‘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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LOTRO ushers in the Siege of Minas Tirith
Lord of the Rings Online players have finally made it to one of Middle-earth's most famous metropolises: Minas Tirith.
Today the game has released Update...
Log in to Star Trek Online today for a free ship upgrade token
Star Trek Online is hyping its upcoming Season 11: New Dawn update by giving away item mall stuff. Today's freebie is a ship upgrade token,...
Marvel’s All-New, All Different initiative means new Marvel Heroes costumes
Marvel's All-New, All Different initiative is coming to Marvel Heroes. Entertainment Weekly has a new trailer that introduces team-up and character costumes for Spider-Gwen,...
Aion is coming to Steam October 29th
If your Christmas wish list includes adding Aion to your Steam library, you get an early present this year! NCsoft Associate Brand Manager Sean...
The Blood Moon returns to Champions Online
Halloween madness has risen all over Champions Online, and only courageous heroes can help save the day. As a plus, they'll blend right in...
The MOP Up: The secret history of Destiny (October 25, 2015)
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...
World of Tanks releases Update 2.3 on consoles
Wargaming has deployed World of Tanks' 2.3 update on Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles. Highlights include the new Team Destruction game mode, PvE-specific...
The Stream Team: Haunting Halloween builds in Landmark
If you ask MassivelyOP's MJ, Halloween is the best time of the year! And she can't wait to see how people have decorated their...
These lucky peeps got to focus test Lost Ark
Slick-looking online action RPG Lost Ark showed itself in a brief gameplay video posted by Steparu earlier this weekend. The title was the subject...
The Stream Team: An anniversary excursion in Path of Exile
Path of Exile turns two years old today, and MassivelyOP's MJ is jumping in to celebrate -- by setting things on fire! A party...
LotRO’s Siege of Minas Tirith update ‘coming soon’
Turbine has published a website update that previews Lord of the Rings Online's Update 17, otherwise known as the Siege of Minas Tirith.
The patch...
The Stream Team: Win a Wizard101 Jewel Crafter’s Bundle while playing with devs
Who wants some cool stuff? No, MassivelyOP's MJ is not quitting Wizard101; in fact, she's pretty excited to dive back in and play with KingsIsle’s...
Guild Wars 2 celebrates 7 million accounts as Heart of Thorns arrives
ArenaNet is up at the crack of dawn to officially announce that Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns expansion is now live and available at digital...
Massively Overthinking: WildStar, Guild Wars 2, and MMO raiding in 2015
Here we are in October, sandwiched between WildStar's F2P conversion and Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns launch, and it seems as if we're...
Star Trek Online gives away free hoverboards
WildStar and The Secret World aren't the only MMOs getting into the Back to the Future spirit this month. Star Trek Online has its...
Devilian kicks off its first closed beta test
Devilian's first closed beta test is now live, according to Trion Worlds, but there may be a crush to get in the doors.
"Given the...
Perfect Ten: The most innovative RuneScape experiments
RuneScape seems to be an MMO that's incredibly easy to dismiss by the wider MMO community for being "too kiddy" or being a little...
LOTRO bribes players to test new datacenter
Lord of the Rings Online is calling its playerbase to jump on the Bullroarer server this Saturday to help test out a new datacenter...
TERA welcomes new players with a video guide
Every MMO has its own quirks that other games simply don't possess, and TERA is no exception. Sure, you're familiar with the basics of...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO beta (or alpha) made you the happiest?
Betas used to be a huge thing for me. I was deeply envious of those who got into testing when I was left on...
