‘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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TERA just launched a new companion system for Skywatch
TERA's seventh anniversary celebrations roll onward, this week with a big bonus: a content patch specifically adding a new companion system to the game's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 219: The 64-bit generation
Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard financials, City of Heroes, Fallout 76, Final Fantasy XIV, WoW Classic, EVE Online, LOTRO, and Guild Wars, with mailbag topics on Blizzard, everythingboxes, genderlocking, and dad jokes.
Choose My Adventure: Getting back in to the groove of Star Wars: The Old Republic
This week's Choose My Adventure piece is a homecoming for me. I was one of the folks who was all in on Star Wars:...
Star Trek Online unveils the Discovery Legends Reputation (with minor alterations)
Captain's log, stardate... Tuesday. Point five. With the impending launch of a big update for Star Trek Online, there's also a new reputation on the...
Meta: A heartfelt farewell to MMO Fallout
Anybody who's been watching MMOs long enough knows MMO Fallout: It's been a staple MMO website for the last decade, perhaps known best for...
Riot Games developers did indeed walk out in protest last night over the ongoing labor and lawsuit fiasco
On Friday, we reported that Riot Games' latest efforts to stave off a walkout at the popular League of Legends company were likely to...
Massively Uplifting: Destigmatizing mental health in games, celebrating loved ones in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and Elite
Spring started splendidly this year. While all may not come up roses in the world at large, plenty of good deeds and uplifting stories...
The Stream Team: Hoping for a Path of Exile hideout
In all her Path of Exile, playing Massively OP's MJ has yet to actually get a hideout. MJ, without housing?! Yes, we know it's...
MMO Blood Rites makes its way to Western shores (again)
If your MMORPG diet is hankering for another free-to-play import set in a fantasy setting, then you're in luck: Blood Rites has arrived in...
Warframe previews new horde mode, Nightwave Series 2 changes, and a Railjack sneak peek
Warframe has kicked out yet another developer livestream recently, and as per usual it is extremely beefy; we've gotten a look at some Gas...
Star Wars: The Old Republic hints at the Empire’s attempts at Dantooine subterfuge
Things in Star Wars: The Old Republic-land are getting a little more feisty recently. First there's the Onslaught expansion due in September, which Larry...
EverQuest offers a refresher course on Planes of Power progression and impact
Once upon a time, Planes of Power was the fourth expansion for EverQuest and it focused more upon alternate advancement for max-level players. The expansion has...
One Shots: A view to a kill
Considering which side of our characters we look at the most, it bewilders me how little customization that MMO designers give to the back...
The Stream Team: Filling Warframe’s Void
TennoCon is creeping closer and closer, and Massively OP's MJ still has a way to go to catch up in Warframe's story. Tonight, she...
Riot says it will allow arbitration opt-outs, eventually, but it probably won’t stave off the walkout
The continuing fiasco that is League of Legends' Riot Games continues today, though today's update is a good sign for workers at least. As...
Wandering Wraeclast: Path of Exile studio Grinding Gear Games earns respect by showing respect
This is Grinding Gear Games.
Grinding Gear Games recently acknowledged that some Path of Exile players were unhappy about a few topics and accepted responsibility,...
Enter the Scarlet Conservatory in Blade & Soul’s Scarlet Tears update, coming May 15
Blade & Soul has announced that its next major update, Scarlet Tears, will be going live on May 15th, bringing with it a new...
Star Wars MMOs pay tribute to the life of Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew
Star Wars fans are in mourning tonight as the original actor behind everyone's favorite walking carpet Chewbacca, Peter Mayhew, is now one with the...
The Stream Team: Finishing LOTRO’s anniversary missions
With 12 years of anniversary missions in LOTRO, Massively OP's MJ was unable to complete them all last week. Thanks to the slimmed down,...
Massively Overthinking: Super wrong snap judgments of MMORPGs
The year was 2004, and the month was May. My guild was growing increasingly frustrated with Star Wars Galaxies' slow development pace, so we...