer update for Wizard101 is in testing now, and it brings with it a long-awaited facelift for Crab Alley. Wizard City got...
The Soapbox: Hoping for Amazon to succeed where Lord of the Rings Online failed
It's not often I really get excited about an upcoming MMORPG. Partly this is because of the industry slowing down, and partly this is...
Star Wars The Old Republic’s gives love to non-subbers in today’s update
It's a big day for Star Wars The Old Republic - well, maybe a medium day. Though today's patch comes emblazoned with the forgettable...
Star Trek Online’s newest batch of ships include Romulan and Dominion offerings
If you ever feel like stirring the pot over in the Star Trek Online community, just point out that one of the game's playable...
The Stream Team: Audience with Path of Exile’s Brine King
Massively OP's MJ is one step closer to rescuing Nessa in Path of Exile, who has been abducted (and mermafied) by the Brine King....