‘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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MMO battle royale title Mavericks previews its plans for early 2019
It's been a little while since we last heard from Automaton Games's ambitious open-world battle-royale shooter Mavericks at E3 2018, but it would appear...
The Stream Team: Secret supply drops in SWTOR
After the SWTOR rescue, Massively OP's Larry and MJ learned about an unscheduled, secret supply drop. Is it full of lab toys for Darth...
Daybreak’s new video show how it’s retooling classic weapons and vehicles in PlanetSide Arena
Daybreak's just posted a new video on PlanetSide Arena, this one focusing on the game's vehicles and weapons, and yes, there's plenty of gameplay...
Perfect Ten: Mobile MMOs to watch in 2018
Love it or hate it, MMOs are going mobile in ever-increasing numbers. Last year saw a crop of acclaimed titles making their way to...
No, Funcom is not losing the Conan IP, but it did just invest in a Portuguese studio
Earlier this week, Marvel's website released a post positively crowing about the "return" of Conan to the ubiquitous superhero label. "Gather 'round, followers of...
Star Trek Online prepares for new featured episodes in Mirror of Discovery
The Mirror Universe is exactly like the main universe in Star Trek Online, except it's all evil. You might think that would provide a fairly...
Lord of the Rings Online introduces new raid in Update 23.2, going live today
Today, Lord of the Rings Online is deploying its latest patch, Update 23.2, which is expected to go live by around noon Eastern time....
The Stream Team: Getting through Warframe goals with Chroma Prime
Massively OP's MJ has been enjoying running around as Chroma Prime, which is a really good thing since she has a lot of running...
Co-op ARPG Breach hits early access January 17, with packages live now
Co-op ARPG Breach was meant to hit early access before the end of 2018, and as it turns out, it'll be only a few...
Star Trek Online introduces account-based progression for its 9th anniversary
Stuck at the max level without anything meaningful to do in the notoriously slow-to-update Star Trek Online? Cryptic is introducing a whole new account-wide...
TERA releases the Valkyrie class on console, opens the Demon’s Wheel dungeon
Not content to wait around to ferry the fallen to Valhalla, the Valkyrie has arrived in TERA's console version today. bringing players a new,...
The best Massively OP MMO community polls of 2018
Polls are a quantitative sort of magic that we don’t often get from our other articles - at least when they aren’t being brigaded...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s All or Nothing
One amazing trailer and a day of hype later, Guild Wars 2’s All or Nothing will be live this afternoon for us to play....
Craig Zinkievich’s Aliens shooter is looking more and more like an MMOFPS after all
A couple of years ago, several key devs who once built MMOs for Cryptic - Craig Zinkievich, Shannon Posniewski, and Matt Highison - announced...
Star Conflict’s Rise of Giants update introduces new PvE campaign, reworks PvE mission structure
The latest update to Gaijin Entertainment's free-to-play spaceship battle game Star Conflict is live, and it's brought with it a slew of new PvE...
RuneScape has thoroughly revamped mining and smithing just in time for its 18th birthday
You might think that an 18-year-old MMO wouldn't keep needing to tweak basic skills like mining and smithing, but in the case of RuneScape,...
RIFT solicits player feedback for a daily calendar reward revamp
Does the daily reward calendar in RIFT feel a bit outdated to you? Obvious date-related puns aside, the developers still on the team feel as...
The MOP Up: Diablo III’s anniversary dungeon returns
Anyone who missed out on Diablo III's anniversary dungeon can get back in on the fun and rewards thanks to its reprise all month...
Global Chat: Little things that add up to a great MMO
Ever find yourself running down a list of "little things" that impress you and keep you busy in an MMO when you're trying to...
Wings Over Atreia: Aion’s abolished trading, and other foolish moves
So I really did not want to write a rant for Christmas week. No, I wanted -- nay, I planned -- a joyous column...
