‘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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Choose My Adventure: Guided adventure, multiplayer hijinks, and pantslessness in Once Human
I'm going to be honest, I'm a bit surprised at just how on-rails Once Human is so far. Chalk that up to another assumption...
The Stream Team: Operation No More Nodes in Warframe
There's no weekend alert or special event in Warframe today? No worries, Massively OP's MJ has her own vital mission to accomplish. Welcome to...
MechWarrior Online shifts September patch content into October and readies annual rewards
What does the third quarter of content updates hold for MechWarrior Online? Well, some bad news, some good news, and some goodies if you've...
RuneScape launches its new Ode of the Devourer quest
Jagex has been making a lot of noise about it, and this week it's finally here: The Ode of the Devourer quest has officially...
Palworld shoots down business model shift rumors after ambiguous CEO interview
Palworld is a buy-to-play early access game. There's no cash shop, no DLC, no battle pass, and to this point, no suggestion that was...
The MOP Up: EverQuest II levels up its Roehn Theer raid
An old favorite raid of EverQuest II is about to get an upgrade for the Year of Darkpaw. Daybreak announced that the Celebration Avatar Challenge:...
LOTRO Legendarium: How LOTRO’s cosmetic system should be overhauled
Here's a fun bit of trivia for you newcomers to Lord of the Rings Online: Did you know that for most of the first...
Throne and Liberty details its early access and full launch server strategy
With Throne and Liberty effectively having two launches - pre-purchase early access on September 26th and full F2P release on October 1st - players...
LOTRO’s September is full of pirates, birthdays, and treasure bugans
September marks a pretty packed month of events for Lord of the Rings Online, starting with this weekend's Treasure Bugan hunt. Through September 18th,...
The Stream Team: Subduing a V Rising rift
It may be too soon, but Massively OP's MJ is ready to face some V Rising rifts. Well, at least the first tier! Those...
Global Chat: Star Trek Online’s content problem
As we kick off another edition of MMO gamer blogs talking about the titles that we love the most, we'll be visiting with Contains...
The Stream Team: They might be giants in Dungeons & Dragons Online
It's neither Istanbul nor Constantinople! But as for the new foes Massively OP's MJ will be facing in DDO, they might be giants indeed....
Massively Overthinking: When the big five MMORPGs have five big expansions in the same year
By the time you're reading this article, Black Desert's Land of the Morning Light Seoul has officially launched on PC, and it marks an...
Vindictus revamped eight of its 25 playable characters in this week’s patch
I'm always surprised and pleased to see that Vindictus must still be making money as Nexon is still cranking out updates for the 14-year-old...
LOTRO previews its first Legacy of Morgoth expansion zone, Ambarûl
Lord of the Rings Online officially has begun promoting its fall expansion, Legacy of Morgoth, with a series of preview streams hosted by Senior...
Old School RuneScape adds Araxxor cheevos and buffs crystal shard earnings in latest patch
You would think that taking down a giant spider boss in Old School RuneScape would be enough of an achievement, but Jagex has decided...
Perfect Ten: The 10 crafting and gathering professions you find in every MMO
Despite the common perception that MMORPGs are only about smashing, slicing, and blasting foes to oblivion, these games typically offer a whole lot in...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 484: September MMO mailbag show
Justin and Bree dip into the mailbag to discuss MMO limitations, megaservers, studio dealbreakers, age accessibility, aggro, and offline MMO content, plus there's adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2.
EVE Online engages the group-minded Siege of Zarzakh event for a limited time
Apparently an enemy NPC group in EVE Online has decided that attacking the gates to Zarzakh, which means it's time for players to mobilize...
SWTOR and SWG Legends fans mourn the death of James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader
Star Wars fans joined cinema and theater fans last night to mourn the loss of James Earl Jones, whom nerds knew best as the...
