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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: Guild Wars 2 needs to get its act together

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Hunter's Insight is a long-time fan and player of Guild Wars 2, but recently he had some pretty harsh words to say regarding the...

Hearthstone dominates digital CCG market with $20M monthly sales

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As the digital card game market continues to outpace its physical counterpart, Hearthstone is coming out on top as one of the dominant forces...

Dark Age of Camelot’s Otherworlds Chapter 3 is now available

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Dark Age of Camelot released the third chapter of its Otherworlds Campaign today. If you missed the prologue as well as chapters one and...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 25: Project Gorgon interview

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Justin and Eliot interview Project Gorgon's Eric Heimburg and hit the highlights of Gamescom 2015, including the WoW: Legion reveal.

Gamescom 2015: WildStar F2P beta is now live!

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The announcement that WildStar developers Carbine Studios plan to make the MMO the latest addition to our ever-growing free-to-play piles happened a while ago...

Strategy space sim Pixel Starships starts early access alpha this month

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If you're anything like some of us and you're a sucker for cutaway management games like FTL, Fallout Shelter, and Star Command, then you...
This wasn't it, Chief.

Pathfinder publishes early enrollment version 10.1

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GoblinWorks has released version 10.1 of Pathfinder Online's early enrollment, according to a company tweet this afternoon. The patch updates the fantasy sandbox's area-of-effect...
Here comes trouble.

Wisdom of Nym: The state of Final Fantasy XIV’s tanks

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I don't generally like "ranking" classes. The best tanking option in Final Fantasy XIV is the one that you like playing the most, and...
Let's do this old gag again.

Gamescom 2015: Blizzard answers more World of Warcraft: Legion questions

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Everyone who cares about World of Warcraft wants to know more about Legion, even though the details are likely to remain vague for the...

EVE Evolved: CCP can’t just focus on EVE Online any more

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The recent announcement of arcade shooter EVE: Gunjack for the Samsung Gear VR has prompted some pretty interesting negative responses from gamers this week. There's...

Order & Chaos 2: Redemption announced for mobile

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"We thought we were saving the world, but we were all deceived." Mobile World of Warcraft clone Order & Chaos Online is getting a sequel...

The Mop Up: FEAR is dead edition

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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...

One Shots: First steps into a greater world

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Do you miss Vanguard? It's been a while now since that particular fantasy world closed its doors to players, but warm memories of the...

Nexus Telegraph: Four things that have me excited about WildStar’s F2P patch

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Hot dog! This past week's stress test of the new fall patch for WildStar (it doesn't have a name yet, and Carbine is getting...

Champions Online’s lifetime sub goes on sale

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Even superheroes deserve a break now and then. Champions Online is temporarily reducing the cost of its lifetime subscription with a month-long sale, giving...

Neverwinter introduces scaling subscription VIP program

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Free-to-play Neverwinter has decided to dip its toes in the neighboring pool of subscriptions, as Cryptic announced that it's now offering a VIP membership...

The Daily Grind: Do MMO studios discriminate against character races?

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Call me silly if you like (or call me maybe), but I do believe that studios consciously discriminate against some of their very own...
Demon Hunters HATE this holiday

Gamescom 2015: More details on World of Warcraft: Legion

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It's only been a day since the announcement of World of Warcraft: Legion, but fans are already eager to learn more about the expansion....
When it comes.

WoW Factor: Analyzing Legion with a critical eye

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All right, let me just say for the record that when it comes to this expansion, my speculation last week was meant as just...
Something something rightfully forgotten film revival, etc.

Camelot Unchained launches community modding effort

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The team behind Camelot Unchained wants the game to have a solid, modifiable interface. That's a commendable goal, but it's also something that's hard...

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