‘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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Nexon’s co-op looter-shooter The First Descendant has officially launched today
It's launch day for Nexon's The First Descendant, a word I still manage to misspell even after covering this game for at least the...
The Daily Grind: How many players constitute a proper MMORPG raid?
Back when Amazon first announced its New World Aeternum rebranding, I noticed an interesting comment about the planned raid. Longtime reader Squid opined that...
Daybreak bought Palia studio Singularity 6 and aims to bring the game to launch
File this one under "did not see this coming in a million years but also not sad about it whatsoever": Daybreak has acquired Palia...
Gamigo offloads Desert Operations and Wargame 1942 publishing to Fawkes with only two weeks’ notice on migrations
Remember back at the end of 2020, when Gamigo began rather obviously to divest itself of most of its publishing agreements and video games,...
The Daily Grind: Would you rather have disposable minions or true pets with an MMO pet class?
A few weeks back, MOP's Chris and I were talking about Path of Exile 2's forthcoming Witch character and griping about the way a...
The MOP Up: League of Legends’ game modes help to refresh its theme park design
League of Legends' game director explained why the MOBA is adding a Vampire Survivors-type mode to make it more like a "theme park," saying,...
Lord of the Rings Online hosts a stress test for its new Ringwraith event server
With a pair of fresh Lord of the Rings Online legendary servers coming in July, time and testing is paramount to making sure that...
One Shots: Dawntrail, ho!
Memories of a brutal 48-hour downtime for Final Fantasy XIV are fading into distant memory as the playerbase basks on the shores of Dawntrail....
Anarchy Online gets a nod from Funcom on the occasion of its 23rd birthday
While last year saw an in-game celebration for Anarchy Online's 22nd birthday, so far there hasn't been much more than a brief acknowledgement from...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs show blood and battle damage?
At the risk of sounding like a bloodthirsty gorehound, I do kind of wish that MMOs did more to visually represent the damage that...
The Stream Team: Payback in AQ3D’s Deep Grotto dungeon
Sadly, Massively OP's MJ lost out on the participating in the summer war in AdventureQuest 3D while she was out of the country. She's...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s July spread is basically just marking time until Go Fest
It's not particularly surprising that, once again, Pokemon Go isn't really sharing a lot of details about what's in store for the month of...
This year’s Steam Summer Sale brings another collection of bargains for MMORPG fans
It's Christmas in summertime once again, otherwise known to gamers as the Steam Summer Sale, and we're happy to report that there are some...
Star Wars: The Old Republic celebrates its first year under Broadsword’s banner
Star Wars: The Old Republic's streamlined dev team faces the daunting task to keep the game looking active and healthy as it crosses its...
Raph Koster’s new MMORPG is called Stars Reach, and yes, it’s basically Star Wars Galaxies 2
It's June 26th, Star Wars Galaxies' 21st birthday, and I'm sitting on Google Meet talking to none other than MMORPG founding father (and SWG...
Massively Overthinking: How ‘massively multiplayer’ do we expect MMORPGs to be?
Earlier in June on the MOP Podcast, Justin and I took a stab at answering the age-old question of what, exactly, constitutes an MMO....
Vindictus’ latest seasonal episode, Desperate Deterrent, is live with a new raid and 120 level cap
I'm not sure why I always get a smile on my face when I hear Vindictus is getting new content - something about the...
Guild Wars 2’s land spears beta is officially underway – even for F2P accounts
As promised, Guild Wars 2 is offering MMORPG players who maybe aren't about to be preoccupied with something else all weekend a taste of...
Star Wars The Old Republic modernizes Nar Shadda and addresses venture and event issues with patch 7.5b
It's a bit funny to think that for all the tech far more advanced than our own, Star Wars: The Old Republic not only...
Neverwinter announces Mountain of Flame module, coming July 16
Where my Neverwinter peeps at? Cryptic's Dungeons and Dragons MMO has a big announcement for you today: It's announcing its next season and update,...
