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‘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.

Cozy MMO Sky Children of the Light launches F2P early access on Steam today

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Thatgamecompany's five-year-old Sky: Children of the Light officially debuts on PC today, one of the rare few multiplayer titles these days that seems to...

Perfect Ten: MMOs that earned a notorious reputation

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Nobody wants a bad reputation. I mean, you can't make everyone everywhere approve of you, but you also don't have to go out of...

Black Desert PC expands its music instrument feature to all classes, Black Desert Mobile adds new gear

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Were you excited by the prospect of playing an instrument in Black Desert but bummed that the feature was limited to the Shai class?...
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World of Tanks launches crew changes and postmortem camera with update 1.24.1

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With a competitive shooting game like World of Tanks, sometimes what you really need is some idea of what exactly just blew you up....

League of Legends discusses arena mode, gameplay changes, and a PvE ‘bullet heaven’ mode

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Change is a-comin' for several portions of League of Legends, as several devs from Riot Games have come together across multiple blogs and one...

The last remains of Perfect World Entertainment rebrand as Arc Games following Gearbox sale to Take-Two

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Don't look now, but the chunk of Gearbox that MMORPG players cared about is changing its name. Readers will recall that back in 2021, Embracer...

The MOP Up: Guild Wars 2 and FFXIV boost their soundtracks

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Where are my MMO soundtrack lovers today? Guild Wars 2 announced that it's going to be selling a vinyl edition of its Secrets of...

Three-hour LOTRO dev interview looks at the past and future of this MMO

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If you got to sit down for three hours with one of the key developers of your favorite MMO, what would you talk about?...

Brighter Shores lead dev highlights ‘room’ transitions and sensing small collectibles

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MMORPG fans are kind of left waiting and wondering how Brighter Shores will shake out, particularly as its lead developer Andrew Gower continues to...

One Shots: Infinity pool of Tamriel

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Bree's steamy overdose of hot tubs last week drew out one commenter to share another cool-looking pool in an MMO. If you thought infinity...

LOTRO Legendarium: Lord of the Rings Online’s Corsairs of Umbar is a vacation into the unknown

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Those of you who follow this column know that I'm never in a particular rush to plow through Lord of the Rings Online expansions...

The Daily Grind: What’s the first thing you do when returning to a long-neglected MMO?

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I admit that I have a weakness to MMOs that woo me back into playing them. So when SWTOR changed hands to Broadsword and...

Vague Patch Notes: Game preservation is way more complicated than it seems

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Before I say anything with this week's article, I want to make something very, very clear right from the premise: As you have probably...

The Daily Grind: Are you looking for drama in your MMOs?

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The other day in Lord of the Rings Online chat, the topic of guild drama came up and took one hell of a twist....

The Stream Team: Bashing Baba Lysaga in Dungeons & Dragons Online

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After a brief break, Massively OP's MJ is returning to DDO, and she's really been looking forward to this next Ravenloft adventure. She gets...

Neverwinter announces Adventures in Wildspace, its 28th module, launching April 23

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If you watched Cryptic's stream last month or even just caught our recap, you already know that the Neverwinter team has been hard at...

Derek Smart’s Alganon is planning a 2025 relaunch following alpha this year

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Derek Smart has been promising that Alganon is returning for years now, and it's finally happening, or at least it has a timeline for...

RuneScape outlines updates through June, Old School RuneScape makes more Varlamore adjustments

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Curious what's next for Gielinor? Then let the developers of RuneScape stare into the near horizon and share what they see for the MMORPG's...

Global Chat: What should we be thinking about Guild Wars 3?

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The surprising (and not surprising) news that ArenaNet has the go-ahead from NCsoft to develop Guild Wars 3 sent ripples of interest, confusion, and...

Almost five years after killing Player Studio, Daybreak wants to revive a Creator Program

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It's weird enough to see a Daybreak press release in my inbox, but this one threw me for a loop as it's for a...

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