‘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.
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NCsoft Korea is reportedly restructuring after multiple weak revenue quarters
Korean media is reporting bad news for NCsoft, or at least fans of the company's developers and games.
Seoul-based Yonhap News has a long piece...
RuneScape provides information about Gate of Elidinis drop rates as it prepares for Halloween
Have you been running through RuneScape's Gate of Elidinis skilling boss fight over and over again, wondering why you can't get that one freakin'...
Lord of the Rings Online says Legacy of Morgoth is on track for early November launch
"Everything seems to be cooking along just fine." That's the word from Lord of the Rings Online's team regarding the upcoming early November release...
Dungeons and Dragons Online is launching its 64-bit server next week
Dungeons and Dragons Online is getting mighty ambitious with a new event called Lanterns in the Mist that's currently winding its way through testing....
Star Wars The Old Republic officially kicks off public testing of Game Update 7.6
Did the features promised last week for Star Wars: The Old Republic get you excited to fire up the public test server and try...
LOTRO Legendarium: The rise and fall and rise of Mines of Moria
With Lord of the Rings Online's Angmar and Mordor progression servers looking forward to entering the first expansion sometime in December, thoughts have once...
Old School RuneScape invites you to carve your head into a pumpkin face
If you're going to wear a Jack O' Lantern as a mask, we strongly suggest that you carve it before it's resting on your...
Lord of the Rings Online hands out expansion level boosters, shows Legacy of Morgoth instances
Lord of the Rings Online is full steam ahead for this fall's Legacy of Morgoth expansion, but you won't have to wait until next...
Star Trek Online gets into the Halloween spirit with space witches
Putting aside the valid fears of mass studio layoffs for the simulated fears the final frontier, Star Trek Online players are invited to indulge...
The Stream Team: Shop ’til You Drop during DDO’s Night Revels
Dungeons & Dragons Online has a new quest this year for its Night Revels event, and Massively OP's MJ is ready to Halloween it...
RIFT shivers with terror as the Autumn Harvest reaps once more
If the scariest thing that RIFT fans can envision is their MMO closing, then it's almost a relief to see the sheer terror and...
Warframe launches Warframe 1999 demo and new Halloween content for Nights of Naberus
Digital Extremes has been buzzing about Warframe 1999 all year - and now you can finally check it out yourself thanks to the free...
Aion NA and Aion Classic EU are best by Halloween 2024
Whether you're playing Aion here in North America or are enjoying Aion Classic over in Europe, you've got some Halloween good times coming your...
Vindictus turns 14 years old as Nexon launches the Ruin of the Forsaken update
Judging by the number of announcement posts and press releases Nexon is dispatching for Vindictus today, I think it's safe to say that the...
Four Winds: Looking back at the early Throne and Liberty journey from the vantage of endgame
In the last edition of Four Winds, I found myself cautiously enjoying Throne and Liberty. The game had its hooks in me. I found an engaging game...
Jagex’s RuneScape survival spin-off resurfaces asking for closed alpha testers
It's been a couple years since Jagex first announced that it was working on a survival game spin-off set in the RuneScape universe, but...
Amazon says it’s cracking down hard on Throne & Liberty bots
If you dip into any online discussion about Throne and Liberty, especially in regard to its population, it invariably shifts toward discussing the purported...
Fractured is going free-to-play as it revamps its content model around seasons
Fractured Online's devs have been a bit quiet over the last month, you may have noticed, but there was a method to the madness,...
The Daily Grind: Should all MMOs let you filter out or change sounds?
There's an interesting, if lesser known, feature in Lord of the Rings Online that allows players to filter out unwanted sounds from the game....
Mabinogi introduces new high-tier missions for crafters and readies next commerce season
What do you do when you're the top of the mountain as a crafter in Mabinogi? You find a new mountain to climb, that's...
