‘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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Secret World Legends posts a quick teaser of the agent system
One of the first new Secret World Legends systems is coming soon, and Funcom posted a quick video of it this week to whet...
Trion is delaying the name reclaim game in RIFT
In RIFT, your name in the game can be a pain to retain. Especially when the developers plain to reclaim a big chunk of...
EverQuest II adds a level boost potion for crafting
Want to get crafting done in EverQuest II but without all the crafting parts? Well, now you can have just that with the tradeskill...
Lord of the Rings Online starts testing Northern Mirkwood
With the beta for Lord of the Rings Online's Update 22 on the test server, players eager to escape the clutches of Mordor are...
SWTOR kicks off ‘share the love’ refer-a-friend promotion, gifts speeder and armor to subbers
What's Star Wars The Old Republic got up its sleeve for Valentine's Day? How about a "share the love" event for new and returning...
Perfect Ten: The tabletop GMs behind MMOs
One of the advantages to computer RPGs, I've always thought, is that you don't need a friend who you can alternately sucker or bribe...
The Stream Team: Converting to Set on Age of Conan’s Zath server
After starting another Priestess of Mitra on Age of Conan's new Saga of Zath server, Massively OP's MJ had a change of heart. She...
Today’s RuneScape update finally fixes the freakin’ mining system (sort of)
RuneScape players are finally getting something today that they've been wanting for half of forever: a mining and smithing update, or at least the...
Neverwinter’s Lost City of Omu improves upon the Chult campaign
Don't wash your hands of Neverwinter's Jungles of Chult campaign just yet. Cryptic's upcoming Lost City of Omu will flesh out the fun and...
Warframe’s Shrine of the Eidolon goes live as DE teases Valentine’s Day and incoming content
With Warframe's Shrine of the Eidolon update now live on the servers, Tenno have their hands full fighting legendary beasts summoned for battle. There...
The MOP Up: Black Desert’s Ninja arrives in Southeast Asia (February 11, 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...
One Shots: Toy chests
Really, when you think about it, MMOs are our grown-up toy chests. They have all of these attractive and fun toys to keep us...
Star Trek Online’s anniversary event heads to console next month
With all of the excitement and freebies surrounding Star Trek Online's 8th anniversary celebration last month, it had to have been a particular bummer...
Old School RuneScape trots out graphical improvements while RuneScape heads into a month of revamps
It comes with the territory of Old School RuneScape that players are more interested in the systems and content offerings than the visual pizazz....
World of Tanks console celebrates four years with 14 million players
The juggernaut known as World of Tanks seems unstoppable, with 14 million players to date in its console versions alone.
The title is celebrating its fourth...
MMOs get incredibly excited about Tesla’s Spaceman
No, you didn't dream it up. Wednesday, the world was abuzz over Elon Musk's Tesla company sending a rocket into orbit that was toting...
The Stream Team: Enjoying more Egypt in Secret World Legends
Massively OP's MJ can ignore the snow outside as she basks in the sunshine of Egypt in Secret World Legends. (Never mind that she...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPGs should stay away from legacy servers?
Legacy, vanilla, classic, progression - call them what you like, but alternative server rulesets, particularly of the nostalgia-driven kind, are all the rage in...
Netmarble weathers a slightly down quarter while Lineage 2 Revolution drives revenue
South Korean games publisher Netmarble posted its financial report for the last quarter of 2017, ending the year on a bit of a down...
Da Ji and the Legend of the Foxes brings an anime adventure to SMITE
For a MOBA, SMITE sure doesn't play by rules, or at least any rules we recognize. Hi-Rez seems to be constantly reinventing the game...
