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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.

The Stream Team: A first Fae Yule in RIFT

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Massively OP's MJ is not exactly sure how it happened, but it appears that she has never experienced RIFT's Fae Yule celebration! She has...
That is definitely a thing.

Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO surprises of 2018

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Everyone loves surprises, right? Not always. Even good surprises can be a disruption of our comfortable routines, and bad ones can downright ruin a...
it just keep rolling

Gambling addict successfully petitions Path of Exile to disable lockboxes

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In a year full of Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad news concerning lockboxes in online games, here may be the very first positive story...

PlanetSide Arena explores its trio of classes, sells $20 special edition

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When PlanetSide Arena arrives later next month, Daybreak hopes that players will flock to the battle royale shooter and latch on to one of...

Battle Bards’ 2018 roundup of MMO soundtracks

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Every other week here at Massively OP you might see a post go up promoting the Battle Bards podcast. While not an official podcast...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 202: The all-mailbag show

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Justin and Bree pore over the mail bag to answer questions on WoW, the state of MOP, future columns, favorite MMO music, MMO communities, lockbox RNG, MMO sunsets, open dungeons, and LitRPG.

The best Massively OP streams of 2018

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Massively OP's long-running Stream Team, unquestionably captained by MJ and her sidekicks Larry and Andrew, got a welcome surprise this year: Our newest writer, Chris...

The Daily Grind: What MMO had the best player community in 2018?

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One of the informal award type articles we've done every year for the last couple of years is this one: the one sussing out...

Massively OP’s 2018 Blooper Awards: Best feel-good moment for the MMO genre

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Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for best feel-good moment for the MMO genre. And the winner is...

Bethesda compensates Fallout 76 players with three free Fallout titles

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It's not exactly an apology, but Bethesda is clearly trying to make amends for the rocky and disappointing rollout of Fallout 76 by giving...

Jukebox Heroes: More MMO Christmas tunes

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Merry Christmas everyone! As you hunker down for family time, presents, eggnog, or simply a quiet day off and some gaming time, chances are...

The MOP Up: Hytale takes a deeper approach to the Minecraft genre

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Have you heard of Hytale? If you're a fan of the Trove or Minecraft school of sandbox design, then it definitely bears further investigation....

One Shots: Christmas delivery

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We all know that Amazon delivers pretty much everywhere with its crazy two-day shipping, but did you realize that the company could do so...

The Stream Team: Q is for Christmas in Star Trek Online

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Even after the last couple of years, Massively OP's MJ does not think she has managed to participate in everything Star Trek Online's Christmas...
This was once controversial!

The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v2.0

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While The Game Archaeologist columns take up the most time of any project I do here at Massively OP, I absolutely love doing them...

World of Warships adds new campaigns and Belle Époque ships for Christmas

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Christmas has come to World of Warships with its latest update, which includes Belle Époque ships collection, the Mighty Prinz Campaign for folks who...

The Stream Team: An Asmodian Aion Christmas

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With the radically changed layout of Aion, Massively OP's MJ invited folks to jump in with her and start over on the new server....

Battle Bards Episode 134: Halloween and Christmas

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It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas! And, er, Halloween! Well, the Battle Bards were never much for subtlety, so you must excuse...

The Stream Team: Saving snow forts for LOTRO’s Yuletide

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Yuletide festivities are always fun in LOTRO, and that's where Massively OP's MJ is hanging out. There are Frostbluff festivities galore as well two...

The Stream Team: Happy 7th birthday SWTOR!

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Massively OP's Larry and MJ are taking a break from Choose My Alignment to bring you a SWTOR anniversary stream! The game from a...

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