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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Massively Overthinking: How do you maintain your health while binging MMORPGs?
Kotaku put out a piece this week on how to game without wrecking your body, something that's probably bound to come up in the...
World of Warcraft reveals Battle for Azeroth plans
The information dam seems to have broken with World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, and we are all about to be swept away in...
The Stream Team: A first free look at Ultima Online
Have you ever seen a complete newbie in Ultima Online? You can today! Massively OP's MJ has never played the game, but with today's...
Ultima Online’s F2P conversion, Endless Journey, is officially live with new ‘deluxe starter pack’
At 20 years old, Ultima Online is finally doing what its EA-backed handlers at Broadsword once said it would never do: It's going free-to-play.
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Choose My Adventure: Warframe in review
It's funny how presentation problems can have such a huge impact on the same product.
Warframe, as a game, is almost crippled by its lack...
World of Warcraft’s Battle for Azeroth expansion launches August 14
Who had August in the poll? Anybody have August 14th specifically? Because that, my friends, is precisely when World of Warcraft's Battle for Azeroth expansion...
World of Warcraft is retiring its remote auction house — but don’t panic just yet
If you've gotten used to perusing and trading on World of Warcraft's auction house from the mobile app, brace yourself for some slightly shocking...
Ultima Online is officially going free-to-play on Thursday, outlaws multiboxing
If you didn't already know that Ultima Online is planning to go free-to-play, you probably still wouldn't be able to tell without reading between...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 164: Shroud of the Heroes
Justin and Bree discuss April Fools' Day across the MMO world, RIFT, DDO, Trove, Guild Wars 2, WoW, Sea of Thieves, Shroud of the Avatar, SWTOR, and FFXIV, with mailbag questions on MMO tourist modes and character customization.
World of Warcraft kicks off Noblegarden through April 9
May World of Warcraft offer you an egg in this trying time? How about several eggs? Look, the point is that Noblegarden has arrived,...
GDC 2018: Hands-on with Elder Scrolls Online’s Summerset and a chat with ZeniMax’s Rich Lambert
Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset was announced during GDC 2018, which may or may not have surprised you, depending on how many spoilers you'd already...
Wisdom of Nym: The jobs of Final Fantasy XI compared to Final Fantasy XIV
With 30 years of history, Final Fantasy as a series has had lots of riffs on the same basic ideas. It's the only thing...
GDC 2018: How to get exploiters to happily surrender in EVE Online
EVE Online is not known for being a happy place. It's shown even in mass media as a cutthroat world of war and theft. Dealing...
Camelot Unchained underwent serious testing in March
When the planets align and the junction of a month's end coincides with a week's conclusion, you know you're in for a whole bunch...
EVE Evolved: Get ready for EVE Fanfest 2018!
There's just a week and a half to go before EVE Fanfest 2018, the biggest event in the EVE Online social calendar. The event kicks...
Dark Age of Camelot’s killer bunny will make you soil your armor
Oh crap. You weren't good this year, were you. Instead of getting the Cadbury Bunny, with all of its chocolate-sugar bomb goodness, your indescretions...
WildStar compensates players for March downtime
WildStar's North American server, Entity, recently went through the ringer as a procedure during downtime to optimize its backend caused a host of issues...
One Shots: Bleeding edge graphics
When you step back to think about it, it is amazing that we are living in a day and age in which we can...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO NPC do you love to mock?
Hell hath no sarcasm like MMO gamers who find a particular NPC to be a little too annoying, repetitive, or otherwise goofy. Then the...
SuperData’s February 2018 revenue summary shows Fortnite’s dominance
Fortnite isn't just a hit for Epic: It's a hit for the whole industry. That's according to SuperData's latest report, which ranks PC, console,...
