‘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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The Stream Team: Taking a May Day look at Warframe’s Titania Prime
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Champions Online runs a bonus reward event and offers up some free capes
Got an alt or multiple alts in need of leveling in Champions Online? Now would be your time to shine, as the game is...
The Stream Team: TERA turns eight today
Eight is the number, and the number is eight. And that is how old TERA is turning today! Will there be cake? Will there...
The Soapbox: The sunsetted MMORPGs I miss the most
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GDC Summer, Dota 2’s The International, and Fortnite’s World Cup suffer fresh setbacks thanks to the pandemic
More bad news for gaming convention-goers and esports fans: Everything is canceled. OK, not everything, but a lot. And not canceled, but postponed or...
The Stream Team: Is Dungeon & Dragon Online’s Kind of a Big Deal a big deal?
When the temporarily free content in DDO was set to end tonight, Massively OP's MJ was scheduled to squeeze in one last batch of...
Old School RuneScape brings the last of its Poll 70 updates and Bounty Hunter changes
Over the past several weeks, Old School RuneScape has been making several updates as voted on by players in Poll 70. This week, the...
Guild Wars 2’s next living story episode, No Quarter, will launch without voice acting thanks to the pandemic
While business is booming for online games during this pandemic-related quarantine, story-centric MMORPGs seem to be having trouble getting specific types of work done...
Warframe of Mind: Railjack revamp, Nightwave 3, Protea footage, and other news from devstream-from-home
Just because the devs at Digital Extremes are working for home does not mean Warframe isn't getting plenty of love and attention. The work...
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The Stream Team: Completing the SWTOR datacron collection
Is today the day? Will Massively OP's Larry and MJ finally complete the datacron collection in SWTOR? They have a couple more to gather...
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Neverwinter confirms delays to its 2020 content roadmap, work on a new class, and more in a livestream
This past Monday, Cryptic Studios went live with a number of updates to Neverwinter that will be mighty interesting to players of the MMORPG.
First...
Desert Oasis: Deep-diving Black Desert’s Musa and Maewha classes
I think I may be in the minority of people who enjoy being home all day. It gives that much needed time to just...
Star Trek Online previews its next campaign event, the Defense of Pahvo, and upcoming 2020 additions
Right now in Star Trek Online you can enjoy the winter event for 2019 right now, in the middle of the spring. Yes, it's...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 269: Pre-Searing parties
Chris, Justin, and Bree discuss Guild Wars 1, Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Funcom's Dune, World of Warcraft, and Star Citizen, with adventures in Fallout 76, FFXIV, Torchlight III, Star Stable, AQ3D, Villagers & Heroes, plus mailbag topics on the state of thes site, the cost of MMOs, Astellia Online, and MMO crafting.
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Choose My Adventure: Seriously, the Roblox community is pretty impressive
Over the course of my time in Roblox for this round of Choose My Adventure, I've come to appreciate the value of community creativity....
