business model

Not too long ago, there was all but one way that you would pay for an MMO, and that was as a monthly subscription....

Chronicles of Elyria understands that not everyone can game around the clock, and through a couple of systems the team is striving to make...

Red Fox Insights analyst Jake Parmley has a piece on Gamasutra today about Black Desert's business model that confirms what you might already suspect:...

Every so often I get requests to cover such-and-such game in this column. These are often incredibly obscure titles, even to me, and when...

This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Camelot Unchained's devs revealed that they will not make their planned target for beta. The beta phase has...

Dungeons and Dragons Online was a very strange game at first glance. Ten years ago, I ventured into Stormreach with no more motivation than a longstanding...

On May 14th 2013, CCP Games optimistically launched its first attempt to penetrate the console & shooter markets with DUST 514. The game had...

Those anticipating the arrival of Bless Online in the west are still coming to grips with the news that the game will be published...

This week in MMO crowdfunding news, space games have dominated the headlines. Indie Kickstarted sandbox Ascent: The Space Game formally launched out of early...

You might recall that a few months ago, RIFT made some abrupt and significant changes to its business model. Between swiftly taking away the...

When an MMO hits its fifth anniversary, one hopes that the game's studio would pull out all of the stops to mark the occasion....

This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Star Citizen published a massive studio report, complete with a brand-new video on EVA transitions for first-person combat. Meanwhile, Sacrament...

Aztecs. Chronomancers. Mounts. Halberds. Golems. Dual wielding. These are all but a hint of what a fourth Guild Wars campaign could have been, a campaign...

Just a year after Crowfall's Kickstarter was successfully funded, ArtCraft this week kicked off Siege Perilous, a targeted test of part of the castle...

Justin and Bree are joined once again by Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs to address questions from the Massively OP audience.

Observant Star Wars: The Old Republic players have been noticing that cartel coins granted to subscribers haven't been accruing properly over part of the past year,...

This guest interview was commissioned through Massively Overpowered's 2015 Kickstarter campaign by donor Brett Richards, who interviewed Lusternia Producer Robb French in lieu of a Soapbox. Any opinions here...

This week in crowdfunded MMO development, Dragon of Legends' Kickstarter ended successfully, netting over $15,000 US for the OARPG studio; Star Citizen released alpha 2.3,...

It used to be that hunting for a console MMORPG was one of the most fruitless endeavors known to gamers. The PC was where...

If you've been watching the site over the past few weeks, we've been having lots of discussions about the future of the franchise started...