‘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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New World details its semi-instanced player housing system
Amazon knows the best way to make me set aside my worries about New World: a dev blog on player housing. Will it work?...
Funcom is rolling out a launcher for all its games, including Conan Exiles and Secret World Legends
It's no secret that Norwegian games developer Funcom has been upping its profile in the online gaming world, building on its long-running base of...
Lord of the Rings Online aims to fix session play, opens Ill Omens skirmish event
There was an interesting thread on the official Lord of the Rings Online forums earlier this week asking Standing Stone to make the combat...
RuneScape adjusts mining rates, teases Archaeology, and prepares for charity streams
RuneScape is once again back with another week of news bits for its players. This week, there's some new-look patch notes, reminders of upcoming...
PWE didn’t forget Champions Online! Now you can link that account to Steam too
Yesterday, we covered the news that Perfect World Entertainment is finally enabling account linking between Steam and Arc, its proprietary platform for distributing all...
The Stream Team: A smidgen of SWTOR story
It's SWTORy time! Well, a smidgen of story at least. Not that long ago, Massively OP's Larry and MJ completed the latest arc, ending...
Enter to win a TERA action figure and grab a Fists of Justice pack from En Masse and MOP
We've got another awesome TERA giveaway lined up today. In fact, it's two giveaways: One is a key giveaway for console players to grab...
PlanetSide 2 boss hedges on existence of PlanetSide 3 in new interview
It's a bit out of date, since it refers to the launch of Escalation as if it were happening today (MMO players have known...
Perfect Ten: Dead MMOs resurrected via rogue servers
Last December, the Massively OP 2019 Awards gave its "Best Trend" nod to the rise of rogue servers in the MMO genre. Preservation of...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best voice acting?
Because I love a good story in an MMO -- I know, I'm rebelling against the cool crowd here -- I particularly enjoy it...
The Stream Team: Headbanging at AQ3D’s Breaking Benjamin battle concert
It's time for AdventureQuest 3D's third battle concert! Rocking out for the audience today (and for the next two weeks) is Breaking Benjamin. Massively...
Vindictus explains its Fatigue Point system and promises to fix character voices
It's been about a hot minute or three since we had a proper peek into Vindictus, so let's see what's going on with this...
Classic EverQuest PvPers plan a protest to agitate for a PvP progression server
If you've paid attention to EverQuest over the years, you likely recall that one of its hallmarks is lots of different types of servers,...
Jack Emmert isn’t sure Daybreak will publish his next MMO, says DCUO is as big as it was four years ago
In January, Daybreak finally announced the fruits of its "realignment" that we'd been covering since last summer: It was splitting off new substudios for...
You can link your Neverwinter and Star Trek Online accounts to Steam as of today
Beginning today, Perfect World Entertainment is finally enabling account linking between Steam and Arc, its proprietary platform for distributing all of its MMOs here...
Wurm Online further details changes to Followers and Traders, shows off some new item racks
If you've been eager for people to compliment your rack in Wurm Online, you'll have a chance to do so very soon according to...
The Stream Team: Investigating Valentine’s Day in Secret World Legends
What better Valentine's gift for Massively OP's MJ than adding a new mission in her favorite game? And her favorite kind of mission at...
Warframe highlights new Protea Frame, Scarlet Spear op, and Tennocon 2020’s date
Now that Kuva Liches are a little bit better than they were previously (presumably), Warframe can now focus on what's next, which includes a...
PlanetSide 2’s Escalation update is pushed back to February 26
It would seem that reaction to the recent PTS build of PlanetSide 2's Escalation update is forcing Rogue Planet Games to work a bit...
Wolcen muddles through ongoing online server issues to mixed reviews and an active playerbase
The optional co-op (co-optional?) ARPG Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem, which released on Steam last week, has had a bit of a rough go of...
