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‘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.

The Stream Team: Taking on Warframe 1999’s tank

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While her heart was ready, her hands were not: Massively OP's MJ discovered that battling the boss tank in Warframe 1999 while simultaneously battling...

LOTRO promises more details about upcoming 64-bit servers in January

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As Standing Stone Games' dev team spins down for the holidays, one final 2024 LOTRO stream came out of the studio last week tidying...

The Daily Grind: What was the worst MMORPG trend of 2024?

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Layoffs. OK, that one's a gimmie - and it hurts a lot more than MMORPGs. So let me pitch another one: A bunch of MMOs either...

PSA: Diablo IV is free to play through the end of the year

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In a move that by no means is counter-programming to Path of Exile 2's recent early access launch, Blizzard announced that it is making...
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The MOP Up: Guild Wars 2’s community shows off amazing player housing creations

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It's no surprise that Guild Wars 2 players are thrilled to be interior decorators, thanks to this year's player housing system. And in a...

One Shots: Striding boldly through fields of sunflowers

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With the chill of winter and color leeching out of nature during this month, it's certainly nice to be able to visit warmer seasons...

Star Wars: The Old Republic touts 2024’s modernization efforts, updates, and Mac beta

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Compared to some of the cadence of the big dogs in the MMO genre, Star Wars: The Old Republic might not be producing the...

MassivelyOP’s 2024 Golden Yachties: Best MMO critter

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MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the Best MMO critter. The Golden Yachties series is our run of fauxwards, named...

The Stream Team: On the 13th anniversary, SWTOR gave to me…

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...A stream full of Life Day memories! And Wookiee hugs. And tossing snowballs at overheated droids. Today marks 13 years of SWTOR, and Massively...

RuneScape prepares players for its new Beneath Scarabas’ Sands quest arriving January 13

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Are you ready for some more questing in RuneScape? Well if you're not, then you'd better be because the first of a new trio...
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PlanetSide 2 previews its upcoming Assault gameplay mode, arriving in 2025

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The new Assault mode for Planetside 2 is going to require different playstyles for both attackers and defenders, according to the developers' final missive...

Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2025

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This might just be my favorite roundtable of the year: It's time to lay down our predictions for the MMORPG genre for 2025. And...

EverQuest Online Adventures rogue server Sandstorm celebrates Christmas

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Are you ready for some classic low-poly holiday cheer? Then you're in luck because the EverQuest Online Adventures rogue server Sandstorm has kicked off...

Aion NA and Aion Classic EU host holiday events full of trees, free gifts, and Shugos

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Ah, Christmas in Aion. It means snow, seasonal gifts, Solorius trees, and ambulatory weasel people saying "nyerk" a lot. All of these festive traditions...

Vague Patch Notes: MMORPG accelerationism is a stupid sucker’s game

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The most recent Warframe update starts with a solid chunk of story, and the story that it tells is that of a time loop....

Lord of the Rings Online’s 2025 roadmap includes an expansion and new 64-bit servers

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I'm sorry but what is this - a Lord of the Rings Online roadmap published before Christmas?! I might still be scarred from the...

World of Warships Legends celebrates ‘Shipmas’ with cosmetics, free DLC, and a new boat

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Merry Shipmas, everyone! No, this holiday isn't a celebration of your ability to make two licensed characters smooch each other; it's the seasonal event...

APB Reloaded patches in cross-district matchmaking and new anti-cheat, readies a Christmas event December 18

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This week brought in a fresh patch to the rebuilding MMO APB Reloaded as developer Little Orbit continues to try to modernize the aged...
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End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2024

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So here's the disclaimer I put in front of this column every year when I do it (we alternate them): The biggest surprises list...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 498: Pantheon’s power play

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Justin, Bree, and Chris discuss Pantheon's early access, Ship of Heroes' launch window, Warframe 1999's release, World of Warcraft's Siren Isle, Elder Scrolls Online's outage and union, and Old School RuneScape's sailing, with adventures in WoW Classic, SWTOR, LOTRO, Palworld, Dauntless, Guild Wars 2, and Farm Together 2, plus mailbag topics on midcore MMO players and abilities we wish were in every MMORPG.

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