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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.

Lord of the Rings Online’s servers struggle while Weatherstock returns

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If you've been adventuring -- or trying to, at least -- in Middle-earth this week, you may be quite aware that certain Lord of...

The Stream Team: A summer of snails for Neverwinter’s event

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Massively OP's MJ was all set to dive back into the lupine adventures in Neverwinter's Vallosk zone, but she's been derailed by an event...

Korean hybrid MOBA Hunter’s Arena Legends has hit early access on Steam

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So who remembers earlier in 2020 when we first covered Hunter's Arena Legends, a hybrid battle royale MOBA with fighting game inspo and stunning...

Old School RuneScape adds the Ferox Enclave Wilderness hub and talks about the future of PvP

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When you're in the Wilderness PvP area of Old School RuneScape, you're probably eager to find any place that resembles a safe haven. In...

Warframe brings back the squirt gun-loaded Dog Days Tactical Alert

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The Tenno of Warframe have a broad variety of weapons at their disposal, but none will be more important this summer than the humble...

Massively Overthinking: Has the pandemic changed your gaming habits?

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There was a popular Medium piece floating around last week about how some people are finding refuge in gaming during the still-raging COVID-19 pandemic....

Battle Bards Episode 173: Down on the farm

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Seeking a simpler and more quaint life? Then come on down to the farm with the Battle Bards, as the video game music crew...

Mabinogi will unleash the power of pets in its next update

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Having a pet in Mabinogi will be quite a bit different with the next planned update. Dubbed the P.E.T. update (which stands for Pawsitively...

Magic-slinging battle royale Spellbreak will go free-to-play on all platforms, allow cross-platform play at launch

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Remember Spellbreak? It's a battle royale title that we first highlighted when it was in pre-alpha testing in October 2018. Its whole shtick is...

Lawful Neutral: No really, who owns Jagex and RuneScape?

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RuneScape is one of those games that always seems to fly under my radar. It's not intentional, and I don't have anything especially against...
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Perfect Ten: Classic alt challenges for MMOs

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When you start up your first character in a new MMO, it's all fresh and novel. But if you're the sort of tedious weirdo...

Tencent edges out Sony in Leyou Technologies buyout negotiations

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A week or two ago, we covered the especially-amusing-to-MMO-fans news that Sony was gunning to buy up Leyou, the Chinese holding company that both...

The Daily Grind: How grown-up do you like your MMO graphics?

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I may be settling comfortably into middle age, but I'll freely admit that I'm very partial to bright colors and highly stylized designs for...

Neverwinter’s upcoming Summer Festival features fashion, football, and fast snails

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The summertime festivities are about to arrive in Neverwinter as the appropriately named Summer Festival draws nigh, bringing a bunch of events to partake...

RuneScape introduces Player Advocacy Group-led changes, OSRS adds new Slayer content

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Ah, yes, another week of RuneScape updates via the usual newsletter. Time to open it up and -- what's this? a totally new format?...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 279: New World in the new year

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Justin and Bree discuss New World, WoW Shadowlands, Dual Universe, Legends of Aria, Elder Scrolls Online, and Torchlight III, with adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and Fallout 76, plus mailbag topics on lazy development and Mists of Pandaria.

Path of Exile elaborates on changes to storage tanks and Harvest crafting descriptions coming in the next patch

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This week's patch for Path of Exile will be making a number of adjustments, but in a separate post made to the game's forums,...

Choose My Adventure: Exploring the Caves of Chaos in Dungeons and Dragons Online

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I’ve heard you loud and clear, Dungeons and Dragons Online friends. There were a number of comments on last week’s column espousing the virtues...

Tencent now completely owns Funcom, purveyor of Conan Exiles and Secret World Legends

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Dune, Conan Exiles, Secret World Legends, Age of Conan... all of these properties and more are now directly under the thumb of China's Tencent. Funcom...

The Stream Team: Taking Path of Exile gardening to the next level

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Massively OP's MJ is really enjoying the garden-building features of Path of Exile's Harvest league. She's planted and harvested a few crops already, and...

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