Subscription MMOs are generally those that restrict play to gamers who pay an ongoing fee, usually monthly, though shorter and longer subscriptions, as well as lifetime subs, do exist. Some free-to-play and buy-to-play games also include optional subscriptions.
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City State Entertainment’s Final Stand: Ragnarok heralds the arrival of ‘first access’
It's been some time since we had heard much about Final Stand: Ragnarok, the second game coming from Camelot Unchained developer City State Entertainment;...
The Daily Grind: Are you playing the same MMO at the end of 2020 that you were in January?
I always find it interesting to look back over the gaming journey that I took during the year. If I rewind the calendar all...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2021
So... 2020 didn't go exactly as anyone planned. Our predictions for this past year were pretty janked up by that whole pandemic thing and...
World of Warcraft is making Torghast easier and faster to clear in response to player behavior
Torghast isn't too hard for what the developers had intended in World of Warcraft, but it is too hard for how players had actually been...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offered the best PvP experience in 2020?
A few years back, we retired our award for the best PvP experience in an MMO, largely because neither our writers nor readers really...
Greg ‘Ghostcrawler’ Street confirms that Riot Games is working on a League of Legends MMO
Are you ready for that League of Legends MMO? Because it looks as though it's actually going to be coming your way.
On Thursday evening,...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Business Model
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Business Model, which we could not reach a staff consensus on...
Vague Patch Notes: The verbs of MMOs
Even if you don't like crafting, you should care if your MMO of choice has meaningful crafting. And you should especially care if it...
World of Warcraft welcomes back Winter Veil, raises Canadian subscription rates
Ho ho holy moly, are we at the end of 2020 already? It must be, because World of Warcraft's Feast of Winter Veil is...
CCP Games partners with Sperasoft for the latest in a long line of EVE franchise shooters
It's no secret at all that CCP Games has been working on a new multiplayer online game, or at least it shouldn't be if...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Biggest MMO Disappointment of 2020
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Disappointment of 2020, which was awarded jointly to the cancellation of...
Free character transfers for World of Warcraft are closing on Thursday
Some servers in World of Warcraft are just more populated than others. That's a simple reality. In the hopes of having some players move off...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 301: Hurtling into Oblivion
Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online's Gates of Oblivion, Crimson Desert, Elite Odyssey, Ark 2, Black Desert, WoW Shadowlands, PSO2, LOTRO, EverQuest, and FFXIV, with adventures in WoW, SWTOR, and CoH, and a mailbag topic on CoH Brutes that spirals into meta and endgame discussion.
Rumor: Nexon’s Final Fantasy XI mobile remake has been cancelled
It looks as if the sun has finally set on the never-materialized mobile remake of Final Fantasy XI, as Korean site MTN is reporting that...
World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas evaluates Shadowlands’ launch
Now that we're approaching a month of exploring Shadowlands, Blizzard and players alike have a better idea of how the World of Warcraft expansion...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.4 content
Here's something that I think no one, even me, really acknowledged heading into this particular patch: Final Fantasy XIV set itself up with a really difficult...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Biggest MMO Blunder of 2020
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Industry Blunder of 2020, which was awarded to Blizzard last year...
EVE Online details Winter Nexus events, new Tech 2 Drones as players bash the new character gen
It's not revelatory, it's not always something new, but for EVE Online players that have somehow missed out on hearing everything that's been added...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v4.0
By far, my favorite column to write here at Massively OP (and the one that always takes the longest) is The Game Archaeologist. I've...
The MOP Up: Harry Potter Wizards Unite fights the heavy-hitters
You better bring your A-game and your B-wand to Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, because you're going to be in the virtual fight of your...
