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.

Battle Bards Episode 124: Old MMOs, new music

1
It’s a catch-all, catch-up episode for the Battle Bards as they dig through new soundtrack releases from MMORPGs that they’ve covered in the past!...
Try again

TERA launches the Phantom’s Keep update with more challenges to test your might

0
The newest update for TERA encourages you to revisit old things to test yourself anew. Have you made your way through the Dreadspire before?...
John Jacob Jinkleheimer RIFT

Choose My Adventure: Starting fresh in RIFT

11
When RIFT first came out, I had very low hopes for it. The game already was launching into a crowded field, and it was...
Sure, great, whatever.

Fortnite rolls out season 5 as Epic Games retroactively grants modders a bigger profit cut

2
Fortnite's season 5 is live now with its all-new battle pass to turn your free-to-play experience into dress-up battle royale. We know that's what...

Star Wars Galaxies book takes fans back to this late, great MMO

8
Unless you're willing to venture out onto the wild space of emulated servers, you won't be getting Star Wars Galaxies back. That doesn't mean...

RIFT’s progression server moves on to Ember Isle, onslaughts, and planar attunement

4
It's a big step forward for RIFT's one and only progression server. Prime inhabitants can now move into the game's 1.6 Update with all of...

Hyperspace Beacon: Take your SWTOR PvP to Rishi!

5
OK, I'll come right out and say it: I love the Rishi stronghold. The Star Wars: The Old Republic developers have outdone themselves. I...

TennoCon 2018: Deep-diving Warframe’s Fortuna and Railjack

39
Many fans, including me, are talking about still riding high after Warframe's amazing TennoCon 2018 announcements this past weekend. That was some pretty epic...

Perfect Ten: Best MMO debuts by year, 2007-2017

17
Continuing from my previous column that went back to 1997, I'm going to be running through the second decade of graphical MMORPG launches and...

Interview: ArtCraft’s J. Todd Coleman on prepping Crowfall’s Artisan Engine for the broader industry

4
Yesterday, Crowfall studio ArtCraft announced it was spinning off a brand-new company dubbed ArtCraft Technologies that would basically turn Crowfall's engine into a marketable...
Ride along with me.

Perfect World updates its Arc client with new features

3
You may or may not use the Perfect World Entertainment Arc launcher to play games like Neverwinter and Champions Online. There are lots of...

The Stream Team: How about that Warframe news?!

5
So how about that Warframe news?! Massively OP's MJ is pretty excited about it (as you might have noted from her convention write-ups). What...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 177: ArenaNet A-bomb

49
Justin and Bree discuss the Guild Wars 2 debacle, Trove, The Sims 3, Camelot Unchained, Warframe, Shroud of the Avatar, Temtem, Final Fantasy XIV, Defiance 2050, and Trion's Marvel Heroes promo, plus a mailbag entry on looter shooters as the future of MMORPGs.

The Stream Team: Conquering KOTET’s Chapter IX in SWTOR

0
Once Massively OP's Larry and MJ finish the final scene, Chapter VIII of SWTOR's Knights of the Eternal Throne will be wrapped up, letting...

TennoCon 2018: Why Warframe will never launch (and why that doesn’t matter)

29
There's a question that floats around our Massively OP office discussions occasionally, especially when updating which game is labeled what: Will Warframe ever launch?...
Another thing to blame on Cliffy!

LawBreakers helped kill The Amazing Eternals during testing

13
The death of The Amazing Eternals partway through its testing was a shock for numerous fans, all of whom were looking forward to the...

Defiance 2050 officially launches as a free-to-play reboot on PC and console today

10
Trion has a big launch on its hands today as it pushes Defiance 2050 out of beta into a live state on PC and both...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the most complex character development?

47
Over the weekend, I was reading a makeup subreddit (don't judge me - I swear there is a gaming point to this) and the...

Slide along on a sweet snail in Neverwinter’s summer festival starting Thursday

1
No matter which coast of the US you're on right now, you're probably already sick of summer thanks to the heatwaves that have been...

The Stream Team: Heading into Defiance 2050’s headstart

0
In her first foray into Defiance 2050 during its closed beta, Massively OP's MJ peeked in to try and see what what was different....

ADVERTISEMENT

THE LATEST POSTS

TOP CONTENT