‘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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Massively OP’s 2017 Blooper Awards: Sneakiest MMO soft launch
Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for Sneakiest MMO soft launch. And the winner is...
Warframe
A couple of months ago, we're sitting...
MMO Year in Review: Morrowind, Stormblood, and Secret World Legends (June 2017)
We’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into...
The Stream Team: A Dromund Kaas getaway in SWTOR’s KOTET
After having to watch Voss burn, Massively OP's Larry and MJ were visited by an unexpected new "friend" when they finished up Chapter I...
EVE Evolved: 2017 EVE Online year in review
We've reached the end of another year, and it's certainly been a busy one for EVE Online. This year saw heavy gameplay iteration, with...
Get two free mechs just for playing a MechWarrior Online match today
If you want to expand your arsenal of mechs to use in MechWarrior Online, be sure to log in and play a match today,...
The Stream Team: Warframe’s Christmas Ghouls
You've seen Christmas Ghouls, right? No? Well now is your chance. Massively OP's MJ will be going to Warframe's Eidolon to visit with these...
MMO Year in Review: Ashes of Creation vs. Wild West Online (May 2017)
We’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into...
The Stream Team: The MOP MMO Christmas album live
Did you enjoy the MOP MMO Christmas Album? Do you wish there was a live version you could sing along with? What if we...
The most popular Massively OP MMO articles of 2017
One of my favorite things to do every year is drill down the top articles on the site for our readers. I don't mean...
MMO Year in Review: Ship of Heroes abandons Kickstarter (April 2017)
We’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into...
The MOP Up: Honoring RIFT’s Wintercharm (December 24, 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...
The 2017 MOP MMO Christmas album
Do you like to sing carols? That's one of my favorite things about this time of year! Christmas time is the best time for...
The best Massively OP streams of 2017
As captain of our Stream Team, Massively OP's MJ Guthrie and Larry Everett were joined by Andrew Ross this year to play zillions of...
World of Tanks 1.0 getting massive engine overhaul in 2018, World of Warships goes mobile
Wargaming has has quite the new year planned for fans. World of Tanks is getting an overhaul, switching to an in-house created advanced CORE...
Jukebox Heroes: MMO carols for your gaming joy
If someone -- and we are not necessarily suggesting you -- were to create an MMO Christmas carol album, what songs would be included?...
One Shots: Hand over the presents or the reindeer gets it
Well, that escalated fast.
A showdown with a Santa Claus raid boss in The Division led to BalsBigBrother attempting an unorthodox tactic of threatening Donner...
The ultimate guide to The Game Archaeologist’s MMO archives
When we moved over here to Massively Overpowered, some of us transplanted our long-running columns to the new space. I perhaps felt most devastated...
The Daily Grind: What MMO rewards are you chasing this holiday season?
One thing is always for certain this time of year: MMO players have their hands full with Christmas events, so much so that they...
MMO Year in Review: Landmark is wiped off the map (January 2017)
December's many article roundups and awards always remind us that it's hard to remember what happened last month, let alone what happened way back...
On the tenth day of Christmas, Warframe gave me ghastly ghouls and personal quarters
Is this Christmas or Halloween?
One can never quite tell with Warframe, which activated its holiday update yesterday with a bounty on ghoul packs. These...