‘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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One Shots: A horse and his old boy
As much as I admire the world that J.R.R. Tolkien built and his insane attention to detail, language, and extensive back histories of completely...
PWE is running big sales for Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, Livelock, and more
For those of you folks who you somehow have money still burning a whole in your pocket at noon on Black Friday, here comes one...
Stack your deck with a free Chronicle: Runescape Legends card pack bundle from MOP and Jagex
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Massively OP’s 2016 gift guide for the MMO internet spaceships fanatic
While some of us are toiling away on the ground in plate armor while fighting furry monstrosities, there's a whole world of internet spaceships...
SWTOR devs answer Knights of the Eternal Throne questions
Star Wars: The Old Republic's next expansion is but a week away, so you best start preparing yourself for the next evolution of the MMO...
RIFT steps up its DDoS countermeasures
While RIFT players have been sallying forth in Starfall Prophecy to combat the forces of Ahnket, Trion Worlds has faced a much tougher fight of...
Perfect Ten: Moments to be thankful for in MMOs
It's the holiday once again, and somehow I've wound up on Thanksgiving Day here in the US. You may not be reading this on...
Massively OP’s guide to MMO Thanksgiving 2016
As you're gobble, gobbling up food today, rooting for your favorite football team, and enduring the uncomfortable political conversations at the dinner table, you...
The Stream Team: Thankful for long-range missiles in MechWarrior Online
You can find something to be thankful for anywhere, and Massively OP's MJ is thankful for long-range missiles in MechWarrior Online. She'd rather stay...
Three-year-old Warframe broke its concurrency record after The War Within
GIbiz has an interview out with Digital Extremes VP of Publishing Meridith Braun today, who sheds light on how Warframe is doing. It turns...
The Stream Team: Getting chummy with SWTOR’s SCORPIO companion
When SWTOR companions want to chat, they don't just want to chat! Last time, Massively OP's Larry and MJ were traveling about the galaxy...
Hyperspace Beacon: Analyzing SWTOR’s Uprising group content
Star Wars: The Old Republic dropped a treat this week by allowing fansites to tour Knights of the Eternal Throne. Although we can now see the...
Trion offers compensation to ArcheAge and Rift players for server outages
Good news for players of ArcheAge and RIFT: You're getting some free stuff as an apology for the unstable servers that both games have...
The Stream Team: Win a Wizard101 Mirage Raider’s bundle
Are you leery about heading out to shop this week (especially Friday!)? Massively OP's MJ understands. That's why she has some new Wizard101 bundles...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 92: A talk with RIFT: Starfall Prophecy’s devs
Justin and MJ interview RIFT's Starfall Prophecy devs and discuss EverQuest and EverQuest II's expansions, their shared love for The Secret World, and G-Star 2016's reveals.
Log into Marvel Heroes on Black Friday, get Black Cat for free
Marvel Heroes has purrrrrfect plans for Thanksgiving and Black Friday: Gazillion announced this morning that it's giving away Black Cat to players who log...
Global Chat: Recapturing the MMO magic
I suspect that much of the willingness of players to pour money into MMO Kickstarters is out of a strong desire to see games...
TERA previews its upcoming 30-person raid, Harrowhold
The next TERA update is going for big numbers with the introduction of the Harrowhold raid, bringing 30 players into the fold to take...
Conan Exiles announces January 31 early access launch with new trailer
Back in June, Funcom announced a big delay of Conan Exiles' early access launch plan, from September 13th to a vague January 2017. Today,...
EVE Online hits 50k concurrent users with its free-to-play shift
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