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‘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.

Star Trek Online’s tale of two Leetas

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If Star Trek has taught us anything, it's that midriffs and goatees signify that you're from an evil parallel universe -- and that more...
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TERA adds new Hello Kitty mounts, outfits, and pets

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You enjoyed the last round of Hello Kitty merchandise in TERA. This fact is not under debate. You will enjoy more Hello Kitty merchandise...

Marvel Heroes’ Captain America: Civil War promo is live (so get your free hero)

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It's time to get your free Iron Man or Captain America in Marvel Heroes! As part of its massive Captain America: Civil War promotion, Gazillion has...

Giant monsters smash Champions Online, heroes smash back

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Sure, you expect nasty things to come out of a place called Monster Island, but Canada? Why are you getting in on the act...
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The Daily Grind: Should MMO studios be involved in modding their games’ subreddits?

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Reddit is a complicated place with more than its fair share of drama, and that drama spills over into the gaming space from time...

PSA: Your last day to grab a Tree of Savior founder DLC pack is approaching

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If you were still hoping to pick up some founder DLC for Tree of Savior before the launch, heads up: IMCGames has announced that...

Waxing philosophical about SWTOR companions with BioWare’s Charles Boyd

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Just in time for this week's May the Fourth festivities, I spoke to Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Charles Boyd. He currently holds the title...

Atlas Reactor switches from a free-to-play to buy-to-play model

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Trion has decided to launch Atlas Reactor as a buy-to-play game. "During Closed Beta, we’ve been figuring out how to best tune our Free to...

EverQuesting: The gaffe of gating EverQuest II’s content behind a sub

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With last week's release of GU100 in EverQuest II, an interesting conversation reared its head again -- a not necessarily flattering one for Daybreak. While...
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Star Trek Online announces its third expansion: Agents of Yesterday

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Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starships named Enterprise. Their continuing missions have been to explore strange new worlds, to...

Perfect Ten: The final minutes of beloved MMORPGs

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"This is how the world ends," T S Eliot wrote in his famous poem, "not with a bang, but with a whimper." That might well...
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Star Wars: The Old Republic will add weapon tunings outside of the cash shop

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Cosmetic options are a very big part of Star Wars: The Old Republic, so adding a new cosmetic option to the game is going...

TERA teaches you how to fly above your dreams

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Yes, you may have heard that flying mounts are indeed on their way to TERA. But exactly how will you turn the sky into...

Sacrament preps Patreon after failed Kickstarter, shows off the Thief

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Sacrament, the game billing itself as "the evolution of EverQuest," suffered a disappointing Kickstarter in April. After raising a little over $3K of a...

PSA: ArcheAge is retiring inactive names on May 10

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If you like your character name in ArcheAge and you haven't logged into the game for a while, you might want to put a...

The Stream Team: May the Fourth (and free cartel packs) be with you in SWTOR

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What's better than spending May the fourth (be with you) in SWTOR? Spending it with MassivelyOP’s Larry and MJ in SWTOR! The duo continues...

Enter to win a Neverwinter Xbox One boar mount from PWE and Massively OP

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Just in time for this week's Neverwinter: The Maze Engine release on Xbox One and its brand-new mount system, PWE has granted Massively OP 50 mount...

The Stream Team: Rebuilding EverQuest II’s ancient Stein of Maggok

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While searching for an assassin for the latest EverQuest II Heritage Quest, MassivelyOP's MJ also picked up the task of rebuilding the ancient Stein of...

Path of Exile patch adds nine new divination cards

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While bug fixes are always a welcome part of patches, a little extra content is always appreciated! Path of Exile's patch 2.2.2c deployed today,...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s heist-themed ‘Profit and Plunder’ chapter stole the show, literally

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I believe there is only one word to describe Chapter 13 for Knights of the Fallen Empire: cute. For the six chapters prior to...

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