free to play

‘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.

Star Trek Online’s Age of Discovery is coming to consoles on November 13th

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Earlier this month, Perfect World Entertainment released the first chapter of Star Trek Online's Age of Discovery update for the game's PC version, and...

Closers unveils new character Soma, announces next Gleam campaign

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A new character has joined the cast of En Masse Entertainment's free-to-play anime beat-'em-up, Closers. The new arrival goes by the name of Soma,...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 194: It belongs in a museum!

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's progression server, Trion's travails, the Video Game Museum's big win, Hellgate London, ESO Murkmire, Wild West Online, and Just Survive, with mailbag entries on P2W in emulations and mainstream MMO condescension.

Neverwinter previews Heart of Fire’s ‘K-Team’ dungeon challenges

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Acquisitions Incorporated has been the talk of the town in Neverwinter lately, what with the upcoming Heart of Fire module being only a week...
On a unicorn.

Global Chat: Is MapleStory 2 too cute for its own britches? (Yes.)

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Maybe it's the weird gaming lull that's going on right now, but MapleStory 2 has picked up a good amount of press and player...
Skeleton bows.

Old School RuneScape has officially launched on mobile today

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Is RuneScape a mainstream PC MMORPG? Even as big as it is, I might not have applied that moniker before, but Jagex has done...
All according to keikaku or something

Surprise! Shroud of the Avatar is now officially free-to-play

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Have you taken advantage of the fact that Shroud of the Avatar has gone free-to-play yet? Or are you staring at that with some...

EverQuest II previews Chaos Descending’s Planes of Knowledge and Fire

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There's less than a month remaining before the launch of EverQuest II's next expansion, Chaos Descending, and the folks at Daybreak Games have pulled...

SuperData: World of Warcraft’s expansion surge ends as Destiny 2’s expansion surge begins

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Dungeon Fighter Online is continuing its run raking in more money than League of Legends, but World of Warcraft's expansion blast seems to be...

Wings Over Atreia: Awakened Legacy could be Aion’s rebirth

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You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of Aion, the facts of Aion! There's...

ArcheAge consumer lawsuit hits snag: Trion Worlds’ corporate dissolution

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Remember that player lawsuit lodged against Trion Worlds back in 2015? The one where ArcheAge players Aaron Van Fleet, Paul Ovberg, and James Longfield...

The Stream Team: Creeping into the new Lord of the Rings Online Halloween area

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Things got a lot spookier when Massively OP's MJ moved to LOTRO's new quest area for Halloween! Now she's even more excited to do...

The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online’s free update offerings

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When Elder Scrolls Online's Update 20 arrives, it will bring with it a free base patch that promises to spice up the alliance war...

One Shots: Pumpkins Online

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I know and you know that MMO developers love Halloween perhaps more than their own flesh-and-blood children. And as much as I enjoy how...

MMO Business Roundup: Fractured Space, Runic Games, Michael Jordan esports, Epic investment, and the China problem

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Welcome back to another quick trip through some of the week's business bits and bobs. First up, some bad news. Edge Case's gorgeous F2P MOBA...

LOTRO Legendarium: Wistmead surprises and progression servers

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What a week this has been! Originally I was all gung-ho to talk about nothing else than all of the new Halloween content that...

The Stream Team: Warframe’s space ninja Halloween

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What's more Halloween-y than being a space ninja? It's perfect! Massively OP's MJ is heading in to have some holiday fun in Warframe's Halloween...

Wings Over Atreia: Awakened Legacy is Aion’s NGE gut punch

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Woah! WOA is back! It's only fitting: Wings Over Atreia debuted when Aion launched as a new game, and now it is back for...

Lord of the Rings Online tackles Q&A on progression server, plans November release

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Lord of the Rings Online's surprise announcement of an incoming progression server certainly stirred up interest and debate this week. While it's intriguing, a...

The Daily Grind: Are you planning to give LOTRO’s new progression server a try?

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When Lord of the Rings Online announced its new progression server plan earlier this week, the LOTRO community immediately went into a state of...

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