‘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 posts 2021 events schedule while players finish off the four-day Winterstock concert
Drama aside, the show must go on for Lord of the Rings Online. In what promises to be a busy year of...
The company that owns Gamigo bought out Wizard101 studio KingsIsle too
Tis the season for selling and buying MMO companies, apparently. Adding to the Daybreak and Albion Online pile is KingsIsle Entertainment,...
RuneScape shares update plans for 2021 in a developer livestream
We're halfway through the month of January now, which seems as good a time as any for the devs of RuneScape to offer...
One Shots: The magical land of candy
We would all like to think that, given the opportunity, we would be brave adventurers in fantasy lands, venturing forth to slay dragons and...
Neverwinter gives you a taste of its reimagined Sharandar
Hope you're ready for a heavy dose of the fantastical and mythological, because Neverwinter's about to crack open a portal to a strange...
LOTRO Legendarium: It’s long past time to delete legendary items from Lord of the Rings Online
Mines of Moria was easily the most ambitious expansion that Lord of the Rings Online created. Not only did it implement the...
The Stream Team: The final episode of Warframe’s Glassmaker mystery
The timer is running out for Warframe's latest Nightwave Series, and Massively OP's MJ is so close to solving the mystery! She's on the...
Torchlight III is now available as part of the Xbox Game Pass library
One of the benefits of the Xbox Game Pass for me is that I get to dip my toes in the waters of games...
PlanetSide 2 boss Andy Sites announces his departure and Rogue Planet successors
Here's a huge Friday bummer for PlanetSide 2 fans: You're losing your much-loved lead dev. Executive Producer and Head of Rogue Planet Games Andy...
The Stream Team: Jumping right in to Path of Exile’s Ritual league
While Massively OP's MJ is not really a fan of starting over, she is a fan of checking out Path of Exile's leagues! And...
ArcheAge’s Oskmir ArchePass, Aura Kingdom update, and Gamigo’s charity extension
Gamigo's having a busy January across multiple games and initiatives. To wit:Â ArcheAge Unchained has released server transfers and its latest ArchePass...
Path of Exile’s Echoes of the Atlas expansion launches this afternoon
It's been a bit of a whirlwind of a patch for Path of Exile, or at least it feels that way for players,...
Star Wars: The Old Republic adds a new limited-time mount to celebrate Star Wars: Squadrons’ free weekend
Do you like Star Wars: Squadrons? Are you indifferent about it but like having new mounts in Star Wars: The Old Republic?...
Interview: Neverwinter devs on Sharandar’s cadence, systems overhauls, and future new class
Last week, Perfect World Entertainment announced Neverwinter's Sharandar expansion, a three-part update that kicks off with The Iron Tooth patch February 9th....
The Stream Team: A final foul pilgrimage into Neverwinter’s Twisted Fane
Massively OP's MJ is standing at the threshold of the Twisted Fane in the chasm of Neverwinter. She's being tasked with crossing it and...
Massively Overthinking: What MMO were you hoping to hear much more about this past year?
So 2020 wasn't exactly the year a lot of us probably thought it was going to be in early January. Every bit of our...
EverQuest II applies fixes and adjustments, PlanetSide 2 improves PC performance via multi-threading
What are EverQuest II and PlanetSide 2 doing together on one news post? Besides both being Daybreak Games titles, they both kicked...
Global Chat: Revisiting all of SOE’s game history
I'm always a sucker for a good timeline, which is why I perked up at seeing Wilhelm at Ancient Gaming Noob trace out...
Path of Exile releases the full patch notes, passive tree, and item filter information for Echoes of the Atlas
Once again, it's all about preparing Path of Exile players for that new meta. With the Echoes of the Atlas expansion nearly...
Lord of the Rings Online pulls back from controversial patch changes
Usually when there is some sort of controversial change to Lord of the Rings Online, you can find some fiercely loyal players defending...