‘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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World of Tanks’ new global map debuts Wednesday
World of Tanks is getting a new global map this Wednesday. The revamped map has been in open beta for a couple of months,...
Star Trek Online invites the players to help hunt down bugs
Bugs. They plague every online game, no matter how hard the designers try to hunt them down. So Star Trek Online is seeking an...
Devilian spotlights the Cannoneer
How would you like to play a character who looks like a 10-year-old with a short skirt and a large cannon? If your response...
ArcheAge is gifting players free griffins next month
The griffin: half-eagle, half-lion, and soon to be all yours. ArcheAge players will soon have the opportunity to snag one of these flying beasts...
The MOP Up: Fishing Planet will rule all
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: They’ll swallow your soul
Sometimes you can't help but take a screenshot of what is otherwise nightmare fuel, because perhaps in freezing a scene in its tracks, you...
The Daily Grind: Are lifetime subs ever worth it?
Seeing Champions Online's lifetime subscription go on sale last week -- for the "low" price of $200 -- made me think once again what...
Neverwinter nerfs high-level mobs, grants increased XP
Neverwinter is making some changes to the leveling curve between 60 and 70. A dev blog released this week says that the team has...
Champions Online overhauls events and offers sales
Events are the real thing to do at this point in Champions Online; there's not a whole lot of new updates in the pipe...
WildStar gives free store currency to patch testers
Right now WildStar's free-to-play update is deep into closed beta testing, with one of the hottest new features being the game's upcoming cash shop....
Leaderboard: What’s your favorite Funcom MMO?
Earlier this week, news of Funcom's dwindling financial fortunes kind of depressed me. And judging by our comments, it depressed a number of you,...
Here’s ‘everything you need to know’ about ArcheAge server merges
Trion's latest ArcheAge website update purports to tell us everything we need to know about ArcheAge's upcoming server transfers. Now, my first thought was...
RuneScape convention sells out, fans post 324-page history of the game
If you ever thought that RuneScape was a piddly title beneath your notice, then here's a wake-up call for you today. The game's upcoming...
Marvel Heroes previews new Mystic Mayhem event
Limbo is returning to Marvel Heroes, retuned for a new challenge and a new era. Yesterday, Gazillion unleashed a preview of the upcoming Mystic...
Massively Overthinking: How seriously do you take MMO lore?
Kickstarter donor Alien Legion has proposed an intriguing question about lore in MMORPGs.
"Back in my World of Warcraft days, I mentioned to a friend that I would...
This Russian Black Desert trailer is worryingly appealing
I should have learned my lesson after the debacle that was ArcheAge, but a part of me is still somewhat excited to play the western...
Grab a Warframe credit booster just in time for the Infested Nightmare bonus reward weekend [All gone now!]
Warframe is preparing a multi-day Infested Nightmare bonus reward event this weekend complete with Double Affinity, special deals, and High Level Alerts, and if you're planning to...
Perfect Ten: Ten MMO futures that never were
One of the things I spend a lot of time thinking about is Operation Unthinkable. For those of you who don't feel like clicking...
Riot may reconsider a sandbox mode for League of Legends
When players asked for a sandbox mode for League of Legends, Riot Games said no. This made a large number of players very vocally...
Today is the last day to play Infinite Crisis
In case you had forgotten, Infinite Crisis is shutting down for good on August 14th. That makes today the last real day to play...
