‘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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TennoCon 2019: Warframe’s NightWave Series 2 and Wukong Prime go live, with new ‘Frames and skins incoming
Much of TennoCon 2019 is showing off what will come in the future for Warframe, but two announcements were for the here and now....
The Stream Team: Soaking up some Lord of the Rings summer festival
Is there a festival going on in LOTRO? Is there ever not? Massively OP's MJ is heading in to soak up some summer fun...
RuneScape studio Jagex has been sold, again, this time valued at $530M
Back at the beginning of 2019, we covered the news that RuneScape developer Jagex was being put up for sale by the Chinese holding company...
Aion EU previews a new area, siege battles, and the Gold Arena coming in the 7.0 update
The 7.0 update for Aion's EU version is shaping up to be a pretty meaty one by all accounts. A preview from the devs...
Not So Massively: Gaming genre elitism isn’t a good look on anyone
As I noted when I first took over the Not So Massively column this past spring, we live in a time of great change...
TennoCon 2019: The Duviri Paradox trailer teases Warframe’s next big thing after Empyrean
For the second time, Digital Extremes left players hanging with teaser trailer at the end of TennoCon. This year, The shocker was The Duviri...
RuneScape’s Land Out of Time has launched – check out the trailer
It's a big day for RuneScape: Land Out of Time is dropping for the original-flavor game. Well, the most original-flavor version of the game...
One Shots: Pointy things in space
Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of a multi-trillion credit starship that's in absolute mint condition! As you drive it off the lot,...
TennoCon 2019: Empyrean connects Warframe with railjack ships and ‘raids’
Ever since teased at TennoCon 2018, players have been eagerly awaiting Warframe's Operation: Railjack, now called Empyrean. What Space Ninja doesn't want to adventure...
TennoCon 2019: Warframe’s Great Guns cinematic story intro
If you saw the Warframe trailer ahead of the new Spider-Man movie, you caught a glimpse of the new cinematic created to introduce the...
TennoCon 2019: Win a trip to space courtesy of Warframe’s Digital Extremes
Warframe's Space Ninjas are finally getting to space with the big Empyrean update, but what if you could? As part of the TennoCon 2019...
Warframe’s Tennocon Live broadcast starts at 6 p.m. EDT – watch it here!
Massively OP's Warframe of Mind columnist MJ Guthrie is at Tennocon this weekend to report on Warframe's big drops, and indeed there have been...
Global Chat: Stressing about WoW Classic’s community
Late June's World of Warcraft Classic stress test gave many MMO bloggers plenty to talk about, with pros and cons being lobbied about from...
The Game Archaeologist: Ironman modes and elective permadeath
One facet of video games that's been around almost since the very beginning is difficulty levels. This allowed the player to choose how hard...
Path of Exile fixes a variety of bugs to avoid crashes and other issues
Sometimes the smallest seeming bugs can have some really big issues. The latest Path of Exile patch, for example, fixes an issue wherein the...
Rock out in Lord of the Rings Online’s Shirefest 2019 music festival this weekend
Few MMORPGs offer music tools as robust as Lord of the Rings Online's, and this weekend, MMO players will prove it as they host...
The Stream Team: Warframe Tennocon hype with Saya’s Vigil
It's T minus 24 hours before Massively OP's MJ will be trying to pry information out of the devs at TennoCon. She won't...
Massively Overthinking: Do you even *like* MMO expansions?
This seems like an absurd question on its face, right? MMO players are supposed to like MMO expansions. They're progress. They're content. They're fresh...
10-year-old Runes of Magic’s crafting festival has begun
Runes of Magic had admittedly fallen way off my radar over the last while, right up until our own MMO Cartographer dipped back into...
Old School RuneScape ponders partnerships and puts it to a player poll
Old School RuneScape is, in its own words, "resolutely a subscription-only game," and as it's subscription-only game, one of the biggest things the devs...
