‘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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RIFT is tweaking ability performance to address area impact
There's a bit of a problem that's turning up on RIFT, both the Prime server and the live servers. That problem? Some abilities just...
The Daily Grind: Are blacklists, quizzes, and threats effective at reducing text toxicity in MMOs?
Toxicity in online gaming just keeps popping up - specifically as it pertains to chat and commenting.
MOP reader Tanek pointed us to a thread about...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 163: Expansions ‘Я’ Us
Justin and Bree talk expansions for Elder Scrolls Online, Star Trek Online, and Skyforge, with news on Bless, GDC, Ship of Heroes, SWTOR, a new Star Wars title, Project Gorgon, RIFT, WoW, and Trove, with mailbag questions on whether Gorgon vs EverQuest and our Steam Team.
GDC 2018: Making sense of battle royale MMO Mavericks with Automaton Games
So as you may know, I'm an MMORPG guy - not really a battle royale guy. There are some cool ideas for people who like...
SWTOR course corrects for patch 5.8a, overhauls the cash shop with direct-purchase items
Star Wars The Old Republic's 5.8a patch is live today with a bunch of tweaks to last week's far bigger update. In fact, many...
The Daily Grind: What components make up an attractive MMO expansion?
When Star Trek Online announced its Deep Space Nine-themed Victory is Life expansion last week, Eliot and I were briefly talking about its potential...
Path of Exile breaks down the class picks for the Bestiary league
When Path of Exile launched patch 3.2, the designers wanted to rebalance or rework the Ascendancy classes entirely, with the end goal of bringing...
RuneScape learns Spring Fayre microtransaction lessons while Old School RuneScape tweaks mobile
It's springtime in regular flavor RuneScape, and that means the Spring Fayre has returned. You might remember the event from last year, when the...
TERA’s console edition launches April 3, with headstart beginning tomorrow
Action-combat MMORPG TERA's on the way to console following its weekend beta rounds, and as of today, it has a shiny new date for...
GDC 2018: Hands-on with Trion’s ‘reimagined’ Defiance 2050
Before my GDC interview with Producer Matt “Destromathe” Pettit last week, I was really frustrated with the news about Defiance 2050. I wasn't a huge fan...
The gaming community rallies around EverQuest Next AI developer Dave Mark
A renowned game AI designer who worked on EverQuest Next and John Smedley's Hero's Song is the focal point of concern following an accident...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most creative way MMOs thwart toxicity?
Forget group-kicks: If you're a tool in Sea of Thieves, your own shipmates might just opt to stuff you in the brig - "a...
League of Legends finally adds voice chat
For years now, we've been accepting our hostile insults and hyper-constructive criticism in League of Legends through team chat like chumps. Well, that's all...
The MOP Up: Final Fantasy XIV gets primal (March 25, 2017)
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...
Ultima Online continues testing free-to-play patch
Can you smell it? The sweet scent of spring is in the air -- and free-to-play trials as well! Ultima Online is on the...
One Shots: At least we have pie
What's the last thing you've ever done in an MMORPG before it was shut down? If you have ever found yourself in this unfortunate...
The Stream Team: A Warframe 5th anniversary party
The party started early for Warframe's anniversary, and from what Massively OP's MJ has seen on some of the ships, they might have partied...
The Daily Grind: When do MMOs get too silly for your comfort?
Let us talk about TERA today. I have never been able to wrap my head around the tone of this game. While it appears...
Neverwinter brings the Lost City of Omu to consoles on April 24
Nothing like a two-month wait for new content while your friends on a different platform get to experience it all! Such is the continued...
A sneak peek of South Africa in Secret World Legends’ Season 2
The things I do for you! You know that story is everything to me, and in order to bring you more information, I allowed...
