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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.

The Stream Team: Getting lost in Path of Exile’s labyrinth

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Yesterday, MassivelyOP's MJ lost her way (and a few lives) on her first trip into Path of Exile's new Lord's Labyrinth that launches on live...
Staying alive, somewhat.

Defiance continues its story in a big new update

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The television series has ended, but Defiance isn't giving up the ghost along with it. The game has just deployed a big update that...

The Stream Team: Peeking into Path of Exile: Ascendancy’s new labyrinth

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Are you excited for this week's launch of Path of Exile’s Ascendancy expansion? MassivelyOP's MJ is! Luckily for her, she won't have to wait...

TERA’s Dawnfall patch is live today with fresh endgame content

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TERA's Dawnfall patch arrives today, bringing new content for endgamers. The Forsaken Island dungeon is getting a difficulty upgrade, and the Dreadspire returns to...

RIFT starts the countdown to its fifth anniversary patch

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Things are about to get crazy fun up in RIFT. The game is looking forward to celebrating its fifth birthday soon, an occasion that will...

Neverwinter promises June campaign, Icewind Dale stories

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Cryptic Studios has just released a positively massive state-of-the-game letter for MMORPG Neverwinter. Executive Producer Rob Overmeyer begins by recapping 2015, noting that last...
Oh, so gross.

Allods devs detail New Order’s new reforging system

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Allods Online's upcoming New Order update is pretty hefty, and the latest dev blog sets out to explain the new reforging system. First, there's...

Hyperspace Beacon: How to run a roleplay event in spite of SWTOR’s mechanics

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I have mentioned before that my community and I roleplay in spite of the game mechanics of Star Wars: The Old Republic. It’s not...

The Stream Team: Having a hoppy Leap Day in Marvel Heroes

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Leaping lizards! It's Leap Day, and things are really hopping in Marvel Heroes. Between getting a free toad pet and drowning in XP, how...

RuneScape’s DarkScape will sunset in March

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Jagex is retiring RuneScape's DarkScape "experiment" at the end of March. "DarkScape offered an intriguing twist on the traditional RuneScape gameplay, and the experimental mode...

PSA: Celebrate Leap Day in Marvel Heroes with a free pet and bonus XP

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Leap Day comes only once ever four years, and Marvel Heroes is celebrating by giving out free frogs and gratuitous amounts of XP. And...
SWTOR agent and Scorpio

The Daily Grind: Is MMORPG voiceover/voiceacting worth the cost?

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Last week, Justin and I answered a podcast listener question about voiceover localization in MMORPGs, and I thought it dovetailed nicely with a question Massively...
Top gear indeed.

Allods Online explains gearing changes for the New Order update

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The New Order hitting Allods Online is going to be changing how players acquire gear in a big way, and it's going to be...

The MOP Up: Top raiding guild quits World of Warcraft (February 28, 2016)

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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...

Shakes and Fidget comes to Steam

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For years now Shakes and Fidget has been amusing and occupying players first as a browser title and then as a mobile app. Now...

One Shots: I heart you

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Valentine's Day is already well behind us (and greatly before us), but the love among the MMO community never dies down. Today we have a...

The Game Archaeologist: Meridian 59

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A colony founded through a magical nexus, Meridian 59 had it all going on -- until, that is, the portal to the colony collapsed...

The Daily Grind: What kind of MMO cities do you like?

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I might be the very odd man out on this, but a large urban area (fantasy or otherwise) in an MMO is not a...

Path of Exile reveals the Ascendant class, new items and skills

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Path of Exile's Ascendancy expansion is set to be released next week on March 4th, adding the huge new Labyrinth endgame dungeon and a whole slew of new unique...
So... you guys wanna party?

Neverwinter talks Never Castle’s big baddy

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Who's afraid of the big bad demon? In Neverwinter's latest dev blog, Senior Content Designer John Hopler described the big baddy of Never Castle...

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