‘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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Working As Intended: The top 10 hot tubs in MMORPGs
It's been a running joke for a few years that I always put hot tubs in my MMO houses whenever possible, and once that...
April Fools’ Day 2024 events and gags from around the MMORPG world
Welcome to weird MMORPG game mode day! I mean, April Fools' Day - not that we're sorry a lot of the "pranks" have become...
LOTRO and DDO’s unexpected server outage goes into its third day [Update: They’re up!]
Update:Â The servers for both games are now back online.
If you're a fan of Lord of the Rings Online or Dungeons and Dragons Online, no...
The MOP Up: Fractured Veil allows for PvE-only servers
Post-apocalyptic survival game Fractured Veil previewed some upcoming features such as farms, new spawn locations, and -- get ready for this -- PvE-only servers....
LOTRO and DDO are still offline after 24 hours, so you might as well watch DDO’s PAX East panel
If you tried logging into Lord of the Rings Online or Dungeons and Dragons Online since yesterday morning, you're in for a bit of...
One Shots: Pollen attack!
There are many ways to kill a man. A dagger in the back. A sifter full of poison. A smothering pillow. A duel at...
LOTRO Legendarium: Middle-earth’s world integrity is an endangered species in MMOs
Back in 2018, Steven Spielberg adapted the popular novel Ready Player One into a film. It seemed like a great pairing: The master director...
Path of Exile has cracked open the doors to its Necropolis expansion
Considering how dark and brooding Path of Exile is, you have to imagine that the developers had to come up with a shade blacker...
The Stream Team: Venturing into AQ3D’s Wiggly Whompa’s chocolate factory
Around the beginning of April, things start getting a little silly. (We simply cannot figure out why!) And in AQ3D, there's a new silly...
RuneScape-inspired Brighter Shores plans AFK character advancement
Ever since hearing how one of Jagex's co-founders is bringing a cozy RuneScape-like MMO to us later this year, we've been keenly interested to...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO’s April content isn’t all laughs
Pokemon Go isn't talking about its yearly April Fools' day event yet, but we do have some details on the rest of the month,...
The Stream Team: All done with Neverwinter’s The Dwarven King
Sadly, Neverwinter's The Dwarven King doesn't have nearly enough Bruenor Battlehammer for Massively OP's MJ's taste (or even his helm, for that matter!). Instead,...
Paragon-spinoff Predecessor has soft launched into F2P open beta early access on Steam (and everywhere else)
Predecessor - the latest shooter spawned from the ashes of Epic Games' defunct MOBA Paragon - has officially launched into open beta today on...
MMO Business Roundup: The Gearbox sale, GDC 2024, and layoffs for SEGA and Smilegate
Welcome back to another quick roundup of some MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news!
Embracer - The ailing games giant announced this morning that the rumored...
Warframe launches Dante Unbound (sans Deep Archimedea) and TennoCon 2024 ticket sales
Dante Unbound hit Warframe last night - just in time for the game's 11th birthday (it soft-launched March 25th, 2013). "Defend the Leverian from...
Dungeons and Dragons Online has a date with Fred the Mindflayer, LOTRO updates delving rewards
Depending on how your romantic life is these days, a date with a very nice mindflayer may be the swoony highlight of your spring....
RIFT hosts a server load test party this evening with free level-ups
Have we said how utterly bizarre it is to see RIFT pop up in our feeds this much recently? Not that we're complaining, mind...
The Stream Team: A spring (festival) fling in LOTRO
It's been a while since Massively OP's MJ muddled about in Middle-earth, and she has missed it. With the Spring Festival in full force,...
Wizard101 opens the Portal of Peril that brings a new dungeon delving event in latest update
Usually opening something known as the Portal of Peril would be ill-advised at least or very bad news at worst, but in the case...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that experienced a surprising comeback
It's hard to pass up a really good comeback story. We love it when a beloved something or someone is counted down and out......
