‘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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SuperData’s April 2018 revenue report shows Fortnite setting new records, GTAO slowing down
Fortnite had another record month of revenue in April, according to SuperData's latest global revenue report. "Epic’s Battle Royale shooter made $296 million in...
Star Trek Online sets Deep Space Nine Victory is Life expansion for June 5 as players grumble over newest faction
Star Trek Online has officially put a launch date on its Deep Space Nine-based expansion, Victory is Life: June 5th, at least for PC.
"The...
Wargaming Seattle shuts down while Digital Extremes gets an American sister studio
Corporate shuffling is rarely great news, but for the employees at Wargaming Seattle, it looks like it's worse news than normal. The American wing...
RIFT players datamine changes to the Prime XP curve and new item packs
The fine souls at the Ghar Station has once again turned to the latest RIFT patch to mine out relevant information, and the results...
Lost Ark enters ‘final’ closed beta in South Korea with new class trailers
Hey, remember back in 2014 when Smilegate first announced MMOARPGÂ Lost Ark? It's been a long time. As I've written before, I was positively smitten...
PlayStation 4 heads into the end of its life cycle, making console MMOs nervous
No console lives forever, although it seems like the more recent generations have enjoyed lengthy runs. Sony delivered some disconcerting news to fans this...
The Stream Team: Springing into LOTRO’s Spring festival encore
Spring has resprung! The spring festival has returned to LOTRO for an encore, which means Massively OP's MJ can participate! She'll be running the...
Lord of the Rings Online continues to iterate on its class change patch, extends spring festival
The third build of Lord of the Rings Online's Update 22.2 is now up on the test server, and players can preview it to...
Perfect Ten: The unique pitfalls of licensed MMOs
Making a list of the "biggest" MMOs currently running is always an exercise in frustration. It's easy to put a few things on the...
RuneScape Classic is sunsetting this August thanks to instability, bots, and bugs
RuneScape has wound its way through many revisions and editions over the years, but Jagex usually left the original versions standing - or in...
The Daily Grind: What’s your underdog MMO?
It's easy to take pot shots at Champions Online these days, what with Cryptic hyping up its duration after years of stagnant development. But...
TERA hauls out scarves for the end of its anniversary month
TERA is busy wrapping up its month-long sixth anniversary, and its final week contains a few changes and events for players to enjoy.
These events...
Star Trek Online adds a new console episode, brings back the Infinity lockbox
Star Trek Online's console versions are once again catching up to the PC build, thanks to the addition of The Renegade's Regret featured episode....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 171: Bless you, my subscriber
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, Bless Online, Elder Scrolls Online Summerset, Worlds Adrift, Pantheon, Skull & Bones, and The Division 2, with mailbag questions on the Eastern MMO stigma and Sea of Thieves' new MMO paradigm.
Star Wars: The Old Republic doubles your rewards with its latest patch
The latest patch for Star Wars: The Old Republic is doubling your rewards. Your experience? Doubled. Command XP? Also doubled. Other things? Doubled. Incoming...
Defiance’s got 99 problems, but you ain’t one
With the conclusion of Defiance 2050's closed beta last week, players might be at a loss for something to keep them occupied for the...
Atlas Reactor arrives in China via Steam
Atlas Reactor really needs to be given some credit for striking out in a different direction when the rest of the PvP scene was...
Global Chat: Dipping back into MMO underwater combat
Guild Wars 2's recent renovation of underwater combat has brought back some interest to this oft-neglected sphere of gameplay. Inventory Full's Bhagpuss used this...
RuneScape fans can start buying RuneFest 2018 tickets… now
Jagex's RuneScape-themed fan festival, RuneFest 2018, is locked in for October 5th-6th this year, and tickets are officially on sale as of 11 a.m....
The Stream Team: Let’s talk Path of Exile’s buyout by Tencent
So, happy Monday! Many of us have started our week with the news that Tencent bought out Path of Exile. Some folks are congratulatory,...