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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Wisdom of Nym: The state of Final Fantasy XIV’s magical DPS
The purpose of magical damage in Final Fantasy XIV is to ruin everything. Really. You get a huge group of enemies together, and then...
EVE Evolved: Bring on the big expansions again!
When EVE Online's development switched from two major expansions per year to ten smaller releases, the benefits were pretty difficult to argue with. EVE...
The MOP Up: How long would you last in your MMO? (October 4, 2015)
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...
Carbine muses about WildStar on consoles
With the spotlight on WildStar this week, many are thinking about the game's future, including the folks at Carbine. One possibility for the game...
The Game Archaeologist: The assassination of Lord British
At the end of August 2015, the fledgling Shroud of the Avatar community gathered together for a massive PvP fight. This wasn't to be...
Camelot Unchained announces early 2016 beta test
Camelot Unchained looks to be moving into beta testing in early 2016.
In a livestream yesterday, City State Entertainment revealed that the beta should kick off before the...
CCP lays out EVE’s 2015/2016 roadmap
CCP has published a new video featuring its EVE Online roadmap for the rest of this year and well into 2016. Executive producer Andie...
WildStar adds temporary new servers to lighten F2P load [Updated]
There's no question that WildStar's servers have been crushed this week under the weight of the free-to-play population. Carbine admitted that its four "megaservers"...
Massively Overthinking: Graceful MMO free-to-play transitions
In honor of WildStar's free-to-play transition this week, Massively Overthinking is about to overthink the very best F2P transitions ever. Even if you don't...
EVE Online lets you buy all the things right away
You don't have the time to carefully price things out at the moment in EVE Online. You need a whole pile of items right...
World of Warcraft prepares for its annual Halloween event
It's the most wonderful time of the year, everyone. No, not December; it's October and a month full of Halloween-related festivities. World of Warcraft...
Perfect Ten: Why big MMO expansions are a good thing
I'm not really on board with the trend of saying that big expansions are back. They never left. Sure, we have one coming out...
WildStar F2P removes region locks
Buried amid all of the hubbub of WildStar's free-to-play launch is the news that the game is no longer region-locked (although it still does...
WildStar struggles with lag, bugs after F2P conversion [Updated]
It's been a long and stressful day-and-a-half for both WildStar players and Carbine, as the game's free-to-play patch resulted in horrendous lag, lengthy queues,...
The Stream Team: Returning to Final Fantasy XIV
In honor of the anniversary of the original release of FFXIV (before A Realm Reborn), MassivelyOP's MJ is delving back into the beautiful lands...
World of Warcraft adds stuff to its cash shop
Blizzard has added a bunch of character services to World of Warcraft's cash shop. Apparently being able to buy them all "from the comfort...
Camelot Unchained’s newsletter looks at the state of the build and more
Camelot Unchained's 14th newsletter has been sighted in the wild. It says that there will be a beta-focused livestream on Friday, October 2nd, followed...
WoW Factor: A wishlist for World of Warcraft’s Legion expansion
We're going to find out a lot about World of Warcraft:Â Legion in November. Not just because I expect that'll be around the time we...
The Daily Grind: What do you think of WildStar Reloaded so far?
It's been a day since the free-to-play update came out for WildStar, giving veteran, returning, and new players a chance to check out the business...
Jukebox Heroes: Your top 20 favorite MMO soundtracks
I've been a sneaky columnist, my friends. Oh yes I have. In my last Jukebox Heroes I posted my top six favorite MMO soundtracks,...
