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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World of Warcraft’s newest cinematic shows a Horde deeply divided
With World of Warcraft players deeply divided on the build-up to Battle for Azeroth -- especially in light of a recent war crime committed...
MMO Community Roundup: Battle for Azeroth bookclub, Secret World fashion show, Ashes of Creation map investigation, and RuneScape Classic preservation
The communities for MMORPGs are what keep these games vibrant and awesome, and today we want to shine a spotlight on various projects and...
WoW Factor: There’s no fixing this Battle for Azeroth story
Let's be totally clear about something: There is no twist waiting for this World of Warcraft story. It doesn't exist. There's no way that...
Riot Games continues to tease the possibility of an MMORPG
What is Riot Games up to these days? The League of Legends studio is intentionally stirring up community interest over its future plans, first...
Ex-World of Warcraft Lead Chris Metzen urges fans ‘don’t panic’ over the current storyline
It's been a fun week watching the World of Warcraft community freak, rage, and despair over the latest chapter of the Battle for Azeroth...
EVE Online is hard at work on fixing downtime and mitigating DDOS attacks
All of the balance changes in the world won't help EVE Online players if the game's servers are down, and considering that the game...
CCP calls NetEase EVE Online partnership a ‘new era for internet spaceships in China’
NetEase is making bold moves this summer. First it threatened to sue battle royale clones in retaliation for PUBG Corp.'s lawsuit. Then it dropped...
Global Chat: The ‘We Don’t Play World of Warcraft’ Club
What do you do when you don't play World of Warcraft but everyone else all around you does and won't stop talking about it...
World of Warcraft fans are not happy with the latest story developments, some try to cope through harassment
So yesterday's latest bit of story in World of Warcraft did not, in fact, delight and amaze fans. Quite the opposite. Reactions on the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 180: Superstoked for heroic MMOs
Justin and Bree discuss the influence of City of Heroes (Paragon Chat, SEGS, Valiance Online, Ship of Heroes, and City of Titans), plus WoW, No Man's Sky, SWGemu, Camelot Unchained, STO, CCP's new MMO, and Rend, with a mailbag entry on comments negativity.
Final Fantasy XI plans new content for its August update
Do you want to fight Iroha in Final Fantasy XI? Of course not, she's a perfect darling and wonderful. But fighting her is one...
The second part of War of Thorns is live now for World of Warcraft
It's time to set a really big tree on fire with this week's update to World of Warcraft's pre-patch War of Thorns. Last week...
World of Warcraft hotfixes leveling to make it easier
No, Blizzard hasn't figured out just yet how it broke leveling with Patch 8.0, but at least the studio is taking steps to institute...
Camelot Unchained’s beta is indeed launching today at noon
It's happpppeeennning! City State Entertainment's Mark Jacobs told us last night that the beta one for his RvR MMORPGÂ Camelot Unchained's will indeed begin today...
Dauntless previous expansion weaponry, plans to roll out expansion chunks as they’re ready
If you like the way Blizzard rolls out WoW expansions - in chunks - then you're going to appreciate Dauntless for much the same...
Worlds Adrift announces its first player council, says the playerbase will pick the next round
Longtime MMORPG fans will know that the concept of player councils and senates, liaisons between the playerbase and the developers, have long been a...
Wisdom of Nym: Examining Final Fantasy XIV’s housing issues (other than availability)
When we talk about issues with Final Fantasy XIV's housing system, the first issue that's going to be brought up - invariably - is...
There are no more PvP servers in World of Warcraft
It finally happened. After years of people claiming that it was happening whenever any change was made to PvP servers that the complainer didn't...
The MOP Up: Citadel gets reignited (July 29, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Global Chat: Getting a handle on Legends of Aria
One of the great benefits of reading the wealth of MMO blogs out there is that you can touch base on a huge variety...
