‘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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The Stream Team: A look at Warframe’s Limbo Prime
Massively OP's MJ is trying to break out of her Frost Prime rut in Warframe. It's hard, because she really, really loves that 'Frame....
SOS fully abandons its classic mode, and its Steam reviews are a dumpster fire
Outpost Games sent round a mailer this week announcing that SOS Battle Royale is now "free to play forever," thanks to its latest patch,...
The Stream Team: First anniversary shenanigans in Secret World Legends
Secret World Legends turns one next week (but the Secret World IP turns six soon after). And what would a birthday party be without...
RIFT issues another progression server challenge, loses lead raid developer
It's time to play the catch-up game with RIFT, starting with this week's new challenge by the devs to progression server players. For the...
Path of Exile’s Elementalist wins Incursion League popularity contest
Which classes are most popular in Path of Exile's Incursion League? Grinding Gear Games has released the stats for the first three weeks of...
Trion throws open Defiance 2050’s gates for another beta round this weekend
Trion is running yet another beta round for Defiance 2050 as the reboot heads to open testing on PC this weekend, starting tomorrow afternoon...
Champions Online slashes prices on freeform characters, three for 60 bucks
At the beginning of June, PWE announced big changes for Champions Online: It was planning to drop the game's optional monthly subscription in favor...
Hyperspace Beacon: Future plot points for SWTOR and other unanswered lore questions
Last night, BioWare Creative Director Charles Boyd and Community Manager Eric Musco were guests on the Passionately Casual Podcast to discuss the lore of Star Wars: The...
Neverwinter counts 18M players as it celebrates its fifth birthday
Eighteen million! No, that's not how many dollars you've dumped into your Steam account; that's just about how many people have played Neverwinter in...
Get your dapper on with Warframe’s new Limbo Prime, the game’s 57th ‘frame
High fashion arrived in Warframe with the golden gentleman, Limbo Prime. Of course you can look snazzy while skewering enemies; this 57th playable Warframe is...
Anarchy Online teases upcoming 17th anniversary event
Happy 17th birthday, Anarchy Online! Seventeen years ago this month, Funcom first stepped out onto the MMORPG scene and "launched" this sci-fi title. We...
Defiance rolls out Midsummer Mutiny just before the Defiance 2050 Valor cutoff
There are no new Pursuits for the latest incarnation of the Midsummer Mutiny event in original flavor Defiance. You will be doing the same things...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 175: Virtual heartbreakers
Justin and Bree discuss E3, WoW Classic, Crowfall's delay, Defiance 2050's release date, Fortnite's Sony mess, Black Desert's dating mechanics, and EVE and Star Citizen's ship squabble, with mailbag questions on midgame MMO play and why MMO studios won't shup up and take our money.
Secret World Legends activates its anniversary event and refer-a-friend program tomorrow
A year has gone by since Funcom rebooted The Secret World into Secret World Legends, and the studio is ready to celebrate that milestone...
More MMOs pledge to fully remove Red Shell spyware, including Secret World Legends
At the beginning of June, we covered The Elder Scrolls Online's implementation of spyware program Red Shell, which is designed to track specific information...
The Stream Team: Temples or levels, that is the Path of Exiles question
While Massively OP's MJ has been piddling around with temples in Path of Exile's new Incursion Leagues, one of her friends has already finished...
Gran Skrea brings an indie sandbox MMO to early access
On the prowl for an undiscovered indie MMORPG these days? You might want to check out Gran Skrea Online, as it just went into...
E3 2018: A second look at Trion’s Defiance 2050 reboot
GDC 2018 back in March was good to Defiance 2050, at least in terms of making people aware of the goals of the game....
The MOP Up: Skyforge’s PvP revolution (June 17, 2018)
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Global Chat: The best of both worlds
If you have ever played more than one MMORPG, the thought has probably crossed your mind that you would love to see your favorite...
