‘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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Champions Online slashes prices on freeform characters, three for 60 bucks
At the beginning of June, PWE announced big changes for Champions Online: It was planning to drop the game's optional monthly subscription in favor...
Hyperspace Beacon: Future plot points for SWTOR and other unanswered lore questions
Last night, BioWare Creative Director Charles Boyd and Community Manager Eric Musco were guests on the Passionately Casual Podcast to discuss the lore of Star Wars: The...
Neverwinter counts 18M players as it celebrates its fifth birthday
Eighteen million! No, that's not how many dollars you've dumped into your Steam account; that's just about how many people have played Neverwinter in...
Get your dapper on with Warframe’s new Limbo Prime, the game’s 57th ‘frame
High fashion arrived in Warframe with the golden gentleman, Limbo Prime. Of course you can look snazzy while skewering enemies; this 57th playable Warframe is...
Anarchy Online teases upcoming 17th anniversary event
Happy 17th birthday, Anarchy Online! Seventeen years ago this month, Funcom first stepped out onto the MMORPG scene and "launched" this sci-fi title. We...
Defiance rolls out Midsummer Mutiny just before the Defiance 2050 Valor cutoff
There are no new Pursuits for the latest incarnation of the Midsummer Mutiny event in original flavor Defiance. You will be doing the same things...
Valve turns off lootboxes in the Netherlands for DOTA 2 and CounterStrike: Global Offensive
If you were in any way hoping that the Dutch Gaming Authority's ruling about lockboxes would lead to a worldwide shift, it seems that's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 175: Virtual heartbreakers
Justin and Bree discuss E3, WoW Classic, Crowfall's delay, Defiance 2050's release date, Fortnite's Sony mess, Black Desert's dating mechanics, and EVE and Star Citizen's ship squabble, with mailbag questions on midgame MMO play and why MMO studios won't shup up and take our money.
Secret World Legends activates its anniversary event and refer-a-friend program tomorrow
A year has gone by since Funcom rebooted The Secret World into Secret World Legends, and the studio is ready to celebrate that milestone...
Global Chat: The fallout of Fallout 76
Bethesda's E3 reveal of Fallout 76 had many gamers and franchise fans talking, no more so than out among MMO bloggers. After all, taking...
More MMOs pledge to fully remove Red Shell spyware, including Secret World Legends
At the beginning of June, we covered The Elder Scrolls Online's implementation of spyware program Red Shell, which is designed to track specific information...
The Stream Team: Temples or levels, that is the Path of Exiles question
While Massively OP's MJ has been piddling around with temples in Path of Exile's new Incursion Leagues, one of her friends has already finished...
Gran Skrea brings an indie sandbox MMO to early access
On the prowl for an undiscovered indie MMORPG these days? You might want to check out Gran Skrea Online, as it just went into...
E3 2018: A second look at Trion’s Defiance 2050 reboot
GDC 2018 back in March was good to Defiance 2050, at least in terms of making people aware of the goals of the game....
The MOP Up: Skyforge’s PvP revolution (June 17, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Global Chat: The best of both worlds
If you have ever played more than one MMORPG, the thought has probably crossed your mind that you would love to see your favorite...
One Shots: Fashion patrol coming your way!
Well that is certainly one way to fill up the comments section with tons of screenshots: asking all of you to show of your...
E3 2018: Deep-diving Trion’s kid-friendly voxelbox Trove and its upcoming Geode expansion
One thing Trion Senior Producer James Karras drove home during my meeting with the team at this year's E3 is that with Trove's Geode...
TERA invites you to show off your beach bod at next week’s summer festival
The summer festival in TERA is almost upon us, and boy am I ever tempted to fill out the rest of this post with...
The Stream Team: Excitement builds for Warframe’s TennoCon
Massively OP's MJ has quite a bit of work to do to catch up to the new cinematic content, The Sacrifice, and she really...
