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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The MOP Up: Dungeons & Drama Online (January 31, 2016)
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...
One Shots: Kneel before Zod
As if MMOs didn't already give us big enough heads, what with everyone treating us as if we were the saviors of the world...
The Game Archaeologist: Perpetual’s Star Trek Online
If you're among the legions of Trekkies, then you are almost certainly aware of Cryptic Studios' Star Trek Online. Since early 2010, players have...
Camelot Unchained’s new website is live
The Camelot Unchained team was back to work to work this week, confirming that City State's brand-new (and much more mobile-friendly) website is up and...
WoW Factor: Why Legion’s alpha/beta label is a hair worth splitting
The Legion alpha is back, and it is still an alpha. And I want to to stress, not for the first time, that I...
Massively Overthinking: The cynicism of modern MMO Kickstarters
This week we've been abuzz about Smed's Hero's Song Kickstarter cancellation - the KS more than the game, mostly because the game is happening...
WoW’s latest Legion alpha build revises talent loadouts, glyphs
The alpha testing for World of Warcraft's next expansion is rolling along and getting just a little bit bigger. Another build has been deployed,...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO fantasy creature?
The other day in Final Fantasy XIV I was taken aback when I saw a Lalafell prancing around on a unicorn. You might think...
Global Chat: Oculus Rift, GW2’s philosophy shift, and emulator exploration
The high cost of Oculus Rift brought a lot of discussion to the MMO blogosphere recently, with writers taking sides for and against the...
Superdata says League of Legends makes more money than any other game you play
Let's just get this out of the way: Superdata is a research firm that sells its data analysis. It doesn't disclose its methodology or...
Classic Korean MMORPG Knight Online lands on Steam
As promised, Knight Online has officially landed on Steam this week. The classic Korean MMO originally launched in 2004, the same year that World...
NCsoft is porting its MOBA Master X Master to the West
NCsoft has just announced that it's porting Master X Master, its MOBA, to western shores "later this year."
https://twitter.com/PlayMXM/status/692347333556715520
The MOBA brings together characters from multiple...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 48: Blade & Soul runner
Justin and Bree discuss Blade & Soul, Black Desert, Hero's Song, City of Steam, NCsoft, Diablo III, and FFXIV, with a mailbag question on global chat jerks.
EVE Online event encourages players to help construct the first Citadel stations
Even in games set far in the future, people still think about living in the World of Tomorrow. EVE Online players are already experiencing...
WildStar offers players a weekend of doubled Prestige
Do you like to PvP in WildStar? Would you especially like having even more rewards than you normally get from said PvP? Because this...
How Star Wars: The Old Republic won me over with its endgame
I walked away from last week's Star Wars: The Old Republic livestream pretty happy. Considering that I repeatedly say how much I absolutely loathe...
Wisdom of Nym: Potential jobs for the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion
We're going to be hearing about the next expansion to Final Fantasy XIV in... several months, actually. We're in no kind of rush here....
Alleged WildStar ex-devs gripe about Carbine
A series of quotes on WildStar's subreddit this past weekend has caused quite a stir in that game's community, as alleged former Carbine developers have...
Warcraft rolls out a new TV spot, posts set pics with game references
World of Warcraft fans shouldn't worry too much that the upcoming movie will be devoid of cheeky references to their favorite game. Director Duncan...
EVE Evolved: Should CCP start developing Walking in Stations again?
In all the time that I've been writing about EVE Online, one of the most common recurring comments is that the game badly needs...
