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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.

Hyperspace Beacon: Is SWTOR prepared for the Onslaught?

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Welcome back to the Hyperspace Beacon. I have taken a much-needed break over this summer to come back to the first expansion that Star...

EverQuest’s Torment of Velious preorders and beta begin next week

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All of Daybreak's true MMORPGs have now weighed in post-layoffs: The most recent confirmation that everything's OK with the EverQuest franchise team comes in...

Lord of the Rings Online starts testing Minas Morgul expansion

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As the saying goes, "One does not simply walk into Mordor. One repeatedly walks in and out of Mordor on a near-endless series of...

SWTOR does a fly-by of Onslaught’s key capital city

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There is less than a week to go until Star Wars: The Old Republic players get their first expansion in years. That means that...

The Daily Grind: How can MMOs spice up progression servers midway through?

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Just about a year ago, Lord of the Rings Online opened the doors to its very first progression server ruleset. It was a huge...

The Stream Team: Late Night with SWTOR on Dromund Kaas

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It's Late Night with SWTOR! OK, no it isn't. This is as late as Massively OP's Larry and MJ want to get, however; they've...

Jukebox Heroes: Exploring World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth’s patch music

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One of my favorite modern trends of MMORPGs is that studios are no longer saving the entirety of a soundtrack for the base game or expansion releases. Oh sure, those usually get a great album push -- especially if it's one of the bigger games -- but for a while now, many studios have also been releasing new music on a steady basis with significant content patches.
It can't be fixed, our time was going to be devoted to fixing it.

Path of Exile outlines further fixes moving through the halfway mark of Blight league

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Here's the bad news for Path of Exile: The developers aren't planning on holding some sort of community event in the Blight league simply because...

EverQuest II asks players to keep raiding without custom UIs for server lag test

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I dunno about you, but when my heavily customized UI stops working, I tend to want to just not play the MMO. That's the...
It's already dead.

PlanetSide 2 brings the Nanite of the Living Dead event back for more spooky shooting

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Fans of PlanetSide 2 probably had lots of reason to be scared following the latest round of Daybreak layoffs on Friday, and not in the...

TERA’s Skywatch update takes players to a ‘high-flying zone’

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We all know that MMORPGs are strangely obsessed with floating islands. But the real question that I want answered is how do these massive,...

ArcheAge Unchained delays Steam, beholds mighty queues during launch rollout

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Gamigo's touting it as a "successful launch," but ArcheAge Unchained's slow rollout yesterday was more like a typical MMO launch, beset by queues, crashes,...

Riot announces team shooter, card game, fighting game, co-op game, and mobile League of Legends

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If you felt a small earthquake last night, don't worry -- it was just the response of Riot Games' community at all of the...

The Stream Team: Launching into ArcheAge Unchained

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ArcheAge just celebrated its fifth birthday (with an insane jumping puzzle!), but now a new AA is being born. As of today, ArcheAge Unchained...
Catch.

EverQuest II kicks off Gear Up, Level Up to get people ready for its next expansion

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So you aren't really prepared for the next EverQuest II expansion because you haven't done all your leveling and your gear is outdated. Shh, it's...
It knows you sinned.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 242: And then Blizzard said, ‘Hold my beer’

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Justin, Bree, and Eliot discuss the Blizzard boytcott and fiasco, the Daybreak layoffs, Shroud of the Avatar's sell-off, the Guild Wars 2 hacker piece, and a few happier stories too.

Star Trek Online brings Awakening to console and launches a breast cancer charity event

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Let the games of catch-up begin! Star Trek Online players on PS4 and Xbox One can now get the same stuff that PC players...

The Stream Team: Partying for Pirate101’s 7th birthday

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Who doesn't love a pirate-themed birthday party? Massively OP's MJ sure does! And today, Pirate101 is celebrating its 7th birthday! MJ has donned her...
Gunda-allright

LOTRO previews Minas Morgul expansion, starts up Harvestmath

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Ready to get into the Halloween spirit in Middle-earth? Considering the holiday, it's a very appropriate month for Minas Morgul -- starring the City...
We're the good guys this week, right? No? Well, we're going anyway.

Rumor: Riot is working on an anime and digital card game based on League of Legends

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Are you ready to explore the rich lore of Runeterra? Because you - wait, what do you mean "what the heck is a Runeterra?"...

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