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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Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on new job abilities for Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail
I'm not going to lie: It feels as if Dawntrail kind of leaped into action with the Final Fantasy XIV fandom. The fan festival...
Square-Enix Q1 2024: Profits plummet as it promises to ‘reboot and awaken’
The opening quarter of the 2024 fiscal year indeed isn't a good one for Square-Enix. Shortly after the company warned investors of "extraordinary losses"...
The Stream Team: Braving the Bozjan Southern Front in Final Fantasy XIV
MOP's Chris hasn't really dug in to the Bozjan Southern Front content in Final Fantasy XIV, mostly because he's tried doing it himself, and...
One Shots: Where’s the seatbelt on this thing?
As flashy and fun as it might be to adventure in a galaxy far, far away, I don't think any of us would last...
Echoes of Elysium’s Jeff Hickman talks lore, airship fleets, and Loric’s current development
Loric Games has been on our radar for a few years now, being a studio founded by Mythic Entertainment vets, and last month, the...
WoW Factor: How World of Warcraft makes you cheer for removing features
Yesterday, MOP's Justin wrote a column about The Elder Scrolls Online that detailed its key virtues. It's a good column, and one of the...
Pearl Abyss Q1 2024: Revenues hold steady as Crimson Desert gears up for reveals
Pearl Abyss makes its English financials website a bit of a navigation nightmare, but the company's Q1 2024 earnings presentation is indeed up -...
WoW Classic hosts a ‘welcome back weekend’ with free play through May 13 for Cataclysm’s pre-patch
These days, it feels as if World of Warcraft is trying to make you choose whether you want to live with WoW Classic or...
The Daily Grind: What’s the longest you’ve ever spent working on a specific MMO goal?
The other day, I saw a tweet from Wowhead that quoted Blizzard confirming that it's meant to take a long, long time to collect...
Massively Overthinking: Why and how we mod our MMORPGs
Last week, the MOP team was sitting around in our virtual offices, talking about modding Elder Scrolls Online, all because some of our readers...
Vague Patch Notes: The problem with forever adding classes to MMOs
The second expansion for Final Fantasy XI, Chains of Promathia, launched to extremely mixed reception, and there was one overwhelming reason for that lack of...
Final Fantasy XIV brings back the Make it Rain campaign with an Imp-possible reward
How you feel about the reward from this year's Make it Rain campaign in Final Fantasy XIV will depend on how you feel about...
Final Fantasy XIV starts another hunt for Moogle tomestones on May 14
If you long for irregular tomestones of any variety, Final Fantasy XIV has you covered starting on May 14th. Yes, it's time for another...
Perfect Ten: 10 favorite features that pairs of popular MMOs share
Even though all MMORPGs compete for our time, affection, and -- above all else -- money, it doesn't mean that they can't get along....
World of Warcraft’s latest patch, Dark Heart, is now live
It's time to go all-in on sisters and sinning! Wait, that sounds way worse than it was supposed to. It's not our fault; the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 468: Give ’em Helldivers 2
Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR's update 7.5, Daybreak's headcount, the Helldivers 2 fiasco, and freebies from Elder Scrolls Online and DDO, with adventures in SWG Legends and LOTRO, plus mailbag topics on why we haven't had a new blockbuster MMORPG in a while and whether MMOs will return to an era of experimentation.
EVE Online’s latest video details how the Equinox expansion will ‘reinvigorate’ nullsec
When the Equinox expansion arrives for EVE Online on June 11th, it'll dramatically overhaul and "reinvigorate" nullsec space - the game's designation for lawless...
WoW Classic annoys roleplayers with Season of Discovery server merges
How do you do a merge without technically calling it a merge? Well, you close down a server for new players and give everyone...
Final Fantasy XIV strives to recover from yesterday’s heavy DDOS attack
If you, like me, experienced a difficult time logging in and staying logged into FFXIV last night, you're not alone. Square Enix confirmed that...
Second Wind: World of Warcraft’s radically casual new endgame
Today we're going to be dusting off Second Wind, a column where we revisit MMOs of the past. It's an older column, sir, but...
