‘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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Lord of the Rings Online shows off what’s in the level 120 boost and applies a hotfix to Update 25
It's been a while since you've fired up Lord of the Rings Online, but you want to get in to the Minas Morgul expansion...
Vague Patch Notes: MMO grind is good (except when it isn’t)
Some of my fondest memories of World of Warcraft involve Adam Sandler and the Badlands.
My wife and I had a pretty steady tradition made out...
ArcheAge Unchained has finally sorted out its ArchePass compensation – go claim yours
It's surely frustrating for players and devs alike that most of the conversation surrounding ArcheAge and ArcheAge Unchained for the last month has concentrated...
NCsoft Q3 2019: Another flat financial quarter as NCsoft pumps money into NCWest
Given the strange financial quarters that Blizzard, Funcom, Square-Enix, and Nexon had, you're surely wondering how NCsoft fared. And the answer is... about the...
PSA: Star Wars The Old Republic hands out a free pet in honor of Jedi Fallen Order’s launch
What does a single-player Star Wars game have to do with an MMORPG like Star Wars: The Old Republic? Free pets, that's what! In...
Asheron’s Call would’ve been 20 years old this month, but the community isn’t dead
Ah, Asheron's Call. We miss you. You'd have been 20 years old this month, celebrating your antique status with the likes of Ultima Online...
TERA’s latest PC patch tweaks classes, offers new leveling event and sweet dragon mounts
PC players should point their eyeballs toward TERA this week, as En Masse has ponied up an update for the action combat MMORPG that's...
The Daily Grind: What was your ‘golden age’ of MMO gaming?
While history has yet to really settle this issue definitively, many MMORPG players seem to believe that we have already seen the great MMO...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 246: When rock bands play MMORPGs
Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard and Square's financials, WoW, LOTRO, Pearl Abyss, EverQuest II, AQ3D, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and SWG, and mailbag topics on optional subs and Blizzard's lessons.
The Stream Team: Happy Harvest Festival in RIFT
Massively OP's MJ has stretched the Halloween events out as far as she could. Today's hop into RIFT's Harvest Festival marks the end of...
Dark Age of Camelot is officially going free-to-play today with Endless Conquest
We've been talking about it for a few years now, but it's officially happening today: Endless Conquest marks Dark Age of Camelot's first foray...
The Stream Team: The end of Act IX in Path of Exile
It may yet be an impossible dream, but Massively OP's MJ is that much closer to completing the Path of Exile story before ExileCon!...
RuneScape is rethinking its monetization after UK report on one player’s alleged $62K spend
RuneScape is a pretty old game, but it has a new way of doing business as a free-to-play MMORPG with various microtransaction models and...
The Stream Team: Attending AdventureQuest 3D’s Alice in Chains battle concert
If you thought Artix Entertainment would stop at one battle concert in AQ3D, you must not know AE very well! The second event in...
EverQuesting: Contemplating content and communication on EverQuest II’s 15th anniversary
You've no doubt heard of the quinceañera: It's the Mesoamerican coming-of-age celebration, a giant gala commemorating a girl's move to adulthood at age 15....
ArcheAge Unchained details Belstrom and ArchePass diligence coins compensation
While Belstrom EU players of ArcheAge Unchained were already offered some recompense for a three-day long outage in the form of a server-wide boost...
Lord of the Rings Online’s level 120 gear system sows pay-to-win lockbox confusion
LOTRO's Minas Morgul expansion released a few days ago, which naturally changed a number of things around. One thing it did shift is how...
The MOP Up: When no one’s online, the terror truly begins
Halloween may be over, but you can still get your creepy spook on with No Players Online. This is a horror game that uses...
One Shots: Earth, water, fire, air… and heart!
We all know that a great and terrible power is summoned when you gather together the elements of earth, water, fire, air, and heart....
ArcheAge Unchained grants Belstrom players a server boost and items pack for the three-day blackout
Yesterday we reported on the Belstrom EU server's extended length of maintenance due to an issue discovered with its auction house. A few hours...
