‘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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LOTRO Legendarium: Future classes, business models, and direction
For any MMORPG fan, the future often weighs heavily upon the mind. We get excited about what secrets might be in development. We wonder...
Fortnite counts almost 80M players per month as the Fall Skirmish boots up
Still snubbing Fortnite as a kids game? You're not alone, but you're definitely in the minority. It turns out that Epic Games has roped...
Chaos Theory: The rosy side of the Secret World Legends’ less-than-ideal scenario situation
Do you know that feeling of anticipation? That's what I'd felt when I was given the heads-up at DragonCon that Secret World Legends was finally...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG, living or dead, offers the all-time best crafting experience?
Over the last couple of weeks, when I was putting in sometimes 18-hour days working on the site, I didn't really have much time...
NCSoft announces Lineage II Classic server coming October 3rd
Old-school MMO fans might want to pack their bags because next month, NCSoft is gonna take everyone on a nostalgia trip back to the...
Warframe brings back Operation: Plague Star through September 30th
Warframe is not a game in which you have space to debate moral niceties most of the time. There's an infected boil on the...
Check out the animations and look of Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Wood Elf
A new race added to an existing game like Dungeons & Dragons Online is a big deal, and it leaves players with lots of important...
Old School RuneScape boots employee for in-game cheating, police are involved
Jagex has apparently fired a member of the Old School RuneScape mod team for "gross misuse of moderator privileges."
"During our rigorous routine system checks,...
The Stream Team: See the new Secret World Legends Scenario
Secret World Legends has finally added a new scenario, and Massively OP's MJ is diving in. Who wouldn't want to throw themselves into a...
Champions Online is hosting a streamed costume contest today
It's kind of difficult to miss that it's the ninth anniversary of Champions Online, because the game has been celebrating it pretty much non-stop....
You can safely ignore those weird Lord of the Rings Online subscription messages
If you got a cryptic letter from Lord of the Rings Online payment processing company Xsolla in the last day, you can safely ignore...
RIFT Prime is preparing for the Storm Legion expansion
RIFT's progression server is about ready to go where this MMO has only gone once before: into Storm Legion.
On October 3rd, the subscription-only Prime...
MapleStory 2 opens up character name reservations, announces registration event ahead of October 10th launch
The folks at Nexon are gearing up for the imminent launch of MapleStory 2, the sequel to the studio's popular free-to-play sidescrolling, platforming beat-'em-up...
Path of Exile is rebalancing its mines and offering more Sulphite
So Path of Exile had hit a minor snag with its Delve league insofar as people were not happy about how quickly one could...
Hyperspace Beacon: What will we see on SWTOR’s ‘ancient Jedi world’?
Producer Keith Kanneg wrote, "[T]he next phase of the SWTOR storyline will kick off with a bang on the ancient Jedi world." Let's look at the clues that let us know exactly which Jedi world that is, why I am excited to see that world, and what we will likely see on that planet. I don't think I have to mention it at this point, but I will: Possible spoilers ahead, but only if I am right.
The Stream Team: Flirting with SWTOR Iokath cliffhangers
Massively OP's Larry and MJ saw how much you viewers loved SWTOR cliffhangers, so they ended on another one last time (it had nothing...
Neverwinter is completely overhauling its entire crafting system
It's shaping up to be a big week for crafting across the MMO space, and Neverwinter is getting in on the action. PWE has...
Black Desert Online’s latest patch reworks Node War system, kicks off Beerfest event
This week's Black Desert Online patch introduces changes to the game's Node War system, marks the beginning of the three-week Beerfest in-game event, and...
World of Warcraft, Dungeons & Dragons Online, and other MMOs celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day
It's time for everyone to once again pretend that saying "arr" after every sentence makes you sound like a nautical criminal, and internet culture...
Secret World Legends has launched its new Occult Defense scenario
Secret World Legends' latest content drop is here and live, Funcom tweeted this morning. We're talking, of course, about the new scenario, Occult Defence,...
