‘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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Firefall prepares for update 1.6 with more than a day of downtime
Here's the bad news for Firefall fans: the game is going down for maintenance on January 19th at 11:00 a.m. EST, and it's staying...
Fans are remaking RuneScape with Neverwinter Nights 2’s toolset
Most RuneScape fans would probably agree that Jagex's game is very fine indeed, but there are always those who look at an MMO and think,...
The MOP Up: Titan Siege debuts (January 17, 2016)
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...
MMO Mechanics: MMORPG mechanics predictions for 2016
In the last edition of MMO Mechanics, I looked back on 2015 and the mechanics I managed to squeeze into the column: We looked...
One Shots: This little piggy went to market
I love me a good in-game marketplace. It always makes me think of commerce, of adventure, and of clashing worlds. Too bad we're usually...
The Game Archaeologist: Online gaming service providers of the ’80s and ’90s
As graphical MMOs took off in the 1990s with the advent of games like Neverwinter Nights, The Realm, and Ultima Online, many of them...
Champions Online’s Teleios Ascendant update is on the way
PWE and Cryptic Studios have just announced that Champions Online's latest content update will land on the public test server today. It's called Teleios...
PWE shuts down World of Jade Dynasty for redevelopment
Perfect World Entertainment has decided that it will be going back to the drawing board with one of its newest titles.
The studio announced today...
TERA apologizes for the last producer’s letter, content gulfs
Yesterday's letter to the TERA community went over like something of a lead balloon. Sure, the game had its best year ever, but players...
SWTOR is plotting new companions and solo arena fights
There's a lot of stuff coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic in 2016. Not all of it was ready to be discussed during...
ESPN officially launches an e-sports division, picks up e-sports journalists
When Activision-Blizzard acquired Major League Gaming earlier this month, CEO Bobby Kotick revealed his plans to create a kind of "ESPN of e-sports." It turns out that ESPN has had its...
Massively Overthinking: Just how massive is massively multiplayer?
Recent tweaks to the taxonomy structure of Massively OP and coverage of what we formerly called "Not-So-Massive" games prompted a resurgence of internal discussion about the types...
Star Trek Online holds a recovery event for the rest of January
The galaxy of Star Trek Online has just finished dealing with a destructive war against a race of almost incalculable age and power. There's...
League of Legends releases free EDM album
Believe it or not, League of Legends is a source for really incredible music (as we've noted this week), and just last year Riot...
Perfect Ten: Top 10 obscure MMORPGs
I've seen a lot of desperate requests in my day in which players are asking for games outside of the normal sphere of popularity...
EverQuesting: A 2016 franchise forecast for EverQuest Next, EverQuest, EverQuest II, and Landmark
We've looked back at 2015 for the launched games EverQuest and EverQuest II, the long-lasting beta of Landmark, and the MIA-and-presumed-dead (by some) ...
Lord of the Rings Online’s server woes continue
Days after Lord of the Rings Online moved to its new datacenter, the game is still being plagued by server issues that is causing...
2015 was TERA’s biggest year to date, but players aren’t appeased
TERA Senior Producer Matthew "Denommenator" Denomme has the honor of penning TERA's 2016 community address this week. In the post, he tells players that...
League of Legends reveals confusing new champion Jhin
Last week Riot Games released a bizarre video called Mind of the Virtuoso that appeared to be part art project and part ... I guess art project...
The Stream Team: Testing out MechWarrior Online’s Hunchback
MassivelyOP's MJ bought a new 'mech during MechWarrior Online's last sale and she's eager to test it out! Her spurge: the Hunchback HBK-4J. A...
