‘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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Dauntless comes out guns blazing with upcoming Repeater weapon
Next week, Dauntless slayers will have a new weapon in their arsenals as Phoenix Labs introduces the brand-new Repeaters. These handcannons may be small,...
One Shots: Concept art showcase
In last week's edition of One Shots, I issued perhaps my most peculiar challenge yet. I asked readers (for once) not to submit any...
The MOP Up: Blizzard’s new playgrounds
Ranked Season 4 started up in Heroes of the Storm this past week, and that's just the start of the fun with Blizzard's MOBA....
The Stream Team: Checking out Warframe’s Chroma Prime
Are you interested in seeing what what Warframe's new Chroma Prime can do? Massively OP's MJ is, especially since she is so fond of...
Paladins’s 1.6 update, Dark Tides, introduces a new champion, a new event, a new map, and more
Yesterday, Hi-Rez pushed out the Paladins 1.6 update, adding a new champion, a new in-game event, a new map, new cosmetics, and more. The...
Grab a TERA Reach Your Apex bundle key (and dragon mount!) from En Masse and MOP
TERA is in the middle of its Reach Your Apex event in the lead-up to the Dark Reaches update launching October 16th, and to help...
Bless Online previews its upcoming Patala raid and Halloween events
The folks at Neowiz have posted a preview of what players can expect from next week's Bless Online content update, giving them an advance...
The Stream Team: It’s land ho with AdventureQuest 3D’s Lolosia
New land ho! Because of a delay, Massively OP's MJ wasn't able to show off AQ3D's new pirate land of Lolosia last week. But...
Warframe will be one of the first games testing mouse and keyboard support on Xbox One
There's a certain joyous weirdness in playing Warframe on an Xbox One and then doing so with a mouse and keyboard, also known as...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR, a roleplay community divided
Much praise and hatred have been tossed at Star Wars: The Old Republic for its decision to focus more heavily on the single-player aspects...
Wizard101 shares a whole list of facts you might not know about its development
If you weren't already aware, we like lists of 10 around here. So we're pleased by the format Wizard101 chose to use in revealing...
Star Trek Online will release the first chapter of Age of Discovery on October 9th
Next month, Star Trek Online will boldly go where no Star Trek Online has gone before with the release of the first chapter of...
Enter to win a Neverwinter fawn mount on Xbox One and PS4 from PWE and MOP!
To celebrate the arrival of Ravenloft for Neverwinter on console last month, PWE has granted Massively OP 20 of the most adorascary mounts ever: 10 Suratuk’s Banded Fawn...
Perfect Ten: The big book of MMORPG death mechanics
Video games will kill your characters. It's inevitable. I still faintly remember my younger brother's first video game death, when he ran full-tilt into...
Star Wars: The Old Republic has delayed its 5.9.3 Fame and Fortune patch
So you were originally supposed to Hutt, Hutt, hike your way over to Star Wars: The Old Republic today for the latest development in...
Warframe introduces new Chroma Prime Warframe and new prime weapons
Developer Digital Extremes has announced the arrival of the powerful elemental frame Chroma Prime in its free-to-play space-ninja shooter Warframe. Chroma Prime, "known as...
World of Warships prepares submarines for a Halloween event and the game in general
It makes sense to include submarines as part of a Halloween event for World of Warships. After all, there's nothing else that so perfectly...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 188: Classic-flavored Lineage II
Tina, Justin, and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Red Dead Online, Lineage II Classic, Secret World Legends, Bless Online, World of Warcraft, and LOTRO, with a mailbag discussion on feeling unwelcome in MMORPGs and a rundown on site bugs we've smooshed.
Neverwinter explains its upcoming balance changes for all classes
The next major update for Neverwinter is bringing some pretty major changes, especially for Trickster Rogues and Control Wizards. Not exclusively those two, though;...
Jukebox Heroes: DC Universe Online
This is my frustrated face when it comes to superhero MMO soundtracks. I don't know what it is, but it seems that none of...