business model

There's a common criticism of Final Fantasy XIV that I frequently see and agree with. The argument goes that basically, five years out from...

So here's a thing that did not exactly make my list of favorite trends this year: MMOs transparently courting the battle royale market...

It was the best of years, it was the worst of years for Lord of the Rings Online -- but no matter what,...

Somehow, Bethesda managed to persevere after the Great Canvas Shortage of 2018 to replace the Fallout 76 CE bags that were essentially plastic...

We all know how Valve (owner of Steam) hates moderating things, right? Especially down to more or less fighting review bombing simply by telling...

This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Legends of Aria rolled into early access after postponing its Steam-specific early access into the new...

There's a pretty strong opinion out there that Lord of the Rings Online's lifetime subscription was one of the best such subs in...

There was a time when lifetime subscriptions seemed like they were a bridge too far, but Dungeons & Dragons Online is breaking into new...

This week week in MMO crowdfunding, DDOCentral pointed us to a thread on the Dogma Eternal Night website that sheds light on what's gone...

With the turn of every new year, I know we are entering unexplored territory in the field of MMO news. No matter what...

Update 5.10 for Star Wars: The Old Republic is coming very soon, possibly next week, but more likely the week after. That's not...

Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss FFXIV's Fanfest, Fallout 76, Hellgate, WildStar, plus patches for Black Desert, EVE, Secret World Legends, ArcheAge, TERA, and EverQuest II, with mail on MMO difficulty settings.

The debate over MMO business models is constantly ongoing: There are those who swear by monthly subscriptions, those who prefer strictly free-to-play, and those...

Hello, readers! It's pre-holiday-shopping-season sale time again, and our sales team has put together a selection of artisanal hand-crafted MMOs and not-so-MMOs for the...

You may remember Artifact as Valve's entry into the digital card game market, with plans to have no moderation and no way...

This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen officially broke the $200 million barrier for total funding collected from the proverbial...

Let's get something out of the way first and foremost. I am not going to count Warcraft III: Reforged as a smart thing for...

Oh yeah, you know a game is about to start really moving with its alphas when it starts dropping keys, business model blogs, and...

With all of the special legacy and progression servers being started up across the MMORPG genre, I've noticed that there's an interesting factor that...

Given that Torchlight Frontiers is being published under Perfect World Entertainment, you're probably not going to be shocked to hear that the MMO...