‘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: Exploring the purpose and plan of this community column
You are no doubt staring at the title image above and thinking to yourself that it really does not look like a Neverwinter screenshot....
League of Legends NA e-sports league reorg means $75K pro player salaries, revenue sharing, and player association
Riot Games is in the midst of a major reorganization of its League of Legends e-sports organization, at least in North America. The company...
Ashes of Creation hires five new team members, shows off snowy environments
As Ashes of Creation takes aim at the $3M line for its Kickstarter campaign, Intrepid Studios announced that it has made several significant hires...
‘Summer of SWTOR’ brings back the MMORPG
Squeaking in just under the wire for the dev team's promised May delivery date, Star Wars: The Old Republic published its (remaining) 2017 roadmap yesterday. The...
Battle Bards Episode 99: Tropical resort
The Battle Bards are on vacation at a tropical beach paradise! In the team’s 99th episode, they examine beach, resort, and island music cues...
Riders of Icarus prepares for major summer overhauls
It's time for some big changes to Riders of Icarus for the summer, and the first round of those changes is happening today. A...
LOTRO patch lays the foundation for its Mordor expansion
We don't even know the name of this fall's Lord of the Rings Online expansion yet, but the game is already laying down the...
Marvel Heroes interview on PC vs console, new characters, and whether PvP is dead
A few weeks ago as pre-launch hype for Marvel Heroes Omega on console was reaching its zenith, we reached out to Gazillion with questions...
Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood preview: Tank jobs
Don't miss the rest of our Stormblood preview coverage!I really wanted Samurai to be a tank. There's not a lot of specific reasoning for...
Global Chat: Freaking out over Destiny 2
Ever since the Destiny 2 reveal, everyone seems to be freaking out about this follow-up MMO shooter. Will it be the new hotness or...
Allods Online trailer hypes Creation update
Just because Allods Online rolled out its Creation update last week doesn't mean that the MMO is finished hyping this major milestone. Yesterday, the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 119: Finalest Fantasy
Justin and Eliot discuss FFXIV, FFXI, Black Desert, Neverwinter, World of Warcraft, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, EverQuest, Allods, and RIFT, with mailbag questions on MMO role homogenization, PvP pay-to-win, and the Marvel Heroes uproar.
PWE posts summer event schedule for Neverwinter, Star Trek Online, Champions Online
"Sun's out, guns out," a PWE press blast quipped today -- all because the MMO studio is kicking off a ton of summer events...
Warframe and Top Cow to produce exclusive comic book series
Well here's a fun bit of news: Warframe is getting a physical comic book run. Digital Extremes announced today that it's signed Top Cow...
The Stream Team: Memorial Day in Marvel Heroes
After a Memorial Day of honoring the ultimate sacrifices of men and women in uniform, Massively OP's MJ is wrapping up her night with...
Caravan Stories to bring cross-platform Pokémon-style action to Japan
While Japan is not exactly the hotbed of MMORPG development, there are a few studios working to put the country on the map for...
TERA’s anniversary event goes out with a bang
You have only a few more days left to squeeze out the fun -- and rewards -- from TERA's fifth anniversary event. The good news...
SWTOR’s development road map is coming this week
It's the end of May, and Star Wars: The Old Republic players are still waiting for that promised road map about the game's development...
The MOP Up: Pox Nora’s PS4 launch (May 28, 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...
One Shots: Action arrested
In tossing out a screenshot challenge last week revolving around combat action shots, you'd think that this would be a piece of cake. After...