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‘Free-to-play’ is a term that refers to games that do not have box or download fees associated with them and do not incur a mandatory subscription. Some have optional subscriptions and are more properly referred to as hybrid F2P. Most have cash shops and microtransactions.

Choose My Adventure: Finding the perfect group activity in RuneScape

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Early on in this month's Choose My Adventure, a reader in the comments mentioned that RuneScape is the perfect game to have a CMA,...

LOTRO kicks off its 12-year anniversary with gifts, Burglar overhaul

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Happy Hobbity birthday wishes to Lord of the Rings Online, which turns 12 years old this week! The Middle-earth MMO released in 2007, taking...

The Stream Team: Creating chaos in Path of Exile

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Path of Exile's Synthesis League is trucking along, as is the Chaos Witch of Massively OP's MJ. She's never played with chaos before, and...

Pirates of the Burning Sea’s new owners aim to revitalize the game after rescuing it from certain doom

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City of Heroes' resurrection and preservation efforts are big news this month, but we've covered similar stories about playerbases rescuing video games from certain...

Neverwinter is making a loony old guy dance in tomorrow’s Undermountain expansion

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In anticipation of the Undermountain expansion launch, Neverwinter took us on a trip behind the scenes on how it made one of the premier...
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Fight or Kite: First impressions of newly free-to-play Albion Online

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As soon as I heard that Albion Online was going free-to-play, I knew where I was going to spend the majority of my PvP...

1998’s Lineage finally adopts free-to-play in Korea

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It's one of the oldest continually running graphical MMORPGs -- and also one of the last free-to-play holdouts in the industry. That last part...

The MOP Up: Population Zero throws a fashion show

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You know how people advise you to "dress in layers" during inclement weather? And you think, "If I'm wearing pants, I'm doing well here,...

Neverwinter previews the Lair of the Mad Mage adventure in latest dev blog

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Many trials await adventurers in Neverwinter's upcoming Undermountain expansion, and the game's latest dev blog is all about one of the final challenges players...

Global Chat: Can you play WoW Classic casually?

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Over at Priest with a Cause, MMO blogger Shintar came up with a great question for those looking to play World of Warcraft's upcoming...

One Shots: Officially Sanctioned Sunday Afternoon Nap Hour

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Shh. Shhhhhhhh. Do not, under any circumstances, make a sound during Officially Sanctioned Sunday Afternoon Nap Hour. Some of us take it very, very seriously and...

Star Trek Online will let you level with a T6 ship ‘very soon’

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Considering how quickly you can level up in Star Trek Online these days (thanks, duty officers!), transferring to new ships every 10 levels has...

LOTRO Legendarium: Ranking LOTRO’s festivals from worst to best

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The schedule for Lord of the Rings Online's special events keeps us hopping most of the year-round, as Standing Stone Games weaves major festivals,...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite version of your MMO’s theme music?

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Recently I've been cruising back through Aion's soundtrack and made a discovery that, in hindsight, seems obvious: There are several different main theme songs...
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APB Reloaded updates players on the state of the engine upgrade, bans, and content updates

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The engine upgrade for APB Reloaded is still coming, but the most recent update on the state of the game addresses why the next...

The Stream Team: Another journey into Albion Online

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It has been quite a long time since Massively OP's MJ has adventured in Albion Online. In fact, it's been so long that even...

Lord of the Rings Online rolls out a new Mac client

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If you play MMOs on a Mac, you know all too well the limitations and hoops you must endure. While some online games don't...

Warframe adjusts Wolf of Saturn Six spawns, releases new and returning Easter items

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In my opinion, you can never truly be taken seriously as a robotic magic space ninja without a proper bunny ear hat. For those...

Perfect Ten: MMOs for puzzle lovers

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Ever find yourself complaining that all of the PvE content in your MMO is nothing but shooting something in the face or chopping down...
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Warframe’s Plains of Eidolon remaster comes to consoles

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If you're a console Warframe player who's been meaning to take another trip to the Plains of Eidolon, now's the perfect time to do...

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