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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Perfect Ten: The stages of the MMO life cycle
To this day, no one has a quote as useful on the subject of life and death as E. B. White: "We're born, we...
Final Fantasy XIV shows off the sound design that went into Shadowbringers in a new video
The sound design of Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers was a strong part of the expansion from the moment the first trailer showed up at...
Ultima Online’s 108th update is live with housing decay overhaul and Treasures of Tokuno
Ultima Online may be a million years old, but it's still getting updates, and in fact, its 108th publish has officially dropped on the...
EVE Online pledges Loyalty to Lowsec with today’s update
Traveling through the void of EVE Online is about to get significantly spicier, especially if you jump to lowsec areas of space. Today's Loyalty...
SuperData February 2020: Fortnite returns to the top 10 as analysts predict COVID-19 impacts
SuperData is back with another monthly report on the state of the games industry's revenue, unbowed and unbent from its tussle with Epic Games...
The Daily Grind: What once-popular MMORPG terminology has fallen out of use?
Let's play with words. A while back I saw someone describing the act of MMO banksitting on Twitter without actually using the term. It's one...
Felicia Day releases an unifinished World of Warcraft machinima sitcom
Say you're stuck in self-imposed or locally mandated quarantine in the wake of the novel coronavirus and you've blitzed through all of your TV...
EVE Online addresses cheaters, elaborates on tomorrow’s faction war updates
EVE Online has a whole lot to talk about, both on its official site and in the weekly EVE Pulse video series. This week,...
COVID-19 roundup: GameStop, unions call foul, Square-Enix, race cars, Blizzard, Skyforge, and Ultima Online housing
Welcome back to another quick roundup of news bits all about how COVID-19 has impacted even our MMO corner of the gaming world. Also...
Wisdom of Nym: Expected expansion features still unseen in Final Fantasy XIV
We're still not into the period of time in which we'll learn about patch 5.3 for Final Fantasy XIV. Indeed, there's a lot of life left...
Valve’s Gabe Newell discusses the time he was a gold farmer in World of Warcraft (for research)
Apparently, Gabe Newell -- you know, the billionaire president of Valve who has enough money to, say, throw it into the bonfire of rejiggering...
Final Fantasy XIV brings Hatching-Tide around with a new sort of bunny suit
It's almost time for the latest iteration of Hatching-Tide to hop back into Final Fantasy XIV, and this year you can indulge in any...
The MOP Up: Big huge numbers for Monster Hunter World and Sky
We assume that there are some of you out there who get an injection of dopamine anytime that we mention Big Huge Numbers here...
Jukebox Heroes: Warframe’s soundtrack
I'm always keeping an ear out for recommended soundtracks from our readers here at Massively OP, and one that seems to get pushed my...
World of Warcraft shows even more flexibility with its essence system
We all know that getting Blizzard to be flexible is like slathering Bengay onto your arthritic grandparent and urging them to join you in...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever been hit by an MMO banhammer?
When I wrote the above question, I had to sit back for a long minute to think over the two-plus decades of my MMO...
EVE Online rolls out faction war changes for testing
The latest changes to EVE Online's faction war system are not yet on the game's live server, but they are available for players to...
World of Warships offers free premium play, World of Warcraft doubles experience during the outbreak
If you're not used to being home a lot, you're probably a little twitchy right now and angling for something to do. Fear not:...
The Game Archaeologist: Shenmue Online
If you ever stumble across a Dreamcast enthusiast -- and believe me, they are everywhere -- on the forefront of their diatribe about how...
WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Warlords of Draenor
Oh barf.
Yes, folks, it... it had to happen. We had to get to this expansion. I know, none of us really want to. World of Warcraft...
