‘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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TERA wants to put your artwork on its loading screens
Listen up, artists and TERA fans. En Masse wants you to submit an original piece of autumn-themed TERA artwork by Tuesday, October 13th for...
Hyperspace Beacon: Six things to do before SWTOR’s Knights of the Fallen Empire launch
When Knights of the Fallen Empire launches for Star Wars: The Old Republic, certain activities will not be available in game anymore -- specifically, quests...
Fan-made infographic explains Champions Online’s supervillain system
Confused about how Champions Online's new supervillain onslaught system works? One fan took matters into his own hands by making a helpful infographic to...
Stream Team: 12 days of TOR, day one
With the new expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic hitting the live servers in a little less than a month, our streamers Larry...
Not So Massively: For the King’s Kickstarter, Hearthstone’s match controversy
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...
SWTOR’s 3.3.2 tweaks performance, brings back Bounty Week
Star Wars: The Old Republic released its 3.3.2 patch notes today. Highlights include performance optimizations for anti-aliasing, specifically on medium and very high settings....
The Stream Team: More story with Marvel Heroes’ Storm
With three heroes now at maximum level in Marvel Heroes, it is time for MassivelyOP's MJ to go back to her first love: Storm....
Drew Karpyshyn returns to write for Star Wars: The Old Republic
Veteran BioWare writer Drew Karpyshyn is back with the studio after leaving to pen several Star Wars novels.
On his personal blog, Karpyshyn confirmed that he's...
Venus Rising is in beta, plans for launch later this year
Venus Rising is open. No, not just in the sense that it allows you to do a whole lot to other characters, although that's...
Talking to Cryptic about Neverwinter’s new Stronghold PvP
We're on the horn with Cryptic Lead Designer Scott Shicoff and Senior Content Designer John Hopler to talk about Neverwinter's brand-new Stronghold siege PvP...
The MOP Up: All news must go!
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...
One Shots: Welcome to the party, pal!
"You have to love randomly running across a band when you enter a building in Bree," reader Yrys said in conjunction with this picture...
The Game Archaeologist: Anarchy Online
"The future in your hands."
This was Funcom's promise to gamers in the early days of the 2000s. Even as the MMORPG genre slowly took...
SWTOR’s 4.0 BH and Trooper changes detailed
Class changes are coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic with the Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion. Today, BioWare revealed what it has...
The Stream Team: City life in Landmark
The last time MassivelyOP's MJ toured Landmark, she showed off a single city. But there are many more concrete jungles and impressive skyscrapers spread...
TERA holds a week-long piratical event
Talk Like a Pirate Day, for those of you unfamiliar with the point, is the day of the year when it's entirely appropriate to...
MMO Burnout: Star Wars Uprising
When I heard that Disney's first foray into the new Star Wars gaming universe was a mobile-only RPG, it made me sort of angry....
Champions Online begins Supervillain Onslaught
Cryptic has been talking up Champions Online's new Supervillain Onslaught mode over the past month, and now it is finally here!
Players can temporarily step...
The Stream Team: Launching those (World of) Warships!
Today's the day that eager captains can officially launch their naval careers as World of Warships leaves beta behind and joins the sea of...
World of Warships makes history come alive (and shoot you)
In honor of World of Warships' official launch today, we're celebrating what makes this naval combat game come alive. Previously, I explored the details and...
