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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.

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Fight or Kite: Guild Wars 2 PvP – where good intentions and stubbornness meet

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Earlier this month, Guild Wars 2 Game Director Mike Zadorojny had an interview with PCGamesN in which he discussed a number of items - most...
He had the lobes for it.

Actor Aron Eisenberg gets a torchlight vigil in Star Trek Online

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The Star Trek fandom was shocked to learn that Aron Eisenberg passed away on Sunday, September 22nd. Eisenberg was best known among fans for...

SuperData August 2019: WoW Classic drives a massive subscription surge

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Alright, all you armchair business analysts, it's time to look over SuperData's sales research report for August 2019. Get your best arguments ready and...

The MOP Up: League of Legends’ future looks bright

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Don't let games like Fortnite and Overwatch make you forget that League of Legends is still a thing. In fact, Riot Games' MOBA saw...

One Shots: Tossing virgin gamers into volcanoes

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The great volcano god Kenny is angry (again). Kenny's got a temper like you wouldn't believe, and he goes off on every perceived insult...

The Game Archaeologist: The day Dungeons and Dragons Online dropped the free-to-play bomb

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By 2009, the MMORPG genre had firmly established a norm for its business model. For over a decade, a monthly subscription -- usually $15...

The Daily Grind: When was your ‘MMO birthday?’

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We often note birthdays and anniversaries for online games here on Massively OP, but today it's not about the game -- it's about you!...

Warframe delivers updates and improvements to Arbitration Alerts

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Arbitrations, which are a type of Warframe Alert offered by the Arbiters of Hexis, have apparently gotten a bit of fine tuning. A developer...
Zorp? Phasers don't go zorp.

Star Trek Online patches in improved rewards for daily patrols

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If you feel like you're just not getting enough from going on patrol in Star Trek Online before today, apparently the designers agreed. The...

The Envoys of Avalon Equinox event has returned to the Secret World Legends

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So technically, the first day of fall this year for those of us up in the Northern Hemisphere is Monday, but that means nothing...

Path of Exile’s devs say its performance issues are down to ‘calculation complexity,’ not the engine

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The word "performance" is being kicked around the Path of Exile community kind of a lot lately, but lest you think Grinding Gear Games...

The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on wiki-reliant MMORPGs?

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MOP reader Alex recently wrote to us about MMOs that seem to be built around their wikis - and why that's not necessarily a...

The Stream Team: Following the Dungeons and Dragons Online newbie campaign trail

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What's life like for a newly minted DDO group? Massively OP's MJ is giving you a front row seat to see! Her group of...

Massively Overthinking: Is the age of the $15 subscription coming to an end?

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Massively OP's own Justin Olivetti penned a blog post this week in which he muses on the lifespan of the $15 MMO sub fee,...

Sea of Thieves celebrates talk like a pirate day with sweet Twitch loot

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Dang, I almost forgot it was talk like a pirate day! If you aren't into LOTRO and World of Warcraft's take on the second-most...

Dungeons & Dragons Online launches a new MacOS client

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If you're playing Dungeons & Dragons Online on an Apple desktop, you're going to need to change clients. The existing MacOS client for the systems...
Oh my!

Funcom’s running a free-play weekend for Conan Exiles, Conan Unconquered, and Age of Conan

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Conan fans, this unlikely weekend is your moment to shine, as Funcom's making all the things free free free. First up is Conan Exiles, normally...
Old and busted.

Someone in RuneScape spent $62K on microtrans according to UK Parliament report

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Remember last year when we polled our readers on how much money they'd spent on their Steam accounts? Most people seemed to track under...

Lord of the Rings Online begins testing the new Stout-Axe Dwarves

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Ever since we got word that a new Dwarf racial variant was on the way to Lord of the Rings Online, we've been curious...

Ashes of Creation sends its Apocalypse battle royale to early access next week

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Now calling it a "prequel" to the MMORPG itself, Intrepid Studios announced today that Ashes of Creation's Apocalypse battle royale title will hit early...

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