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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.

Wurm Online is about to preview its big May 30 update

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Venerable MMORPG sandbox Wurm Online is gearing up for an update on May 30th, and while we don't have complete patch notes yet, we...

LOTRO Legendarium: How LOTRO does Lord of the Rings justice

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Oh. Oh no you didn't, Kotaku. You didn't just sit there, scratching your head for an easy post, and then write up an essay...

Warframe previews the agile Runner and gluttonous Oni

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With TennoCon 2019 on the way this July, Digital Extremes soon has to shift its attention to this massive event. But before that shift...

The Daily Grind: How far behind are you in your MMO’s main storyline?

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From LOTRO to FFXIV, from Guild Wars 2 to SWTOR, the backbone of the modern solo MMORPG experience is the main storyline. And whether...
Well, this is a... something?

TERA has officially moved over to the En Masse launcher on PC

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TERA isn't moving anywhere by itself, but its launcher has changed. The game has moved from its dedicated launcher to the En Masse launcher,...

The Stream Team: Little Shop of Oddities in AdventureQuest 3D

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Is it odd? Weird? Totally off-the-wall? Then chances are Massively OP's MJ will like it! And AQ3D has just opened a shop that basically...

The Survivalist: What ever happened to the smaller survival sandbox MMOs? Part two

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Last week we learned what was up with a number of the smaller survival sandbox MMOs. Sadly, some have faded away, but others are...
Everything old is... well, it's actually still old.

Sources now confirm the Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic movie – and it’s a trilogy

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Back in April, we covered Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy's statements about the potential for a Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic movie. At...

Massively Overthinking: What are your favorite MMO ‘chores’?

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A few months ago, The Outline ran a piece on Red Dead Redemption 2 titled I don't wanna do my video games chores, and...
Hit things.

Path of Exile demonstrates its new Blood and Sand melee skills

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You know now that with the Legin update, Path of Exile wants you to hit things. It wants you to hit things a lot, and one...

Funcom is now working on seven new games with 15 total projects, according to Q1 2019 financials

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In our Overthinking roundtable last week, MOP's Andy McAdams posted as one of his "unpopular MMORPG opinions" the assertion that "Funcom is one of...
Dinosaur tech.

Star Trek Online is dropping 32-bit support in July

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Time marches on, and it seems only appropriate that you cannot spend your time playing a futurist-looking science fiction series like Star Trek Online on...

EVE Online’s Invasion starter pack just went on sale for 100% off on Steam

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While EVE Online has a limited free-to-play Alpha tier, new players can get a leg up on starting by buying one of the starter...

Warframe’s big Jupiter revamp arrives on PC

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This is so big and so full of gas it cannot be ignored. And no, we're not just talking about Jupiter itself, which is...
This was once controversial!

Perfect Ten: Helpful tips for returning to City of Heroes in 2019

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With the (community-led) rebirth of City of Heroes in 2019, a rather interesting problem has arisen for this superhero title: Namely, players who never...
Old and busted.

RuneScape announces its summer update, The Land Out of Time

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Summer is swiftly approaching, and the folks at Jagex have just announced RuneScape's summer update. Titled The Land Out of Time, the update will...

Not So Massively: Eden Rising provides a low-stress riff on survival games

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Somehow I hadn't heard of Eden Rising until it launched out of early access as a free-to-play title, so to me at least it...
Dragon Age.

League of Legends is destined for mobile, Reuters reports

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Remember all the thinkpieces years back about the rise of the MOBA? The industry's been through several bubbles since then, between survival sandboxes and...

PlanetSide 2 focuses on optimization and celebrates PlanetSide 1’s 16th birthday

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You know what makes me feel better about an MMO, especially an MMO in a franchise that's been kicked around a bit and seen...

The Stream Team: Let’s talk Path of Exile Legion

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The word is out: Path of Exile is going back in time to a simpler league style. Surely a more customizable version of the...

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