‘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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Choose My Adventure: Gearing up for Black Desert
I’m going to be honest with you, folks; the last Choose My Adventure installment left me feeling kind of depressed. It’s a shame to...
Path of Exile may have suffered a user data breach
Path of Exile may have suffered a data breach in March. We say "may" because even Grinding Gear Games isn't entirely sure what was...
Jukebox Heroes: Your favorite MMO themes, #12-7
It's starting to get serious now.
As we well know, people are highly opinionated about everything, but when it comes to music, there seems to...
Warframe broke its concurrency record, again, with Octavia’s Anthem
Remember back in November when Warframe pushed out The War Within and broke its concurrency record? Last week's techno-bard-themed Octavia's Anthem did it again....
The Stream Team: Taking an anniversary stroll in RuneScape
What do you do when a game you've always intended to check out has an anniversary? Massively OP's MJ dives in to play --...
Hyperspace Beacon: Star Wars The Old Republic will finally allow us to switch factions
Long-time players of Star Wars: The Old Republic: In the next update 5.2: The War for Iokath, you will finally be able to switch...
Star Trek Online announces Season 13: Escalation, coming April 25 on PC
PWE has just announced Star Trek Online's next season: Escalation. It lands on April 25th for PC players and continues the ongoing Tzenkethi plotline....
RIFT’s Forged in Flame update today will treat endgamers to new content, LFR tools
MMORPG players can use some happy news today, yeah? How about this: RIFT's Forged in Flame patch is officially live.
The core of the update...
Enter to win a copy of Guardians of Ember courtesy of InselGames and Massively OP
Guardians of Ember has today updated its early access with a brand-new class: the wicked poisoner known as The Dark Knight.
"The Dark Knight represents...
Exclusive Interview: Funcom on the Secret World Legends reboot and the end of updates for The Secret World
MJ sits down with Funcom to get more detailed answers on the Secret World Legends reboot -- and what it means for loyal fans of MMORPG The Secret World.
ArcheAge begins Lantern Festival, ignites currency controversy
Over on the ArcheAge Reddit, people are grumpy. No, stay with me; they might have a point here. Trion kicked off an odd sort...
The Daily Grind: What anticipated MMO expansion turned out to be a disappointment?
It's with a heavy heart that I have to admit that RIFT: Starfall Prophecy kind of let me down. I was really, genuinely looking...
Skyforge’s PlayStation 4 version is now playable in early access
Skyforge's PlayStation 4 version has officially launched today -- without much hoopla -- into an early access (head start) period for those who picked...
The Stream Team: EverQuest’s anniversary Pub Crawl
Last time, Massively OP's MJ had to cut her EverQuest anniversary bar-hopping short when she didn't have the right booze. Luckily, the anniversary events...
SuperData February 2017: World of Tanks perks up, Hearthstone is sinking
Happy SuperData day! That's the monthly holiday when we pore over the market analysis report, freak out over something doing well, freak over something...
League of Legends’ Ghostcrawler on diversity vs. politics in gaming
Don't think politics belong in games? Maybe your problem is a mangled understanding of what politics is. That's the gist of a blog piece...
Path of Exile teases Nazi-inspired Oriath expansion baddies
Pumped for Path of Exile's upcoming Fall of Oriath expansion? Grinding Gear Games must be too, given the parade of videos it's slipping out....
The Stream Team: EverQuest II-sday, Monday edition
Why would Massively OP's MJ have an EverQuest II-sday on a Monday? With so many anniversaries lately, she couldn't not celebrate this one that...
World of Tanks players raised cash for kids during last year’s War Child campaign
Wargaming announced today that World of Tanks players raised a huge sum of money for children in need last year. Last summer, the video...
Path of Exile has ‘a lot more expansions coming’
Pretty much every MMO player dreams of sitting his or her favorite developers down to get the honest and direct truth. While Grinding Gear...
