subscription

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.

Thinking over.

Wisdom of Nym: How Final Fantasy XIV’s latest housing war was won and where it got us

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With the removal of the perpetual server restrictions and the opening of personal housing again, Final Fantasy XIV seems to have decided that its...

The Daily Grind: Can a sub still work for MMORPGs in 2018?

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Last week, almost buried in the avalanche of other news was a datapoint from SuperData that the analytics firm characterized as bad news for...

EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s March balance update has players excited

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The EVE Online community came down pretty hard on CCP Games at the start of the year, with podcasts, blogs, and the Council of...

The MOP Up: Closers chooses its next character (March 4, 2018)

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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: Elder Scrolls Online’s disguised gameplay

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It seems as though some players' attention has shifted back to Elder Scrolls Online this spring, especially with the recent Dragon Bones DLC drop. Telwyn...

One Shots: This is too weird for even me

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I like to think that I have a fairly open mind when it comes to accepting strange sights and races in fantasy MMORPGs, but...
We're actual size, but it seems much bigger to see.

WoW Factor: Examining the composition of the Alliance

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Watching as speculation and mining swirls around the Mag'har as a future allied race, I can't help but start thinking about the bigger picture...

Massively OP’s guide to getting into RIFT Prime

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With the RIFT Prime server going live next week (on Wednesday, to be precise), a lot of renewed interest has sprung up over this...
Too bad, very sad.

New followers are mined out for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth

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If you'd hoped that the idea of follower missions would go away in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, we're sorry to inform you...

The Daily Grind: What’s the weirdest MMO peripheral you’ve ever seen?

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Massively OP is heading to GDC this year, which means we're being deluged by PR from techware and software companies that'll be on site....

Massively Overthinking: MMOs belong in a museum!

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Let's talk game preservation. We've been covering MADE's attempt to convince the government to tweak its interpretation of the DMCA to basically allow museums,...
Tough luck, no buy.

EVE Online announces plans to start retiring items from its in-game store

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The problem facing EVE Online's in-game store, according to the most recent development update, was that it was stuffed full of cosmetic items and...

World of Warcraft emulators forge forward in a post-Classic announcement era

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Curious about what's going to happen to all of those World of Warcraft legacy emulators with WoW Classic on the way? It doesn't look...
This is not Eureka.

Final Fantasy XIV previews the contents of the upcoming patch 4.25

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If you've already done all there is to do in the most recent Final Fantasy XIV patch, you won't be able to say that...
I am also seething.

World of Warcraft’s Seething Shore is a new battleground available now

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The next expansion for World of Warcraft is going to have a lot of focus on the faction conflict, so why not get geared...

Camelot Unchained has 126 days to get everything ready for Beta 1

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One hundred and twenty-six days. That's the current countdown timer reading as Camelot Unchained looks ahead to its July 4th beta launch, and it...

Battle Bards Episode 116: There be dragons

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Mighty and majestic, scaly in hide and shrewd of mind, smoking with fury unabated… these are the Battle Bards! Also, dragons. Yes, in today’s...
EN FUEGO!

Ultima Online’s 99th update preps free-to-play conversion, adds new official forums

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Before the free-to-play conversion for Ultima Online launches this spring, Broadsword is hard at work updating the early game experience for the newbies and...

SuperData says ‘pay-to-play’ MMOs declined again in January 2018

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SuperData published its January recap of the worldwide digital games market this week, and the analytics firm doesn't have much good to say for...

Raph Koster on the ESA’s DMCA battle: ‘Preservation matters’

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Remember last week when we covered how the Entertainment Software Association is fighting a proposal to amend the DMCA that would help preserve online...

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