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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One man, one MMORTS, one early access release
After seven years of development by a man named Robert Basler, The Imperial Realm: Miranda has finally released into early access.
Miranda was inspired by...
World of Warcraft floats away in its Balloon Festival
Stressed out with life? Feeling like everything is dragging you down? Then take a break from your worries and float away on a hot-air...
NCsoft Q1 2017: Tumbles for Lineage, Guild Wars 2, plus new leadership for Lineage Eternal
NCsoft's first quarter financials for 2017 have released, and... well, let's get the bad news out of the way. While sales dropped only slightly...
Perfect Ten: My MMO hate list
One thing that I strive for in my professional career is basing things on sources more robust than my own biases. That's not to...
Final Fantasy XI preps a new event for its 15th anniversary
It's been 15 years now since Final Fantasy XI first launched in Japan, and the game is still receiving updates to this day. (Seriously,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 116: Bree’s virtual garage sale
Justin and Bree discuss Ashes of Creation, Blizzard, Darkfall Rise of Agon, Guild Wars 2, Marvel Heroes, WildStar, Neverwinter, SWTOR, and Ultima Online, with a mailbag question on sandbox MMOs.
World of Warcraft publishes new character profile system
The old World of Warcraft Armory -- now the Profile Page -- has a big update today, and while Blizzard says "the new Profiles look...
Leaderboard: What do you do with your stuff when you quit an MMORPG?
On today's podcast, Justin teased me for running a virtual yard sale as I attempt to clean out my house in Ultima Online. I'm...
Global Chat: Die inventory management die!
Do you have inventory management with the passion of a thousand burning suns? Have you lost most of the vision in your left eye...
EVE Online’s patch today changes PLEX and adds new Blood Raider ships and shipyards
The bad news for EVE Online fans is that the game is going to require extended downtime today. There's nothing to be done about...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs would you include among the greatest RPGs of all time?
Massively OP reader Francois recently pointed us to IGN's Top 100 RPGs of All Time, which we thought was worth a nod since unlike...
Final Fantasy XI offers crabs and rare allies for its latest login campaign
This May marks the 15th anniversary of Final Fantasy XI, and so it only makes sense to have the month's login campaign offer all...
WildStar is finishing its switch to ProtoBucks instead of NCoins
The conversion to a proprietary currency for WildStar microtransactions is almost complete. While WildStar has been using NCoins (NCsoft's microtransaction currency), it introduced ProtoBucks...
Log into EVE Online for 14th birthday presents and prep for tomorrow’s spring release
2003 was a fantastic year for MMORPGs, as anyone around for it can probably attest. In the span of two months that year, we...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward in review – the trials
At a preliminary glance, I think we've got about three more weeks of this particular feature, including this column. That sounds like a lot,...
The Daily Grind: Is there an MMORPG you find too daunting to return to?
Last week, Blizzard Watch published a post discussing the problem with grinding -- but maybe not the problem you're thinking. Matt Rossi explained that he...
Listen to these brand-new Guild Wars 2 and EVE Online music tracks
An odd but interesting connection between Guild Wars 2 and EVE Online is that both games use Soundcloud extensively to post their soundtrack pieces...
The MOP Up: SMITE’s console mea culpa (May 7, 2017)
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...
Massively Overthinking: Competitive PvE in MMORPGs
During last week's podcast, Justin and I bumped into a tangential topic about competitive PvE and how relatively rare it is in MMORPGs, which...
Camelot Unchained shifts dev focus to beta gameplay
From the sound of this week's Camelot Unchained newsletter, the team at City State is having a lot more fun now that beta development...
