business model
The Soapbox: The fallacy of ‘F2P insight’ in the MMO market
I read with disgust a recent GI.biz piece about free-to-play and its supposed coming of age. The business model has of course run amok...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR Night Life and PvP changes coming soon
Two things are coming up in Star Wars: The Old Republic that I'd like to talk about. First, BioWare is bringing back the Night...
Voxelbox Trove is officially launching on July 9
This is it, Trove fans. The finish line of beta and the starting line for the official live game. Trion Worlds announced that Trove...
Make My MMO: May 30, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Square Enix pimped out 2-D action MMO hopeful Dragon of Legends as part of its Indie Collective showcase. In...
The Soapbox: Can MMOs eradicate pay-to-win?
You know what sucks about getting old? Apart from the adult diapers and the dying? Yeah, it's the seeing things you love retconned into...
The Daily Grind: Will you play WildStar once it’s free-to-play?
Ever since the rumors began that WildStar was about to flip the switch on a new free-to-play business model, I've been pondering whether I'll...
WildStar’s free-to-play shift: Too little or just enough?
WildStar has taken a drubbing in its first year of operation, and much as I don't like saying so, it's deserved it. The game...
WildStar is going free-to-play this autumn
Critics, current players, former players, people who had briefly heard about the title from friends and family - a lot of people didn't think...
Make My MMO: May 23, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, The Repopulation got an official launch window. Then it got a new trailer. Das Tal got off to...
Turbine on the future of Dungeons & Dragons Online
Dungeons & Dragons Online is not one of the biggest titles on the market, but it was one of the first major subscription games...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Expanding into Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns
When Guild Wars 2's expansion was announced, most of the questions on our lips were permutations of "What's the new level cap?" and "What...
Blade & Soul hits western shores this winter
Remember when comic books had little call-outs on the front cover proudly proclaiming that something happened because the readers requested it? I always thought...
Global Chat: What do you remember about Guild Wars?
Late last month, the classic Guild Wars transcended its 10th birthday and prompted a flood of nostalgic posts and shared stories. A few MMO...
Make My MMO: May 16, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Gloria Victis developer Black Eye Games let us know that it's in "the home stretch" in terms of...
Rumor: WildStar coming to Steam as a free-to-play title in August [Updated]
WildStar is coming to Steam, according to third-party scraper site SteamDB.info. When and for how much is less clear, given that Carbine and NCsoft...
LEGO Minifigures Online is switching from F2P to B2P this summer
Funcom has announced that its LEGO Minifigures Online is launching "with full cross-platform play this summer." Wait a minute, didn't this game already launch...
Leaderboard: Do you like the buy-to-play model?
I was discussing MMO business models with some friends this week, and one of them commented that buy-to-play is the best thing ever. I...
A Tale in the Desert preparing to restart with Tale 7
A Tale in the Desert's current "telling" -- Tale 6 -- has been running a long time, ever since its debut in 2011. Since...
WildStar subreddit mod bans F2P and B2P discussions
Hope you didn't have plans to talk about WildStar's possible conversion to a new business model on Reddit because one of the game's subreddit...
Not So Massively: Heroes of Newerth changes owners; LoL subreddit drama continues
Path of Exile announced a potentially revolutionary and futuristic sounding new Deterministic Lockstep mode that promises sharper gameplay and zero desync for those on...
