business model

It's now been almost one year to the day that EVE Online officially got a limited free-to-play option, and it's certainly been a boon...

This week in MMO crowdfunding, the Shadow's Kiss devs must be stoked beyond belief, as not only has their Kickstarter reached its goal but...

Last weekend, even Massively OP was obsessing over BlizzCon, and we thought it would be fun to poll the writers, including those who watched...

Whether you play it now or not, chances are that your paths have crossed with World of Warcraft in the past. This is true...

Last week we broke the story that EVE Online developer CCP Games is backing out of the virtual reality games market, closing its Altanta...

The use of the word "toon" to describe MMORPG characters is a contentious one, with fans divided over its annoyance or acceptance. But when...

Oh, Secret World Legends. What are you? Are you a Frankensteinian change forced upon an existing beloved game that sucked some of the life...

Two years ago, NCsoft dealt a harsh blow to a certain subset of gaming fans when it canned the development of Project HON. This...

Pretty psyched that Bless Online is coming to the west on Steam in 2018? So are we! But there are many questions about this...

While it surely won't comfort anyone angrily counting down the days until alpha 3.0's eventual release to all backers, Star Citizen's CitizenCon 2017 delivered an...

Ever wanted to walk around on Coruscant? Star Citizen may be granting your wish, or at least a solid approximation. During this weekend's CitizenCon,...

I remember years ago when then-Massively-columnist Rubi Bayer let loose with a blistering rant on the state of faux beta MMOs. She helmed Betawatch...

Many of you will immediately turn to the free-to-play model of Star Wars: The Old Republic and reject my even thinking about the cash...

The story of Path of Exile is a pretty good one. Four years on, the game has gone from being a rather unknown little...

Former BioWare dev Manveer Heir has piped up on the subject of EA's business model following the shutdown of Visceral Games and the so-called...

Veteran MMO developer Brian Green is perhaps best known for his stewardship over Meridian 59, one of the oldest and long-running online RPGs in...

This week in MMO crowdfunding, the much-anticipated indie sci-fi sandbox Dual Universe dropped a starship-load of tutorials on ship construction, the interface, territory, and...

Hey, Skyforge players! Are you having fun with the newly launched Revenant class? You know, that "mighty warlord, appropriately adorned with impressive armor and wielding...

The ESRB may not be interested in protecting gamers against predatory business model practices like lockboxes, but European regulators may be joining their Chinese...

"When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk Gielinor and there's 200 million in-game gold pieces to be won by the...