‘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: Star Trek Online honors the medical field
First responders and the medical profession are getting all the accolades today in Star Trek Online; players are gathering in Quark's bar on Deep...
Into the Super-verse: Catching up with the big superhero MMOs
With the weirdness of the quarantine and how it's been impacting game development, I thought it might be a good time to take a...
The Stream Team: Hunting Warframe Eidolons
With her delve into Warframe's Sacrlet Spear mission on the horizon, Massively OP's MJ wants to prepare a bit more by upgrading her gear....
ArcheAge tasks players with delivering watermelons in the Watermelon Event
If you've ever picked up a watermelon, you know that they can sometimes be ponderously heavy, and their shape and smooth skin isn't doing...
The Stream Team: Participating in AQ3D’s Pirate Siege
There's a new game mode in AQ3D that Massively OP's MJ has been waiting to try: Pirate Siege! A 3v3 naval war sounds like...
NCsoft is already sunsetting its Aion: Legions of War mobile MMO
It's been a good half a year since we covered Aion: Legions of War, the mobile MMO spun-off from the Aion franchise, back for...
The Daily Grind: What dead MMOs are you missing while under quarantine?
MOP reader Tyler wrote us a few weeks ago, pining for lost games during this time when so many people are under pandemic lockdown.
"I...
Massively Overthinking: MMO business models in the face of recession
MOP reader Sray posed us an interesting question this past week focused on how MMO business models interface with the global economy. "The last major...
Old School RuneScape brings more player requested improvements in the latest update
There's a fresh update for Old School RuneScape, and much like the last one, this one continues to add Poll #70 requests, which means...
COVID-19: Gamescom goes digital, Star Trek Online honors medics, Raph Koster tackles pandemic denialism
Welcome back to another roundup of how MMOs and the gaming industry are handling the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yesterday we reported on the news that Germany...
Jukebox Heroes: Lord of the Rings Online’s unreleased soundtrack
Lord of the Rings Online's soundtrack is well-loved by many who have played the game, tying in memorable tunes to specific locations to where...
Vague Patch Notes: Maintaining MMO anonymity in the age of parasocial bonding
In an author's note at the end of the novel The Dark Tower, Stephen King writes frankly that some people will not like how...
RIFT tests new world bosses as Defiance asks players to hunt mutants
They're not dead; they'd like to take a walk! Gamigo's ever-shambling MMOs RIFT and Defiance are doing some new things to keep however many...
The Stream Team: Birds and boxes, a SWTOR story
Did you know there was a hidden quest to get a pet in SWTOR? Massively OP's MJ learned about it last time, and now...
Former EverQuest boss Holly Longdale scooped up by Blizzard to work on WoW Classic
Daybreak's Holly Longdale raised a lot of eyebrows a month ago when she announced she was departing the Darkpaw Games sub-unit and leaving behind...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO content updates were better than expansions?
Recently, RuneScape pumped out an update for the game called Archaeology. While it wasn't, to my understanding, a full-fledged expansion, it was treated with...
The Stream Team: Hold your horses and bunnies in EverQuest II
Massively OP's MJ needs to see a man about a horse. Or is it a Froglok? Whichever, EverQuest II has launched a crazy new...
PSA: Funcom is having a week-long sale on games and DLC on Steam
Funcom's execs are driving prices so low, you'd think they're giving away the house. They're not, though. They're giving away most of the house....
RuneScape adjusts the Shattered Worlds (with help from the Ninjas), Jagex gives over $125k to charity
Normally, I don't think many are in the habit of thanking ninjas for what they do, but in the case of RuneScape's Ninja Team,...
Wurm Online proudly shows off its fancy new UI
After lots of iterations and adjustments (and likely more before the final result goes live), Wurm Online is ready to show off its new...
