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: What we know so far about Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch
Yes, the latest live letter happened, the fan translations happened, and as one could expect the Final Fantasy XIV fandom has already taken half-translated...
The Daily Grind: What’s the biggest scandal the MMORPG genre has ever seen?
Over the weekend in the Guild Wars 2 spyware article comments, a commenter remarked that Blizzard's Warden spyware was "the biggest scandal in MMOs"...
The MOP Up: Seal Online embraces a cartoony spirit (April 15, 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: Giving Project Gorgon a try
With Project Gorgon now out on Steam early access, many first-time visitors to this strange game are feeling out the world and its systems....
The Game Archaeologist: Lineage
If we judged MMOs by their numbers alone -- and I'm not suggesting we do so -- then the original Lineage would be the...
One Shots: How to go blind in one easy step
As someone who only has one functioning eye, I find that my vision is paramount to my quality of life and personal enjoyment. Plus,...
Final Fantasy XIV confirms its next major patch in late May
If you were watching the most recent Final Fantasy XIV live letter, we can only hope you speak Japanese. It would be pretty hard...
EVE Fanfest 2018: Two EVE players were married by the space pope. Yep.
Of all the fascinating things the EVE Online community has embraced over the game's almost 15-year lifetime, perhaps the most bizarre is space pope...
Massively Overthinking: The best of PAX East and GDC in 2018
The past couple of weeks has been wild as we dispatched writers to GDC in San Francisco and PAX East in Boston to gather...
WoW Factor: Updating data in the wake of Battle for Azeroth’s release announcement
Hooray, we have a release date for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth instead of just a release window! And contrary to what many...
EVE Fanfest 2018: EVE Online’s upcoming ‘Into the Abyss’ expansion sounds incredible
While player capsuleers are undoubtedly the most powerful force in EVE Online, there are some pretty scary NPCs lurking in the depths of space....
Watch EVE Fanfest 2018 live from home right now
EVE Fanfest 2018 has just kicked off here in sunny Reykjavik, and MassivelyOP is on the ground once again to bring you the latest...
The sequel to EVE Online’s Empires of EVE book has already funded on Kickstarter
If glossy coffee table books on MMORPGs are your thing, you'll want to pay attention to Andrew Groen's second Kickstarter effort: He's seeking funding...
Choose My Adventure: Getting started in Ultima Online
The interesting thing about this installment of Choose My Adventure is that it's probably the only time I could ever do this particular title....
EVE Fanfest 2018: EVE Online FPS Project Nova is coming ‘in months, not years’
When CCP Games first made the leap into the first person shooter market with DUST 514, things didn't exactly go to plan. The game...
Taking your first steps into Ultima Online’s free-to-play conversion
If there's one thing I can't do in Ultima Online, it's start fresh with new eyes. That's something that became abundantly clear to me...
EVE Online’s mobile spin-off is called EVE: War of Ascension
While the existence of a mobile game set in the EVE Online universe isn't a secret at this point -- having been revealed all...
Perfect Ten: Why trend-chasing doesn’t work at all for online games
Video games have always been a remarkably insular field; that's the nature of development. Someone produces Super Mario Bros, and a few years later...
EVE Online starts up its SPACE event
You could be forgiven for looking at that headline with a certain degree of confusion. After all, isn't every single day in EVE Online...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 165: Step into the Morninglight
Justin and MJ discuss Secret World Legends, DDO, WoW, Conan Exiles, RIFT, LOTRO, TERA, Ultima Online, ArcheAge, and Star Trek Online, with mailbag questions on combat combos and recapturing former players.
