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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Second Wind: World of Warcraft’s Dragonflight story dragonflies right off a cliff
We come now to the third part of our four-part Second Wind series on revisiting World of Warcraft after quitting at the end of...
Final Fantasy XIV confirms four new NA servers and related housing lottery start times for June 11
Final Fantasy XIV already expanded the lineup of NA servers back in 2022 when it introduced the Dynamis data center, effectively adding four more...
New World is rolling out new layered instancing tech Amazon is calling ‘shards’
You might think this is just another post about murdering bunnies in New World, but you're only partly correct. New World is in fact...
EVE Online confirms main stage guest speakers and activities for EVE Fanfest 2025
We're not quite halfway through 2024, but that hasn't stopped CCP Games from talking up EVE Online's 2025 edition of the EVE Fanfest event,...
Final Fantasy XIV releases its updated Dawntrail benchmark, shares initial details for June 14 Live Letter
Today is the day when players can see if the adjustments and updates made to the Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail benchmark tool make their...
Wisdom of Nym: No new crafting or gathering in Final Fantasy XIV
Every new expansion for Final Fantasy XIV has increased the total number of jobs available for players, although the exact numbers have varied from...
World of Warcraft arrives on GeForce NOW’s cloud service, as Blizzard confirms support on the forums
Do you like yourself some cloud gaming? If so, there's a good chance you've investigated or used GeForce NOW's cloud platform, where a single...
The Daily Grind: Ships, mounts, or vehicles – do you have a preferred mount type in MMOs?
MOP's own Chris inspired today's Daily Grind as last week he was drooling all over the newly revealed Elite Dangerous spaceship. "Seeing this new...
The MOP Up: My Time at Sandrock will make you a proper Monster Whisperer
To start off our small news roundup this weekend, let's head over to co-op farm sim My Time at Sandrock, where the devs talked about...
The Stream Team: Taking on the Rathalos battle in Final Fantasy XIV
MOP's Chris is once again trying to come to grips with his excitement for the next Monster Hunter game by... playing Final Fantasy XIV?...
One Shots: Stargazing for incoming asteroids
Now that you've got the Jurassic Park hymn playing in your head from today's headline picture, you're prepared to romp around with dinos, stick...
Final Fantasy XIV will release the second Dawntrail benchmark on June 3
The revised version of Final Fantasy XIV's expansion benchmark is going to be a little delayed, it turns out; an article has gone live...
Vague Patch Notes: Why do so many MMOs fail?
We talk a lot about MMOs that fail here on Massively Overpowered. I wrote a whole column about how our standards of success are...
Massively Overthinking: Is tab targeting a problem in MMORPGs?
This past weekend, MMO designer Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street lobbed another bomb rather cavalierly into the MMORPG discourse, this one about tab targeting. And maybe...
World of Warcraft starts The War Within beta next week while softening power scaling in Mists Remix
Starting on June 5th, World of Warcraft players who pre-ordered the most expensive version of The War Within and a select number of people...
Final Fantasy XIV launches its promotional site for Dawntrail – here are all the new pics!
At the time of this writing, there is less than a month to go until Final Fantasy XIV's next expansion, Dawntrail, enters early access....
Wisdom of Nym: Hands-on with the Final Fantasy XIV TTRPG Starter Set
On some level, the Final Fantasy XIV TTRPG Starter Set was very much a product conceived and released to gauge interest. I don't need...
Casually Classic: Three questions I have for WoW Classic’s probable Pandaria
Oh hey, Cataclysm Classic is here. You can absolutely sense the palpable excitement and community buzz over it, much the same way you can...
EVE Online details Equinox’s updates to corporation features and project management
EVE Online players who either run or belong to a corporation have some things to look forward to when the Equinox update arrives to...
Perfect Ten: The 10 types of MMO guides you find in the wild
Look, folks. I'm a simple man, but I figure out how to handle my own things. I put my pants on one leg at...
