‘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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The Stream Team: TERA turns eight today
Eight is the number, and the number is eight. And that is how old TERA is turning today! Will there be cake? Will there...
The Soapbox: The sunsetted MMORPGs I miss the most
I'm pining for the fjords.
Not in the way that would assume I'm becoming some jaded and angry MMO fan; I'm never going to stop...
GDC Summer, Dota 2’s The International, and Fortnite’s World Cup suffer fresh setbacks thanks to the pandemic
More bad news for gaming convention-goers and esports fans: Everything is canceled. OK, not everything, but a lot. And not canceled, but postponed or...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs do you let your own kids play?
A while back, in the long long ago when we could still talk to humans in person, I was chatting with the mom of...
Old School RuneScape brings the last of its Poll 70 updates and Bounty Hunter changes
Over the past several weeks, Old School RuneScape has been making several updates as voted on by players in Poll 70. This week, the...
The Stream Team: Becoming an AQ3D behemoth hunter
The big beasties! Massively OP's MJ is going to hunt them. Drak the behemoth hunter in AQ3D's Heartwood has two new adventures for folks...
Guild Wars 2’s next living story episode, No Quarter, will launch without voice acting thanks to the pandemic
While business is booming for online games during this pandemic-related quarantine, story-centric MMORPGs seem to be having trouble getting specific types of work done...
Warframe of Mind: Railjack revamp, Nightwave 3, Protea footage, and other news from devstream-from-home
Just because the devs at Digital Extremes are working for home does not mean Warframe isn't getting plenty of love and attention. The work...
Legends of Runeterra officially releases with a new set and talks about randomness in CCGs
Today is the day for Riot Games' League of Legends digital CCG to officially exit beta as Legends of Runeterra has officially released, bringing...
PlanetSide 2 enlists in the next bout of Outfit Wars
What's the point of going to war if you can't be fashionable while you do it? Oh, wait, that's not what we're talking about...
The Stream Team: Completing the SWTOR datacron collection
Is today the day? Will Massively OP's Larry and MJ finally complete the datacron collection in SWTOR? They have a couple more to gather...
TERA added lockbox transparency and skill balance changes with this week’s patch
The newest patch for TERA is not really about content. Obviously, you can take a look at the full patch notes and find some...
Path of Exile works on improvements and bug fixes for the game’s current Delirium league
The Path of Exile team is hard at work getting ready for the next major patch, but the team is also working to make...
Neverwinter confirms delays to its 2020 content roadmap, work on a new class, and more in a livestream
This past Monday, Cryptic Studios went live with a number of updates to Neverwinter that will be mighty interesting to players of the MMORPG.
First...
EverQuest is adding two new time-locked progression servers, Aradune and Rizlona, launching May 27
If you like to hop back to the olden days of EverQuest, to feel the game evolve from launch to very slightly after launch,...
Desert Oasis: Deep-diving Black Desert’s Musa and Maewha classes
I think I may be in the minority of people who enjoy being home all day. It gives that much needed time to just...
Star Trek Online previews its next campaign event, the Defense of Pahvo, and upcoming 2020 additions
Right now in Star Trek Online you can enjoy the winter event for 2019 right now, in the middle of the spring. Yes, it's...
The Stream Team: Stop in for an EverQuest II showdown at the Diaku Corral
Massively OP's MJ has worked her way to the moon (aka Luclin) in EverQuest II and is now ready for her showdown at the...
RuneScape’s latest update polishes Archaeology and nerfs ripper demon familiars
The new week once again brings a new update to RuneScape and this one covers a pretty broad spectrum of updates as usual, though...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 269: Pre-Searing parties
Chris, Justin, and Bree discuss Guild Wars 1, Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Funcom's Dune, World of Warcraft, and Star Citizen, with adventures in Fallout 76, FFXIV, Torchlight III, Star Stable, AQ3D, Villagers & Heroes, plus mailbag topics on the state of thes site, the cost of MMOs, Astellia Online, and MMO crafting.
