‘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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Old School RuneScape share game client update progress, makes more tweaks to Deadman and Guthrix
Jagex is continuing to work on improving the client for Old School RuneScape, though it has been some time since the studio checked in...
Star Trek Online unveils the Heritage Starship Bundle after teasing it with cryptic hints
Look. You knew that when Star Trek Online started toying around with pseudo-ARG puzzles regarding its latest promotion that the end result would be...
Global Chat: Looking back at 15 years of World of Warcraft blogging
Fifteen years is a huge chunk of time to devote to both a video game and an ongoing blog covering it, but that's exactly...
LOTRO invites everyone to play Hide-and-Seek on the new Mordor server today
If you're awake and have had your second breakfast already, you might be in time to check out an afternoon stress test for Lord...
The Soapbox: Why MMOs are the ultimate creature comforts
As long as I can remember, I've been an avid fan of re-consuming my favorite forms of media. I used to read the same...
Perfect Ten: 10 times MMOs appeared in TV and movies
It's always surreal when real MMOs cross the divide between niche and mainstream to be referenced in television and films. Depending on how you...
SWTOR’s 7.5.1. includes Greatest Bounty season, new Date Night missions, and improved gear progression
Broadsword released a teaser stream last night for Star Wars The Old Republic's 7.5.1 update, and while it's certainly welcome, it's... a 7.5.1 update....
EverQuest II introduces the Norrathian Armory for sharing valuable items across your whole account
Is there anything worse than getting a really cool item on one character in your roster only to realize that you have to repeat...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 477: The lineage of Lineage
Justin and Bree discuss Throne and Liberty's beta, Ultima Online's New Legacy, New World, Spellfarers, TennoCon, and Soulforge, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, No Man's Sky, and T&L, plus a mailbag topic on the usefulness of MMO mobile apps.
Enter to win a Gigantic Rampage Edition key on PC, PlayStation, or Xbox in honor of Ranked Mode S1
Gigantic's devs has a big day in store for fans of the game, as season one of the MOBA's Ranked Mode is live on...
‘Adaption shooter’ Ascendant is plotting an August open beta – with transmedia ambitions
What the heck is an "adaption shooter"? That was my first and really only question upon first hearing about Ascendant (fka Ascendant Infinity), PlayFusion's...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best night experience?
One of the things that sets MMOs apart in my book is whether they have a diurnal cycle - and more importantly, whether that...
The Stream Team: Warframe’s Jade Shadows Stalker rescue plus TennoCon talk
Massively OP's MJ is currently in the middle of Jade Shadows, where she's playing as the Stalker while attempting to save someone special. Obviously,...
RuneScape opens the ‘back-to-back bossing’ Sanctum of Rebirth dungeon
Who here likes fighting bosses in RuneScape? If you do, then this week's update is just for you, as it opens up the Sanctum...
Enter to win a Neverwinter Volcanic Galeb Duhr companion pack in our Mountain of Flame giveaway
In celebration of last week's multiplatform launch of Neverwinter's latest module, Mountain of Flame, Cryptic has kindly granted us gift codes to raffle to...
Lord of the Rings Online tentatively eyes July 31st for Update 41 and legendary servers
With a few big things coming in the near future for Lord of the Rings Online, the question is when players might expect to...
The MOP Up: Grim Dawn spices up the endgame with a new mode
OARPG Grim Dawn's third expansion is on the way with a brand-new game mode that should inject some extended life for its playerbase:
"Ascendant Mode...
TennoCon 2024: Music, motorbikes, and romance make Warframe 1999
It's the 1990s! We've heard of snips and snails and puppy dog tails, and sugar and spice and everything nice. But what is Warframe...
TennoCon 2024: The terrific twos of TennoCon charities and Make-A-Wish
Good things come in twos at TennoCon 2024. Even the year itself is beautifully divisible by twos. But the best of the twos isn't...
Save the date for Warframe and Soulframe’s 10th TennoCon: July 18-19, 2025
The Year of Tenno for the 10th anniversary of Warframe was a big thing for Digital Extremes, so how do you think the studio...
