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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.

LOTRO: Minas Morgul will take you back in time to the Second Age

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With the undead and possibly soulless cat out of the bag with Minas Morgul, Standing Stone Games is fielding a whole bunch of questions...
I'm not him! I don't even look like him!

Foxbat takes over the final week of Champions Online anniversary antics

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The final week of the 10th anniversary event for Champions Online has finally arrived, as all good things must come to an end. But this...

PSA: Get your free Dungeons and Dragons Online adventure pack

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Hope you didn't forget that Dungeons and Dragons Online is giving away a free adventure pack of quests in honor of the 10th anniversary...

Interview: ArcheAge Unchained’s Merv Lee Kwai on housing, RMT, and the future of the game

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The announcement of ArcheAge Unchained and its buy-to-play, no-pay-to-win ruleset has been one of the big surprises of the season for the five-year-old MMORPG...

The Stream Team: Taking on Neverwinter’s Tower District

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The new Neverwinter adventures continue! Tonight Massively OP's MJ and her group are taking on the Tower District; there is important intel they need...

Massively Overthinking: MMOs, challenge, and flow

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A couple of weeks ago, MMO developer Mark Kern tweeted a controversial claim about how challenge and interactivity is the point of games (and...
That's Trek for you.

Star Trek Online’s patch today continues adjusting patrols rewards

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Here's the bad news for today's patch in Star Trek Online: The Delta patrol missions will be providing less experience at the end of the...

TERA shows off the vistas of its Skywatch: Aerial Island update and announces October events on PC

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TERA on PC is ramping up for a pretty busy few weeks if En Masse's recent announcements any indication. The action MMO has pulled...

Star Wars: The Old Republic adds progression for Sorcerers and Sages

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It is always disappointing when an MMO expansion comes along and then gives your character nothing to show for those shiny new levels he...

Warframe introduces Atlas Prime as its next premium ‘Frame

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Commanding earth and stone in video gaming usually means one thing: using that earth and stone to viciously pummel the ever-loving snot out of...

Enter to win a Star Trek Online PC Science Intel bundle in honor of Awakening’s launch

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With Star Trek Online's Awakening expansion now out in the wild on PC, PWE has kindly granted Massively OP a bunch of goodies to give...

Star Trek Online memorializes actors Eisenberg and Donner, adds intel science ships

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Brokenhearted Deep Space Nine fans who gathered together to remember the life and work of actor Aron Eisenberg ("Nog") this week will be glad...

Lord of the Rings Online starts Minas Morgul pre-orders, rolls out Stout-Axe Dwarves

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What we know for certain: Lord of the Rings Online is pushing out Update 24.3 today, and that single decimal point usually indicates some...

The Daily Grind: What constitutes a ‘classic’ MMO to you?

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Earlier this week, a job posting on Blizzard's career site made it clear that the company considers Diablo III one of its "classic" games....

The Stream Team: Battle of the Blight in Path of Exile

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Bring on more Battle of the Blight! Massively OP's MJ has tasted Path of Exile's Blight league and she likes it -- no, not...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 239: Astellia ascending

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Justin and Bree discuss Astellia, Guild Wars 2, ArcheAge Unchained, WoW, LOTRO, PlanetSide Arena, and Project Gorgon, with a mailbag topic on making gaming more productive (or not).
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Ashes of Creation’s Apocalypse hits early access today – are you trying it out?

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Ashes of Creation’s Apocalypse battle royale title is officially launching into persistent early access today as planned. As it announced last week, Intrepid Studios...

Choose My Adventure: Diary of a Legends of Aria desert wildman

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The desert sun rakes its fingers over my bronzed skin like I am the coals of a forge. Indeed, I am the forge: the...

APB Reloaded discusses expansion into Asia, world consolidation, and engine upgrades

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Little Orbit CEO Matt Scott has written up a dev blog full of tidbits of information for APB Reloaded players, including the game's expansion...
Well, I had fun.

The Daily Grind: Do you appreciate MMOs and games that challenge you mentally?

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MOP reader and backer Avaera proposed an interesting Daily Grind topic recently about challenges in MMORPGs - and no, "challenge" doesn't refer to boss...

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