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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.

The Daily Grind: What MMO do you wish you could play on the Switch?

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I love my Switch, but I feel starved for games to play on it, especially online games. Sure, there are a few out there,...

Battle Bards Episode 156: Feeling blue

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Is blue a color? An emotion? A song? An overused alien skin tone? One thing is for certain: Blue shows up an awful lot...
Hammer, war, whatever.

The MOP Up: Warhammer Odyssey’s Slayer warms up for action

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Who will you be when you adventure in Warhammer Odyssey's mobile world? The stocky and surly Dwarf Slayer would like to make a bid...

Global Chat: EverQuest II’s 15 years of being in WoW’s shadow

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For just a few short weeks of its now 15-year lifespan, EverQuest II existed apart from a launched World of Warcraft. Then late November...

One Shots: The miseries of camping

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Isn't camping wonderful? Reconnecting with nature, smelling like smoke, and sleeping with a canvas wall between you and predators? Obviously, it's not for everyone,...

ExileCon 2019: Diving deeper into Path of Exile’s Conquerors of the Atlas expansion

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December tends to be a bigger content release in Path of Exile , and 2019 will be no different. (2020 will be even bigger...

LOTRO Legendarium: First impressions of Minas Morgul

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To kick off this early look at Lord of the Rings Online: Minas Morgul, I want to start by taking a step back to...

ExileCon 2019: A look at Path of Exile 2, the Metamorph league, Conquerors of the Atlas, and mobile

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So much happened on stage at ExileCon 2019, Path of Exile's inaugural fan convention! What started with a visit from the great beast hunter...

Wizard101 digs up trouble and adds a spell boosting system with the Wizard City Underground update

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Wizard City is a lot of things, but "dangerous" isn't normally one of them. At least, that used to be the case until one...

Wandering Wraeclast: A look at Path of Exile from its humble beginnings to now

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Path of Exile first came onto my radar in April 2013 when I sat down with Producer Chris Wilson and Technical Director Jonathan Rogers at...

G-Star 2019: Netmarble’s Ni no Kuni boasts five classes and a new trailer

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Near the end of October, we caught wind of a mobile MMORPG based on the Ni no Kuni franchise, but there weren't alot of...

ExileCon 2019: Grinding Gear announces Path of Exile 2, Path of Exile Mobile, and Metamorph

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(We've updated the end of this post with the big news from the keynote!) Path of Exile is about to reveal its future. From the...

Old School RuneScape kicks off hard mode league, Jagex resurrects Premier Club subs

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Whether you're into RuneScape or Old School RuneScape, there's plenty for your eyeballs so soak up this week. Let's do Old School first, as...

Leaderboard: Are you giving Dark Age of Camelot’s free-to-play version a try?

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Classic MMORPG Dark Age of Camelot released its Endless Conquest mode this week, a free-to-play option for one of the few pure subscription games...
I want a milky way.

WoW Factor: A brief history of flight (in World of Warcraft)

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Flight has been a part of World of Warcraft as long as the game has existed. No, not just flying mounts, even though you could...

Massively Overthinking: Do MMO betas rob you of launch joy?

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I use to think of betas as being unpaid labor for video game companies, but maybe I've been going about it all wrong. On...

Neverwinter hands out a freebie to ticket holders of a special Dungeons and Dragons charity livestream

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Neverwinter has decided to provide a little extra incentive of its own for those who purchase tickets to the special Dungeons and Dragons charity...
Well well well, how the turntable.

Tencent made bank in Q3 2019 thanks to mobile – not PC – games

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While companies like Blizzard are seeing severe revenue drops this quarter and other MMO companies are trudging along, Tencent is having a rather up...
Retail value seems limited.

Lord of the Rings Online shows off what’s in the level 120 boost and applies a hotfix to Update 25

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It's been a while since you've fired up Lord of the Rings Online, but you want to get in to the Minas Morgul expansion...

Vague Patch Notes: MMO grind is good (except when it isn’t)

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Some of my fondest memories of World of Warcraft involve Adam Sandler and the Badlands. My wife and I had a pretty steady tradition made out...

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