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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.

Neverwinter’s Swords of Chult update is live for PC with a new skirmish and PvP overhaul

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Swords of Chult is live for PC players of Neverwinter today. If you're not a D&D person, you might be wondering what the heck...

Enter to win a Gigantic Ezren Ghal hero unlock or Voden skin from PWE and MOP

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In honor of the launch of Gigantic's Halloween update and its concomitant new hero and map, PWE has granted Massively OP a bunch of goodies...

Global Chat: Is there a gaming middle class?

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Here's an interesting thought for the day: Is there a gaming middle class, one that exists between those with plenty of money or time?...
This, uh. This was a thing.

SWTOR celebrates KOTOR’s Xbox One launch with cash-shop outfits and free expansions

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It's been a while since the classic RPG Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic first launched, but Xbox One players are just getting to...

The Stream Team: Happy fourth anniversary Path of Exile!

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Has it really been four years since Path of Exile launched? It has! With so many expansions, you might have thought it had been...
Just what.

Age of Wushu adds a new free-for-all battle royale mode to its China version

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There are two ways to look at the new battle royale mode added to the Age of Wushu Chinese servers. The first is with...

Here’s a look at Path of Exile’s lightning tendrils skill gem

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Lightning is in the air lately. Literally, of course, but I mean in video games, as last week we were treated to a look...

RuneScape apologizes for microtransactions and lack of update clarity

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RuneScape's Thomas "Mod Balance" Sweeney has a post on the official forums today showing how apologies ought to go. This one's in regard to...

The MOP Up: Warface celebrates its birthday in Chernobyl (October 22, 2017)

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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...

One Shots: Street legal

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"Looks like it’s that time of year again!" says Ryuen. And so it is. The Halloween season has come upon us and it is inescapable. You...

LOTRO Legendarium: A shocking Halloween twist

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Two of my absolute favorite "inconsequential" elements of Lord of the Rings Online have to be the Haunted Burrow every Halloween and the whole...

The Stream Team: Down with ARK’s dragon!

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The first time Massively OP's MJ tried ARK's dragon boss raid, things didn't end particularly well. But the team learned from that experience and...

Secret World Legends promises ‘major’ quality-of-life update next month

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As Secret Worlds Legends' Samhain 2017 is in full swing and Funcom has released Hide and Shriek as a free title, there's a lot...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO rules at Halloween events?

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I'm almost never happier in MMORPGs than when October rolls around. There's so much moodiness and festivities revolving around Halloween, thanks to developers' undying...

Chaos Theory: A guide to Secret World Legends’ first Halloween

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Hello Samhain my old friend! It's so good to see you again. It's been such a long year, and so much has... wait, where...

TERA goes on pink overload for breast cancer awareness

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We are sure that you are one of the good ones that do not need any prompting to give to worthy causes, such as...

Secret World spin-off Hide and Shriek is free this Halloween season

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Did you miss out on the unusual scare-or-be-scared premise of Hide and Shriek last year? Funcom's two-player Secret World spin-off stirred up some interest...

Massively Overthinking: Is open-world housing really a ‘failed’ MMORPG experiment?

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Massively OP's Justin Olivetti has a provocative article on his personal gaming blog, Bio Break, this week on MMORPG housing. "I once again wonder why...
Well, goodbye

Loki joins the Marvel Heroes console crew

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Hope you enjoy hearing about the reincorporation of characters that were already in a game a long time ago, because there's a long road...

Star Trek Online brings back TNG shuttle and Discovery uniform giveaway

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If you're kicking yourself that you missed out on some of the more recent giveaways over at Star Trek Online, then kick yourself into...

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