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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.

Global Chat: Has No Man’s Sky finally arrived as a full-featured game?

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It's been a year since the disastrous and controversial launch of No Man's Sky, a game with failings that included, among many others, a...

Camelot Unchained on the perks of RvR PvP and overdelivering on tech promises

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Were you worried that Camelot Unchained would slack off on its newsletters whilst in the pre-beta crunch? You needn't have -- this month's missive...

World of Warcraft tokens reach record prices thanks to Destiny 2

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Remember back in World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, when a shave and a haircut cost you a nickel and a WoW token was...

Battle Bards Episode 104: Something wicked this way comes

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And lo, as the Battle Bards walk through the zone of the shadow of death, they will fear no evil, but they will listen to evil’s...
Just barely avoided this fate.

Perfect Ten: The 10 saddest MMORPG stories

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Every MMO tells a story through the run of its life. A lot of those stories are pretty happy, too. Ultima Online may not...
Very dynamic.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 133: Gaming Gamescom

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, sunsets for Ghost in the Shell Online and SkySaga, Closers, ArcheAge 4.0, Star Citizen's Gamescom demo, SWTOR, and WoW Argus, with mailbag questions on Marvel Heroes and MMORPGs as a drug, plus a PAX West preview.

CCP’s VR sports game Sparc has arrived on PSVR today

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Remember CCP's multiplayer VR sports sim Sparc? We first heard about it back in February, and now as planned, the Icelandic studio known best for...

Microsoft encourages industry to talk about crossplay cooperation

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If games industry giants can be seen as extremely territorial siblings, each jealously guarding his or her own possessions and unwilling to work with...

World of Warcraft rockets to Argus in patch 7.3 today

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At last year's BlizzCon, when Blizzard first announced World of Warcraft fans would someday be trekking to Argus, it seemed so distant to many...
Live together.

WildStar explains the operation of communities

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Everyone lives with everyone else with the next WildStar update; you form a community and everyone gets to be together. Although perhaps it's not...

Shroud of the Avatar’s R45 launches Thursday, Oktoberfest-themed fundraiser begins next week

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Shroud of the Avatar is gearing up for one of its like-clockwork monthly releases: 45 on Thursday. In preparation, this week's newsletter features a...

Raph Koster on roleplaying consent and emotes in Star Wars Galaxies and WoW

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MMORPG designer Raph Koster has a fun piece out today, ostensibly about what he's dubbing "consent systems" in multiplayer games that include roleplaying --...
Book 'em

Wisdom of Nym: Four years since Final Fantasy XIV’s relaunch

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I find it kind of wild to think that when I wrote my last Final Fantasy XIV anniversary column, we hadn't yet actually heard...
Evil Planet Land!

World of Warcraft slashes Legion’s price ahead of 7.3 Shadows of Argus

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Displaying a level of pomp and hype that is normally reserved for an MMO expansion or perhaps the impending visit from the Queen of...
The boys are back.

World of Warcraft shows off the Seat of the Triumvirate dungeon on Argus

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When players land on Argus in World of Warcraft's next major patch, they will be walking through a place with plenty of history and...

The MOP Up: State of Decay 2’s multiplayer mayhem (August 27, 2017)

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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...

Final Fantasy XIV synergizes with Dominos and Netflix, throws a huge Mog Station sale

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Like a mighty team of warriors coming together for a final boss battle, Square Enix has partnered up with some interesting companions to spread...

One Shots: Alien sunset

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I will admit that I've been craving a good space exploration sim lately -- the burn to "explore strange new worlds" is rising inside...

The Game Archaeologist: Furcadia

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Let's face it: There isn't really a huge pool of MMORPGs from the 1990s to explore in this column. By now I have done...
Options.

Final Fantasy XIV celebrates another anniversary with The Rising

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Once more, a year has passed in Final Fantasy XIV, and once more the Wandering Minstrel is back around to prompt adventurers to join...

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