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‘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.

The Stream Team: Discussing Delirium while dodging death in Path of Exile

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With such an exciting announcement today, Massively OP's MJ can't pass up the opportunity to discuss Path of Exile's upcoming Delirium league. Of course,...

Xbox Series X offers a look at ‘the next generation of gaming’

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The Xbox Series X, Microsoft's latest entry in the popular Xbox line of consoles, is heading our way later this year. Despite a name...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 260: New World needs new ideas

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Justin and Bree discuss Project Nova, Final Fantasy XIV, PAX East and the coronavirus, WoW subs, New World, and Daybreak, with mailbag topics on positive MMO stories, rogue servers, binge listening, and sandboxes.

Wandering Wraeclast: Discover Delirium when Path of Exile’s new league launches March 13

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There are certain things you can count on in life, things to set your clocks by. One of those is my quarterly chat with...
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ArcheAge’s newest test patch includes Stillwater Gulf, a new raid boss, and new faction conflicts

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Are you ready to fight and survive on the high seas? The upcoming Stillwater Gulf instance in ArcheAge and ArcheAge Unchained is functionally a battle royale,...

PlanetSide 2’s Escalation update launch may be delayed again [Yep, it was]

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All February, Daybreak and Rogue Planet Games have been teasing PlanetSide 2's Escalation update. It was first meant to launch on the 19th but...

Space colony sim MMO SEED offers a look at how its AI operates

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Alessia Nigretti, one of the AI engineers of the in-development space colonization MMO SEED, seems pretty happy about her job and eager to share...

RuneScape patches in quality-of-life and asks players to fill out a survey

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This week in RuneScape is pretty tame overall as far as updates go. There is the Double XP Weekend Extended happening, of course, but...
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Fight or Kite: New World’s switcheroo is the best thing that could have happened for PvPers

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About a month ago, Amazon’s large age of conquest MMO, New World, announced a huge shift in focus from a free-for-all, full-loot PvP game...

Get a look at Lord of the Rings Online’s elaborate Rohan housing

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The recent stealth debut of Lord of the Rings Online's Rohan housing on the test server excited a game community that hasn't seen new...

Jukebox Heroes: Ten MMOs that strongly support their soundtracks

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It's one thing to put a lot of music in your MMORPG or even to release that launch-day album. It's another thing entirely to...

One Shots: Imitation and flattery

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If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then MMO players are the biggest flatterers in the world. When we're not making avatars to...

Into the Super-verse: How City of Heroes welcomed me into MMOs

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As we approach the first anniversary of City of Heroes' revival on the rogue server circuit, I wanted to take this opportunity to share...

The Daily Grind: What options do you like in your MMO’s user interface?

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I would very much like any and all MMO developers who are reading this to hear me: Please, please make your user interface as...

Anarchy Online kicks off anniversary event celebrating one year of its classic server, Rubi-Ka 2019

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It was the summer of 2001, dystopian sci-fi was at its apex, and everyone I knew was trying Anarchy Online. And by trying, I...

Mobile MMO TERA Hero shows off PvP, PvE, and raid fights in new videos

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The folks over at MMO Culture have pulled together some new videos of the Korean mobile version of TERA, otherwise known as TERA Hero,...
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Bless Unleashed offers a two-part preview of its cash shop

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With Bless Unleashed finally approaching a launch, the developers want you to be aware of it and feeling good about giving it a spin. And...

Visions of N’Zoth boosted World of Warcraft subs, but it’s lost tons since WoW Classic’s 2019 peak

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SuperData's January 2020 games industry revenue rankings are up, with only mild shakeups since December 2019. On the PC side, Red Dead Redemption 2 dropped...

Chaos Theory: Guide to love and heartbreak in Secret World Legends’ latest event

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If I made a New Year's wish upon a falling star, it wouldn't be far-fetched to think getting new content in Secret World Legends...
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Netmarble’s Q4 2019 were up YOY as the company raked in $1.6B for the year and pushes west

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I'm gonna say a weird thing about Netmarble: It has the cleanest, most non-misleading investor report of any of the ones I've poked through...

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