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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.

Jukebox Heroes: More MMO Christmas tunes

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Merry Christmas everyone! As you hunker down for family time, presents, eggnog, or simply a quiet day off and some gaming time, chances are...
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The Daily Grind: What was the best new zone added to an MMO in 2018?

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Thanks to MOP reader Agemyth's suggestion back in 2016, we've been debating the best new zone added to an MMO every year. Obviously, your answer...

One Shots: Christmas delivery

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We all know that Amazon delivers pretty much everywhere with its crazy two-day shipping, but did you realize that the company could do so...
This was once controversial!

The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v2.0

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While The Game Archaeologist columns take up the most time of any project I do here at Massively OP, I absolutely love doing them...

CCP announces event schedule for 2019’s EVE Online World Tour

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Not satisfied with their massive yearly Fanfests, the folks at CCP Games are taking EVE on a world tour, and they've just announced the...
Everybody dies.

WoW Factor: The great Superdata fall-off

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The one down side to working ahead is that sometimes your schedule gets nudged around more than expected. I promise that a further look...
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Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 4.5, A Requiem for Heroes, launches on January 8

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It's all coming down in Final Fantasy XIV on January 8th, 2019. Patch 4.5, A Requiem for Heroes, launches on that date, bringing with it...
Big oof.

Pathfinder Online adds enchanting, runs a major multi-week event

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So what is going on with the struggling-yet-still-somehow-alive Pathfinder Online? It turns out that this fantasy title has been chugging its way along in...
Now my stats are good!

There are no Blizzard games in the November 2018 SuperData games revenue ranking, not even WoW

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I did a little double-take when I read SuperData's November 2018 games industry revenue ranking piece today, and not because the title and intro...

Interview: New World’s Rich Lawrence on solving PvP problems and defining the sandbox

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I think it's fair to say that New World is the biggest MMO currently under production in the west, at least among those games...
The hour is nearly here.

Final Fantasy XIV updates its patch site with new haircuts and the next trial

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The next patch for Final Fantasy XIV is arriving in early 2019, and you can check out more of the features of that patch on...
Fences!

Vague Patch Notes: Understanding systems before you talk about them

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Here's a fun question to consider. What were Emblems of Valor and Emblems of Heroism designed to do in World of Warcraft? Yes, they were...
Sparks will fly.

Blizzard rolls out Diablo III season, Hearthstone balance update, and WoW hotfixes as WoW players game for charity

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There's been a lot going on at Blizzard lately: Diablo III has just begun its latest season, the Season of Grandeur, during which all...
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Choose My Adventure: Summarizing our MMO adventures in 2018

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Sometimes I wonder how people think things work behind the scenes here at Massively Overpowered, so let me give a little peek behind the...
And on and on and on...

Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the best value going into 2019

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Here we go, here we go, here we go again. This one is always an interesting column to write because there's a certain amount...

The Daily Grind: Do you start over when you come back to an MMO?

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In looking over my history with MMORPGs this year, one trend leaps out at me: In pretty much every old favorite that I returned...

The day twinkle trees killed Ultima Online’s Christmas

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In a pretty amusing Twitter thread in which game designers admit to goofy and horrible mistakes, Ultima Online creator Raph Koster owned up to...

Massively OP’s 2018 MMO Video Game Music Awards

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We have been talking a lot about what we've been playing this year and what we're looking forward to in 2019 and beyond, but...

Fallout 76 may be flipping on its no-lockboxes vow

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With only days to go until New Year's Eve, Bethesda has to redouble its efforts to run Fallout 76 right into the ground. So...

The Daily Grind: What was the most painful MMO sunset of 2018?

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I have a feeling I know what the answer to this question is going to be for a lot of folks - WildStar is...

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