‘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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SMITE is now available on Steam
Increasingly, there's no reason to not just run every conceivable game through Steam, aside from the fact that it's another program on top of...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s Jedi Knight and Sith Warrior changes aren’t bad
It's been two weeks since I visited Star Wars: The Old Republic in this column, and it's clear that two weeks is far too long...
Neverwinter: Elemental Evil goes live on Xbox One
If you've been playing Neverwinter on the Xbox One, you've had to deal with a bit of update lag. There's no way around it,...
The Daily Grind: What would you do to ‘fix’ Champions Online?
Whether it's good news or weird news or bad news or bad news that belatedly turns into good news, any post about Champions Online inevitably...
Star Trek Online announces its final Iconian War episode
Star Trek Online has announced the final episode of its Iconian War arc. The Iconians have been a constant threat for more than five...
The Stream Team: Preparing for Marvel Heroes’ Cosmic Midtown
Labor Day isn't all fun and games: Massively OP's MJ has a lot of work to do to prepare a character or two to...
Sword and Bored: Player housing
Mo is introduced to MMO player housing... and why some people find it frustrating.
Gazillion shares more about the recent Marvel Heroes layoffs
During a David Brevik's weekly Marvel Heroes livestream, the Gazillion CEO confirmed two of the casualties of last week's layoffs.
The two employees among those...
The Daily Grind: What cultural influences do you like to see in MMOs?
One of the things I miss about Age of Conan is the Chinese influence in the Rise of the Godslayer expansion. Robert E. Howard's Khitai...
The MOP Up: Blizzard belongs in a museum!
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...
Here’s what happened in RuneScape this week
Jagex has offered up a handy post that summarizes the current goings-on in RuneScape. The annual RuneFest fan event is front and center thanks...
One Shots: Blown away by a kiss
First of all, thank you to everyone who heeded the call for more screenshot submissions! I know you all love sharing those in the...
The Daily Grind: Do you subscribe to F2P or B2P MMOs?
The other day when I was writing up a post on Elder Scrolls Online's new DLC, I noted that while the content cost a...
SWTOR outlines expansion changes to the Jedi Knight and Sith Warrior
Here's a friendly PSA for Star Wars: The Old Republic players: Don't become so consumed by the big ticket features of the upcoming Knights of...
The Stream Team: Take me down to New Landmark City
Take me down to New Landmark City,
Where the grass ain't green but the buildings are pretty...
MassivelyOP's MJ belongs to the city, concrete under her...
Champions Online kicks off anniversary event, explains how to play a supervillain
Yesterday, we noted that Champions Online seemed to have missed out on its anniversary event, which is a bit sad for players of the...
A wicked hive of synth and vibrancy: First impressions of Otherland
I first covered Otherland, the Gamigo-turned-Drago MMORPG based on Tad Williams' sci-fi book series by the same name, at E3 2012. The idea of having...
Devilian begins alpha testing for Obsidian founders
If you've been eagerly awaiting your chance to get your hands on Devilian even in just a test stage, your wait is over. At...
ESPN is hiring an e-sports editor
Remember a year or so ago when ESPN CEO John Skipper created a minor stink in the nerdosphere by pooh-poohing e-sports and intimating that...
PAX Prime 2015: Don’t hate me because I don’t like Gigantic
If you've not heard of the game Gigantic, then I'm going to have to ask where you've been because Motiga's cross between a MOBA...
