‘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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SWTOR has made almost a billion dollars, and EA is pleased. Most pleased.
It may not be World of Warcraft money, but Star Wars: The Old Republic has done quite well for itself since its 2011 launch....
The Stream Team: Moons of Madness for Halloween night
Did you hear that?! And what's that up ahead -- a dark corner? Surely it will be fine... not. It is Halloween night, and...
Aion Europe adds a 2,000-player PvP battle and a 12-player dungeon in update 7.2
The European version of Aion has launched its latest big update, with emphasis on "big." As in 2,000-person PvP battle and 12-person dungeon run...
Astellia Online is free to play again this weekend starting November 1
I always feel bad for games that run events on BlizzCon weekend because I always suspect they'll be underattended, but maybe this BlizzCon will...
LOTRO’s Minas Morgul lockboxes are raising community concerns
Ever since SSG increased its use and contents with the Mordor expansion, LOTRO's lockboxes have been a sore point among players who have heavily...
Star Trek Online talks about Task Force Operations, the anniversary event, and mission development
This week's Ten Forward livestream from the folks at Star Trek Online was pretty much a potpourri of random details and tidbits. A number...
TERA’s console versions just got Unmasked – here’s the trailer
Console fans are in for a treat and not a trick this week as En Masse has launched TERA's Unmasked update for Xbox One...
Ship of Heroes says its character creator is a ‘huge step up from games like City of Heroes and SWTOR’
We're just about to see the launch of a character creator tool for our second superhero MMO of the month, as Ship of Heroes'...
Here’s what to expect from the inaugural Path of Exile ExileCon in November
Path of Exile's first fan convention, ExileCon, is just a few weeks away, and now Grinding Gear Games is dropping gobs of info on...
The Stream Team: Choose My Alignment is back for SWTOR’s new 6.0 Onslaught
Choose My Alignment is back! SWTOR has launched some new content for Massivly OP's Larry and MJ to sink their teeth into, and for...
RuneScape Mobile is now in early access on Android for all subscribers
Oh, you thought that mobile phone games were free from the early access flu? You sweet summer child, Jagex would like a word. RuneScape...
Perfect Ten: What I learned about ArcheAge Unchained as a complete newbie
As I was going through my first evening in ArcheAge Unchained, thanks to the new buy-to-play release, I was kicking myself for going into...
Snoop Dogg has a giant mural of Star Trek Online concept art in his home
If you're only familiar with Snoop Dogg from his rap career, you've probably missed the man's larger career path and general arc of his...
Lord of the Rings Online posts Minas Morgul patch notes
With its Minas Morgul expansion scheduled for next week, Lord of the Rings Online is all but ready for players to re-invade Mordor and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 244: An Onslaught of news
Justin and Bree discuss Onslaught aka SWTOR's first expansion in three (!) years, Fallout 76's latest kerfuffle, the return of Kritika Online, ArcheAge's ArchePass confusion and rework, DDO's mounts, BlizzCon, and Halloween, with a mailbag topic on MMO toxicity.
Dungeons and Dragons Online opens up the first preview of Update 44 for a very limited time
Players of Dungeons and Dragons Online, take note: Your first look at some of the features of Update 44 is about to go live...
EA is bringing an unspecified number of games back to Steam along with the EA Access plan
While it's not the death of Origin, this bit of news certainly sounds like the dull, wet thud of an axe ramming into its...
Check out Path of Exile’s new pen-and-paper solo adventure book, written by Chris Kluwe
If you love the Path of Exile universe and wish you could play in it even when you're not sitting at your PC or...
Lineage II updates raid bosses, hunting zones, questing, and vitality system October 30
A supplemental update to Lineage II's Fafurion update is on the horizon, bringing with it some new raid bosses to whale on and a...
RuneScape outlines plans to make stone spirits and ore more valuable
There's not a problem with stone spirits in RuneScape, or at least not the problem that's obvious. Yes, they're basically unwanted and offer very little...
