‘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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Warframe explains the reasoning behind its new RNG mods
Seeing that its playerbase was getting into a rut with its choice of gear, Warframe's team decided to introduce a new type of mod...
Devilian mobile launches worldwide
Following a limited rollout earlier in September, Devilian's mobile edition is now available to players around the globe.
This mobile version of the action-RPG isn't...
RIFT’s Starfall Prophecy expansion is live today with a brand-new trailer
Trion Worlds is throwing its hat into the expansion ring this week with today's launch of RIFT: Starfall Prophecy. The MMO's third expansion takes...
Choose My Adventure: Don’t call it a comeback
Hello, dear readers. Would you like to tell me what to do for a while?
Choose My Adventure has been absent from the site for...
Star Wars: The Old Republic releases another trailer for Knights of the Eternal Throne
BioWare suddenly released yet another gameplay trailer for the next Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion. Much like the previous Knights of the Eternal Throne trailer,...
For Science: A third of our polled social media users quit Pokemon Go over trackers
Pokemon Go has received some large updates recently: the buddy system, medals, some big gym changes (twice), and now we've got dailies. We've been dazzled...
Hyperspace Beacon: Five class changes to watch out for in SWTOR 5.0
Even if you are not subscribing for the impending Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion, Knights of the Eternal Throne, you will be subject to...
TERA teases Fang and Feather update
Last month, TERA was all about the Sorcerer and its Spellbound update. But as they say, that was then and this is now. What...
RIFT extends Starfall Prophecy promotion
Trion Worlds is extending its RIFT expansion promotion to allow everyone enough time to gather the rewards they desire.
The studio informed players this week...
Defiance plans for the New Frontier Harvest event
Every other MMO with a Thanksgiving event can pack it in because Defiance has clearly won the arms race. Literally, in fact: The game...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 91: Accounting 101
Justin and Bree talk NCsoft & Nexon, Neocron, Marvel Heroes, SWTOR, EVE Online, Black Desert, Twin Saga, and The Secret World, with mailbag questions on MMO factions and Blizzard's duty to the genre, plus a preview of the second part of our Mark Jacobs interview.
League of Legends pro teams agitate for better compensation
Last week, the owners of a number of North American and European League of Legends Championship Series teams dispatched a letter to Riot Games...
EVE Online is officially free-to-play today with Ascension
"We are happy to announce that EVE Online: Ascension has been successfully deployed!"Â That's the word out of Icelandic MMORPG studio CCP Games this morning,...
Marvel Heroes will personalize difficulty level in its streamlining patch
Gazillion wasn't kidding when it said Marvel Heroes was getting the biggest systems update in its history. After learning about item updates, hero powers,...
PSA: Warframe is giving out free glyphs for the next few days
Free stuff alert! To celebrate the release of The War Within content update, Warframe is giving out free glyphs to its players. The only catch?...
Wargaming creates new F2P publishing branch, picks up SEGA’s Total War: ARENA
Russian gaming giant Wargaming, best known to MMO audiences for World of Tanks, World of Warships, and World of Warplanes, announced today that it's...
Make room on your plate for Wurm Online’s cooking update
Plenty of folks will be cooking (and eating) up a storm next week in the US, and come November 22nd, Wurm Online players can...
EVE Online preps for tomorrow’s F2P transition, requests patience and feedback
"We are ready to bring you clone states and Ascension tomorrow," CCP's Andie Nordgren tells EVE Online players in a dev update today on...
See some of RIFT: Starfall Prophecy’s new housing decor on display
Hope you are ready for the avalanche: This is a pretty big week for MMORPG expansions, including RIFT: Starfall Prophecy's release on Wednesday, November...
Lineage Eternal shows off its spectacular closed beta trailer
Lineage Eternal is on the verge of kicking off its Korean closed beta test, and when there's a test, there's almost always a trailer....