‘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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Aion EU previews a new area, siege battles, and the Gold Arena coming in the 7.0 update
The 7.0 update for Aion's EU version is shaping up to be a pretty meaty one by all accounts. A preview from the devs...
Not So Massively: Gaming genre elitism isn’t a good look on anyone
As I noted when I first took over the Not So Massively column this past spring, we live in a time of great change...
TennoCon 2019: The Duviri Paradox trailer teases Warframe’s next big thing after Empyrean
For the second time, Digital Extremes left players hanging with teaser trailer at the end of TennoCon. This year, The shocker was The Duviri...
RuneScape’s Land Out of Time has launched – check out the trailer
It's a big day for RuneScape: Land Out of Time is dropping for the original-flavor game. Well, the most original-flavor version of the game...
One Shots: Pointy things in space
Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of a multi-trillion credit starship that's in absolute mint condition! As you drive it off the lot,...
TennoCon 2019: Empyrean connects Warframe with railjack ships and ‘raids’
Ever since teased at TennoCon 2018, players have been eagerly awaiting Warframe's Operation: Railjack, now called Empyrean. What Space Ninja doesn't want to adventure...
TennoCon 2019: Warframe’s Great Guns cinematic story intro
If you saw the Warframe trailer ahead of the new Spider-Man movie, you caught a glimpse of the new cinematic created to introduce the...
TennoCon 2019: Win a trip to space courtesy of Warframe’s Digital Extremes
Warframe's Space Ninjas are finally getting to space with the big Empyrean update, but what if you could? As part of the TennoCon 2019...
Warframe’s Tennocon Live broadcast starts at 6 p.m. EDT – watch it here!
Massively OP's Warframe of Mind columnist MJ Guthrie is at Tennocon this weekend to report on Warframe's big drops, and indeed there have been...
Global Chat: Stressing about WoW Classic’s community
Late June's World of Warcraft Classic stress test gave many MMO bloggers plenty to talk about, with pros and cons being lobbied about from...
The Game Archaeologist: Ironman modes and elective permadeath
One facet of video games that's been around almost since the very beginning is difficulty levels. This allowed the player to choose how hard...
Path of Exile fixes a variety of bugs to avoid crashes and other issues
Sometimes the smallest seeming bugs can have some really big issues. The latest Path of Exile patch, for example, fixes an issue wherein the...
EverQuesting: Checking EverQuest II’s pulse, from Pride bunnies to event delays
It's been quite a while since we've had an EverQuesting. That's because it's been quite a while since we've had much to write about...
Rock out in Lord of the Rings Online’s Shirefest 2019 music festival this weekend
Few MMORPGs offer music tools as robust as Lord of the Rings Online's, and this weekend, MMO players will prove it as they host...
The Stream Team: Warframe Tennocon hype with Saya’s Vigil
It's T minus 24 hours before Massively OP's MJ will be trying to pry information out of the devs at TennoCon. She won't...
Massively Overthinking: Do you even *like* MMO expansions?
This seems like an absurd question on its face, right? MMO players are supposed to like MMO expansions. They're progress. They're content. They're fresh...
Old School RuneScape ponders partnerships and puts it to a player poll
Old School RuneScape is, in its own words, "resolutely a subscription-only game," and as it's subscription-only game, one of the biggest things the devs...
Human male Brawlers are now available in TERA’s Fists of Velika update on console
There are many of us here aboard the MassivelyOP Yacht that have strong opinions about gender-locked classes, and very clearly a lot of our...
Path of Exile recaps the stats on challenge progression in the Legion league
Do you like statistics? Path of Exile has some statistics for you. Yes, players have been enjoying the latest league in the game for...
APB Reloaded invites players to come and shoot the developers for Independence Day
Do you think you're better at playing APB Reloaded than the developers? Do you want to celebrate July 4th by proving it? Do you...
