‘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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Perfect Ten: MMO zones I love to hate
Let's be frank: Not every MMO zone can be a masterpiece of art, design, quest flow, and navigability. I mean, they totally should be,...
KingsIsle shows off new Wizard101 and Pirate101 content
How long does it take for KingsIsle developers to go from concept to execution when it comes to Wizard101 and Pirate101 content? According to...
Marvel Heroes clamps down on Fantastic Four characters due to licensing issues
Something bizarre and decidedly non-fantastic is going on over at Marvel Heroes. Gazillion made an earth-shattering post on the forums yesterday to say that...
The Stream Team: Lavastorm Heritage Quests in EverQuest II
Massively OP's MJ has been slowly streaming through all of EverQuest II's Heritage Quests (slowly, because there are more than you can shake an...
Neverwinter’s next update is more than just dino-mania
Chances are that your brain stuttered to a happy halt when you saw that Neverwinter's upcoming Tomb of Annihilation update is going to feature...
The Stream Team: An anniversary look at Lineage II
It has been nearly 10 years since Massively OP's MJ has played Lineage II regularly, but she's heading back in now in honor of...
Global Chat: Secret World Legends edition
Over the past week, many MMO bloggers returned to the conspiracy-laden regions of Secret World Legends to see if they could answer the million-dollar...
Path of Exile optimizes the crap out of its new beta build
Lag spikes and stuttering framerates may be a thing of the past in Path of Exile. The devs announced that with its next beta...
Marvel Heroes is removing a la carte costumes and making lockboxes easier to get on consoles
If you're playing Marvel Heroes on console and were hoping for a change in how the game handles lockboxes and individual costumes, the good...
The Stream Team: More Marvel Heroes anniversary madness
It's the final week of the big Marvel Heroes anniversary celebration, and that means all of the events are turned on! Of course, that...
EVE Evolved: How much trust is too much in EVE Online?
Of all the headlines to come out of EVE Online over the years, the biggest and most far-reaching have been the stories of massive thefts...
Riders of Icarus offers players the chance to pre-create a new Trickster
The next class for Riders of Icarus is arriving with the launch of the Rise of the Trickster update, the appropriately named Trickster class....
Watch Secret World Legends’ official launch trailer
If you're a The Secret World fan who hadn't already given Secret Worlds Legends a shot -- and given this weekend's exploits and downtime, we wouldn't blame...
Funcom is working on a ‘tactical turn-based strategy’ game
Funcom is apparently keeping itself busy with a new partnership and game. The company's investor relations site has a brief press release with the...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Mordor patch is now in testing – check out the new regions
Mordor comes at you fast, or so it seems with Lord of the Rings Online's next massive update. Standing Stone Games has followed up...
Secret World Legends bans weekend currency exploiters
Yesterday's Secret World Legends downtime turns out to have been a serious one indeed. Players began noticing that the price of Aurum on the...
The MOP Up: Gamescom’s big opening by Angela Merkel (June 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...
Jukebox Heroes: Six goofy RuneScape tunes
Over the past year I've nearly been bested by the unclimbable mountain that is the RuneScape soundtrack. With well over 1,200 tracks currently existing...
E3 2017: Preta Vendetta Rising is multiplayer VR in the right direction
I have a love-hate relationship with VR. I've bought an Oculus Rift and the Touch, but don't play it much these days. Part of...
One Shots: En garde!
It's hard to deny that one of Final Fantasy XIV's newest classes marries style and substance, particularly if you're into a certain swashbuckling aesthetic.
Skoryy...
