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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.

Massively Uplifting: Black Desert’s lantern memorial, a gift of sight in Wizard101

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Gamers get a bad rap. Studios are seen as heartless villains. Mainstream media is quick to demonize us, and we can be quick to...
Oh noes.

PWE is sunsetting the Foundry system in Star Trek Online and Neverwinter

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Cryptic's Foundry system, implemented in both Star Trek Online and Neverwinter, has traditionally been one of the best-loved player content creation tools in the...

Derek Smart says he’s working on partnership deals to revivify 2009 MMORPG Alganon

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A year and change ago, we covered the strange case of MMO Alganon, and now it's back in the news. We've been covering the game...

Apex Legends just secured its 50 millionth player

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Respawn and EA announced this morning a big milestone for surprise battle royale hit Apex Legends: It's just racked up its 50 millionth player. Like...

Get an advance look at Dungeons and Dragons Online’s Tiefling

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The excitement is ramping up for Dungeons and Dragons Online: Masterminds of Sharn, the spring expansion that's already in testing on the Lamannia server. In...

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs do you wish would come to console?

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I've never been a console-first kind of gamer, so I've never felt a great pull to invest heavily in consoles, even when more major...

LOTRO and DDO are going offline for a day thanks to server work

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Hobbits are taking an extended siesta this week in Lord of the Rings Online. On Monday, March 4th, the game is coming down for a...

The MOP Up: Space Engineers jury-rigs a release

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Everyone knows that engineers are the unsung heroes of civilization, and space engineers doubly so! So join us in saluting Space Engineers, the survival...
It goes clicky.

Global Chat: Off-the-cuff impressions of Anthem

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If you like BioWare, high tech eye candy, blowing crap up, or riding the current wave of Hot New Game Releases, chances are that...

The MMO Bookclub devotes March to Tibia, Destiny 2, and Apex Legends

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If you haven't been hanging out with the folks at MMO Bookclub lately, you may have missed a shift in the format that's expanded...

One Shots: Event horizon ahoy!

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Just a word of neighborly advice, but if you ever find yourself this near to a black hole, you might as well take screenshots...

MMO Business Roundup: Fortnite’s lockbox lawsuit, Riot’s diversity boss, Take-Two’s stock, Acti-Blizz’s investor warning

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Business business business! What's on the weekend agenda? Oh heck, let's just throw Fortnite, lockboxes, and a lawsuit in one sentence. It's like catnip. Fortnite's...
Kapwing!

The Daily Grind: Which MMO battles did you survive by the skin of your teeth?

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There's nothing more exhilarating than emerging victorious from a fight that you thought you would lose. The other day I was mindlessly going through...

Battle Bards Episode 139: Return to LOTRO

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It has been a good long while since the Battle Bards walked the road that led them from the Shire to Mordor, but now...

Neverwinter dev diaries detail Paladin and Cleric changes coming with Undermountain

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As Neverwinter gears up for the release of Undermountain, more and more information continues to trickle out about the huge changes that it will...

The Stream Team: Rift-wrangling for RIFT’s 8th birthday

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You get a birthday... and you get a birthday... and RIFT gets a birthday! Today marks Telaria's eighth year, and Massively OP's MJ is...

Massively Overthinking: Reconsidering the all-in-one MMO

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One of the forever-arguments MMORPG players seem to enjoy having is the one about niche MMOs. There are quite a lot of gamers out...

The Stream Team: Dungeons and Dragons Online turns a lucky 13 today

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Can you imagine a teenage dragon? How about a teen Dungeons & Dragons game? Well Dungeons & Dragons Online is 13 today, jumping right...

PWE is tweaking Neverwinter and Star Trek Online’s fraud-detection mechanics

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Even if you're not particularly disturbed by the idea of spending real money on in-game currency - especially given that so many MMOs have...

LOTRO devs explain the virtue system revamp

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For my money, the change from a rigid to a much more flexible virtue system in Lord of the Rings Online is one of...

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