‘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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R.A. Salvatore shares his secret work on Neverwinter
How would you like for one of your favorite authors to come in and pen content for your virtual world?
R.A. Salvatore fans get to...
WildStar struggles with lag, bugs after F2P conversion [Updated]
It's been a long and stressful day-and-a-half for both WildStar players and Carbine, as the game's free-to-play patch resulted in horrendous lag, lengthy queues,...
LotRO’s latest patch tosses errant quest pies and bumps store town services to 6 hours
Lord of the Rings Online's Update 16.5 may not introduce any world-shattering additions to the game (who wants a broken world anyway?), but...
Choose My Adventure: Freeloading in WildStar
Hello once again, friends, and welcome to a brand-new edition of Choose My Adventure. As you have probably already surmised, assuming that you read...
Wind of Fate update shakes up Aion’s geography
It's been a huge month for Aion. Not only is it the fantasy MMO's sixth anniversary, but today the dev team pushed out Patch 4.8:...
Marvel Heroes redesigns Captain Marvel to make her all-new, all-different
Ms. Marvel will soon be promoted in Marvel Heroes.
One of the staple superheroes of Gazillion's MMO is about to make the transition to Captain Marvel...
RIFT is upping its subscription price slightly with its next patch
If you're considering taking a break from RIFT and dropping your subscription for a month, you may not wish to do that. With the...
Jukebox Heroes: Your top 20 favorite MMO soundtracks
I've been a sneaky columnist, my friends. Oh yes I have. In my last Jukebox Heroes I posted my top six favorite MMO soundtracks,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 31: MMO expansions come roaring back
Justin and Bree discuss Devilian, SWTOR, Ultima Online, the return of the MMO expansion, RIFT, Camelot Unchained, ArchLord 2, and Guild Wars 2, with mailbag questions on Heart of Thorns and gambleboxes.
SWTOR ditches customer support forum, hands it off to EA’s Answer HQ
If you have a problem with Star Wars: The Old Republic, don't head to the customer support forum after October 5th. BioWare announced yesterday that...
Star Trek Online outlines the basics of the Admirality system
Veterans of Star Trek Online have inevitably made use of many, many different ships over the course of the game's lifespan. You get ships...
Drizzt joins Neverwinter in this fall’s Underdark expansion
A few familiar faces are coming to Neverwinter in the upcoming Underdark expansion, including a fairly famous Drow. If you'd happily fight the two-headed Prince of...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s TwitchCon infodump
So here's a funny thing: When I watched the TwitchCon streams for Star Wars: The Old Republic, I wasn't exactly looking to get new...
RIFT dives into the Rhaza’de Canyons dungeon
With a patch name like Into the Wilds, you know that RIFT won't be introducing safe, tame content in which players can vacation. On...
WildStar: Reloaded launches free-to-play
WildStar's long-awaited free-to-play patch is finally upon us, as Carbine re-launched the game at midnight with a new business model and scads of changes.
WildStar: Reloaded...
The Stream Team: 12 days of TOR, day 4
On the fourth day of SWTOR story, the Empire gave to me... a hot desert sun and the end of chapter one. MJ and...
Not So Massively: Martin Shkreli slammed in e-sports; Star Citizen legal letter revealed
Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...
The Stream Team: Diving into Devilian
Do you want to see what Devilian's alpha is like? You're in luck: MassivelyOP's MJ is heading in to check out this new fantasy...
The MOP Up: A rebirth for Star Wars Galaxies
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...
Nexus Telegraph: Ten tips for new and returning WildStar players
In just a few short days, WildStar will flip a switch and transition from its year-plus run as a subscription game to a free-to-play...
