‘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 devs tease an ‘ambitious’ year ahead
Strap yourself in to the ride that is Lord of the Rings Online, because 2019 is only getting started with this MMO. In the...
MMO Cartographer: Exploring Richard Garriott’s Shroud of the Avatar
Since my last report from the field, I have been exploring Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues, a game developed by Portalarium, described as a...
One Shots: Cruising in the Batmobile
Nothing gives me genre whiplash more than seeing technology that's vastly more advanced from anything in our world existing alongside of an otherwise-medieval realm....
Into the Super-verse: Six things that made Marvel Heroes great
With all of the City of Heroes revival talk lately, our office chat turned in the direction of other MMOs we'd love to see...
Riot is trying to divert its employees’ gender-discrimination lawsuit to arbitration
Hoo boy. Just when it was starting to look like the seemingly interminable saga of Riot's sexual harassment and gender discrimination scandal couldn't get...
Kritika Online’s last day up in the west is April 30, but TERA and Closers are offering incentives to refugees
Next week, the lights go down on Kritika Online. As announced back in March, En Masse is shuttering the game on April 30th after...
The Stream Team: Another Allods anniversary!
Is eight enough? No! Allods Online is celebrating its eighth anniversary today, and it is storming right on ahead into another year. Massively OP's...
Jukebox Heroes: Diving back into Aion’s soundtrack
While the game itself never fascinated me, Aion's soundtrack is easily in my personal Top Five in terms of quality and variety. The game...
Warframe of Mind: Massively OP’s guide to finding your ‘Frame
When I first tried Warframe , I found that I enjoyed the movement system, and I discovered that I really loved headshots with a...
Apex Legends devs discuss season 2, content cadence, and avoiding development crunch
Although the frankly obscene amount of hype that surrounded Apex Legends in the weeks following its launch earlier this year has subsided to more...
Massively Overthinking: Is there a ‘do or die’ moment for MMOs now?
This week MOP's Eliot and I were chatting about the wild summer the MMO industry is about to have, what with a whole bunch...
Warframe tweaks Arbitrations, releases conclusion of Nightwave: The Wolf of Saturn Six in latest PC update
It's been six months since Warframe introduced Arbitrations, special endgame alert variants that throw players into a variety of particularly challenging scenarios with accordingly...
The Stream Team: Save AQ3D’s Battleon from the void attack!
Void creatures have invaded AQ3D's Battleon, and it needs heroes to help save it! massively OP's MJ is answering the call; she's ready to...
SWTOR’s James Ohlen is heading up a new Wizards of the Coast game studio working on a new IP
I guess James Ohlen isn't totally out of game dev quite yet. After announcing his retirement in July of 2018 and then going on...
Star Trek Online: Age of Discovery unveils a May 14 PC release date
The steady stream of details for Star Trek Online's latest content update has reached its logical conclusion: a release date. PC players can fly...
Walk the Path of the Slayer in Dauntless’s latest update
The latest update to Phoenix Labs' free-to-play monster-hunting MMORPG Dauntless, titled Path of the Slayer, has gone live as of this week, bringing with...
PlanetSide 2 introduces Nanite System Operatives, makes the jump to DirectX 11 in latest update
It's been a long time coming, but PlanetSide 2's "biggest update since 2016" is live today, and it introduces the game's first new faction,...
The Stream Team: A dozen years of LOTRO Middle-earth merriment
Today marks LOTRO's 12th anniversary, and the festivities include a new anniversary quest. Unfortunately for Massively OP's MJ, she hasn't completed all the quest...
Star Trek Online announces Rise of Discovery, two new discounted Command Dreadnoughts
Star Trek Online fans, point your eyeballs at PC Gamer this afternoon, as it's got the scoop on Rise of Discovery - that's the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG benefits most from its IP?
We have certainly debated the downsides of basing MMOs on established intellectual properties, most namely the danger of having the license pulled and the...
