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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.

GDC 2018: Rend is looking to ‘WoW’ the survival genre

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I'm already old and bitter when it comes to survival games. I've killed zombies, dinosaurs, infected bears, maybe even infected dinosaurs, and people. Lots of...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 162: The Morninglight wants you

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Justin and Bree discuss Project Gorgon, RIFT, Trove, Secret World Legends' South Africa, ArcheAge's progression servers, Black Desert on Xbox One, World of Warcraft, and Bless, with mailbag entries on classic Guild Wars and RIFT Prime.

Defiance activates four events for Armistice, gives out a week of patron time

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Don't twiddle your thumbs and sigh with impatience that Defiance 2050 hasn't arrived yet; get active in Defiance right now, thanks to its Armistice...

Forget matchmaking – Wizard101 introduces ‘hatchmaking’

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"Hatchmaking?" you say. "What is that?" Leave it to Wizard101 to come up with a quirky new twist on MMO gameplay. In the family-friendly title's...

RuneScape invites you to play pirates in ‘Pieces of Hate’ content update

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Not playing Sea of Thieves for its launch today? You can still get your pirate on in an MMORPG: RuneScape has rolled out the...

Secret World Legends conspires to improve server stability and the agent system

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It may not be the start of the second season of story content, but today's Secret World Legends patch does deliver a few exciting...

Warframe launches Zephyr Prime warframe as part of ‘prime access’ program

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If you haven't paid any attention to Warframe's Prime Access program, now might be the time. Digital Extremes' rotating monetization system essentially allows players...

Today’s SWTOR Update 5.8 brings Izax boss, conquest revamp, and returning companions

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Hope you brought your industrial-sized ion cannon, fly boy, because that is one mother of a droid that's trying to stomp on your face....

NCsoft Q1 2018: NCsoft has hired 1000 employees in the past few years, considers VR and ARG titles

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Everybody saw NCsoft's financials last month, I'm sure - Guild Wars 2 bouncing back thanks to Path of Fire, Lineage M driving revenue, and...

Trion Worlds’ Scott Hartsman goes on NBC to address video game violence and game ratings

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Here is something kind of neat: Trion Worlds CEO Scott Hartsman sitting down with NBC's Press:Here to talk about video game violence and game...

Trion Worlds says it has no plans to bring RIFT to console

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With MMOs such as Trove and Defiance already inhabiting both the PC and console space, it seems not unreasonable to wonder if Trion Worlds...

The MOP Up: Enter the Phantom Halls — if you dare! (March 18, 2018)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

Perfect World takes its Arc quest system offline for an upgrade

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If you have been accessing Perfect World's MMOs directly, you may be ignorant that the company's launcher has its own daily quest system. Has...

One Shots: Don’t you forget about me

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I think that we can all agree that Hirku seems like he'd be a pretty fun-loving dude to hang out with in World of...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever won anything amazing in a lockbox?

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With all of the discussion and controversy over MMO lockboxes as of late (you might have seen something), one thing we haven't talked about...

Get lucky, punk, with the World of Tanks St. Paddy’s Day event

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Feeling lucky? You just may after jumping into World of Tanks this weekend. The multiplayer tank battler is throwing a St. Patrick's Day event through...
D'oh, Joe!

Warframe launches a dojo improvement while celebrating its anniversary and St. Patrick’s Day

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It's a big week for Warframe, partly because the game is celebrating five years of operation. The anniversary site has gone live, and it...
Seriously? Huh.

MMORPG Runes of Magic celebrations nine years of operation with daily gifts

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Can you believe that Runes of Magic has been operating for nine years now? That's a long time. Like... well, like nine years, actually....
As a bird.

Choose My Adventure: Single-track shooting in Warframe

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After my second week in, I have to admit that I'm kind of bothered by Warframe. Or, more accurately, the fact that I like...

Mimics take over DDO, players terrified to open chests

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Usually the sight of a fat, treasure-laden chest is a source of joy for Dungeons and Dragons Online players. It's where most of the...

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