business model

By coincidence, two articles in my feeds this past week both centered on video game hoarding - not hoarding the actual games but hoarding...

Challenge servers are so last year. It's 2018, and RIFT is changing course with its idea for a fresh start by creating a server...

"We want everyone to be able to experience Magic: The Gathering." Upon this "simple idea" Wizards of the Coast is building Magic: The Gathering Arena's...

If you know one thing about indie MMORPG Camelot Unchained, it's that CEO Mark Jacobs appears to dwell perpetually in internet comment sections amiably...

"It's as easy as one, two, insert your credit card number here!" So begins the parody at the beginning of the first of two...

During the roundtable podcast a few weeks ago, when we had the whole Massively OP staff on to chat, we tackled a question from Teviko...

This week in MMO crowdfunding, Camelot Unchained fans are stocking up on big bags of popcorn because the announcement has been announced! If you...

Ever since I've been writing this Lord of the Rings Online column -- which spans back to 2010, if you can believe it --...

Video previews of patches are like a chance to try before you buy. Except that you aren't really trying so much as you're watching...

You may not like it, but the vast majority of MMORPGs are free-to-play or buy-to-play as of 2018. EVE Online went free-to-play at the...

Even with all of the discussion going on about lockboxes these days, it doesn't seem to be slowing down the release of such packs...

It was the beep heard 'round the world. Cyberpunk 2077's Twitter account, which has laid dormant since December 2013, suddenly came alive today with a...

Ready to head to new lands in Tamriel? A dataminer discovered some evidence that seems to confirm the long-running rumor about the location of the...

We don't often cover cash shop updates for MMOs, and lockboxes are not our favorite thing, but Guild Wars 2's cash shop and lockbox...

It's almost time to get your Skyrim nostalgia on! ZeniMax announced last night that the Dragon Bones DLC and accompanying freebie update 17 have...

Last year, Massively OP commenter deekay_zero proposed this topic as a joke award, but when we ran it as a Daily Grind, it prompted...

This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen devs gave a first look at game's brand-new website, which is due to launch later in January. It's...

It's the distant future. The high-tech battle armor you wear sharply contrasts with the ruins of civilization that you traverse. You spot an enemy...

One of the reasons we and our readers admire Warframe is that this title hasn't descended into the questionable, aggressive, and despised business tactics...

Last year was positively stuffed with updates, expansions, and cool stuff. A lot of years I struggle to remember which major updates happened in...