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Very few of us are in a situation wherein large men are perched behind us claiming that something horrible will happen to our loved...

This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Star Citizen went absolutely mad with infodumps, and I almost feel sorry for it because it got half...

Are you ready for next week's launch of ArcheAge's new buy-to-play server, or are you still on the fence about the whole deal?...

If you're looking for some multiplayer RTS gaming in what looks like a sort of Civilization-esque setting with nods to human history, then you...

A mere fortnight ago, the team behind Ashes of Creation took its MMO combat testing ground known as Apocalypse and opened the doors...

The 15th anniversary celebration lined up for MMORPG Dofus has begun with Dofus Retro, the game's own classic server for those who...

By Ember Sword's reckoning, the MMORPG genre is in decline thanks to insidious monetization practices like lootboxes and pay-to-win items. So what do...

If Ashes of Creation Apocalypse thought it could avoid a review-bomb with a new Steam portal as Apocalypse hit early access this...

The announcement of ArcheAge Unchained and its buy-to-play, no-pay-to-win ruleset has been one of the big surprises of the season for the five-year-old...

Alright, all you armchair business analysts, it's time to look over SuperData's sales research report for August 2019. Get your best arguments ready...

This week in MMO crowdfunding, MOP reader Winterskorn alerted us to the Kickstarter for Day of Dragons. It's not a pure MMO, but...

By 2009, the MMORPG genre had firmly established a norm for its business model. For over a decade, a monthly subscription -- usually $15...

The Union fédérale des consommateurs (Federal Union of Consumers or UFC Que Choisir), a French consumer group, has been pursuing litigation against Valve over...

If you picked up the Legendary Pack for Astellia Online, then launch day is tonight for you, as the headstart begins at...

If you remember the beginning of 2019 - yes, it's been like 100 years this year, but try - you'll recall that the

Massively OP's own Justin Olivetti penned a blog post this week in which he muses on the lifespan of the $15 MMO sub...

The past few years have seen some really big seismic shifts in the game industry. In the time that I've been working here alone,...

Remember last year when we polled our readers on how much money they'd spent on their Steam accounts? Most people seemed to track...

Is it ever too late to take a look back at old MMORPGs -- even ones that have passed away? Not when there are...

I have a really hard time taking anything seriously that refers to money as "bucks." You'll recall that I opened the Lawful Neutral...