‘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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The Stream Team: It’s time for fun and sun in AdventureQuest 3D
Summer is back in Battleon, and Massively OP's MJ is heading to Point Less Isle in AQ3D to enjoy the sun and surf. There's...
Neverwinter’s newest patch adjusts scaling and enemy health
Everything you fight in Neverwinter is going to feel a little bit weaker after today's patch. For starters, the game has reduced enemy health across...
Choose My Adventure: A debriefing for Star Wars The Old Republic
We're ending our run in SWTOR with a roleplay sendoff as we prepare to head into the next game you voted for in Choose My Adventure: TERA.
Star Wars: The Old Republic details gearing in Onslaught as the Dantooine Incursion launches today
If you were otherwise engaged or didn't have better than an hour to devote to hearing how the Spoils of War system will change...
LOTRO’s Update 24 arrives with 64-bit client, Vales of Anduin, and virtue revamp
Lord of the Rings Online's big summer content drop is here with the release of today's Update 24: Vales of Anduin. Hobbits and other...
The Stream Team: The second half of Warframe’s The Second Dream
Massively OP's MJ made it through the first half of Warframe's big The Second Dream story mission. Now, she needs to finish! Do you...
Massively Uplifting: Supporting St. Jude Children’s Hospital and PRIDE month
April showers bring May flowers, but big-hearted gamers bring forth good deeds any month of the year! And May was no different. Generosity with...
TERA introduces the Popori Brawler and Kitten Hittin’-Mittens next week
When I saw this image on Twitter, I knew I'd be writing this article: The Popori Brawler is trundling his way into TERA next...
Fight or Kite: First impressions of Nexon’s new multiplayer shooter Rocket Arena
Nexon's new crossplatform multiplayer shooter Rocket Arena came out of nowhere last month and surprised everyone with a closed beta this past week. It's...
SWTOR: Onslaught promises a better gearing system with Spoils of War
When Star Wars: The Old Republic: Onslaught arrives later this year, BioWare will be tossing out the old gearing system that's been in place...
Battle Bards Episode 145: Dark Age of Camelot
It’s Bard vs. Bard vs. Bard in this show, as the trio of MMO video game music lovers take sides in the Dark Age...
The MOP Up: China’s getting Fallout Shelter Online, and that’s not fair
For my money (and time), the best Fallout game of the past five years has been Fallout Shelter, a mobile base builder which has...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Freestyle 2, World of Kings, Dragon Raja 2, Ragnarok Masters
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles you've probably never heard of (or at least have entirely forgotten about!).
First up:...
One Shots: Larger than life
If there is one thing that MMORPGs are able to do regularly and impressively, it is to give us a sense of massive scale....
The Daily Grind: Are you drawn to MMO shapeshifting classes?
When you think about it, one of the least-represented class archetypes in MMORPGs is shapeshifters. They only pop up here and there, such as...
The Stream Team: Doing Warframe’s The Second Dream story
She finally made it! Massively OP's MJ has worked her way to one of the biggest story quests in Warframe, and she's pretty excited...
SpatialOS TwoKinds Online transforms a webcomic into an MMO
Huh, this might be a first for MMORPGs: a webcomic-turned-MMO. What we're talking about today is TwoKinds Online, a small indie RPG created by...
TERA Classic is heading to mobile devices in South Korea over the summer
Oh what a tangled web we weave when we are TERA, apparently. You see, while the mobile version of the title, TERA M, is running under...
RuneScape’s RuneFest 2019 ticket sales begin this morning
Get your ticket-ordering fingers ready, folks, because RuneFest tickets go on sale today. RuneFest, of course, is the UK con where Jagex and friends...
The Stream Team: Investigating Secret World Legends’ Egypt
These Secret World Legends' investigation missions won't solve themselves! Massively OP's MJ had taken a break from completing her run-through of The City of...
