‘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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Check out all of the housing items coming in RIFT 3.7
We already know that RIFT's 3.7 update is trotting out a lot of new content in addition to the return of Summerfest, but what...
Star Trek Online shows off the contents of the Kelvin lockbox
The Kelvin timeline is edging its way into Star Trek Online, but only in little ways here and there. There are incursions from the...
The French arrive to save the day in World of Tanks’ console editions
Not every edition of World of Tanks is on equal footing, as content that's in one might be on its way or missing entirely...
Landmark adds in new races, new story options, and new prop functions
Today's Landmark patch will go hand-in-hand with the new appearance pack for players, allowing you to pay money to make your character something other...
Perfect Ten: MMO novel tie-ins
When I was a kid and only slightly more nerdy than I am today, I used to read movie novelizations like crazy. I don't...
Marvel Heroes adds playable Ultron, extends anniversary event through July 4 holiday
Marvel Heroes's big patch today was meant to conclude the game's anniversary event, but Gazillion is extending the festivities through the 4th of July...
Age of Conan’s 5.0 update brings raid finder, new loyalty program
Age of Conan's big 5.0 update is live today, inserting a number of big changes into the MMORPG edition of Hyboria: Expect new daily login gifts,...
SWTOR’s GEMINI Deception is live today for subscribers
The latest installment of Star Wars: The Old Republic's Knights of the Fallen Empire, The GEMINI Deception, is live for all subscribed players today....
EverQuesting: Landmark is offering new races – for a price
I knew that new races would eventually come to Landmark! From the beginning it didn't make any sense to me that Daybreak would ignore something...
League of Legends’ overhauled Ryze lands on the test server
League of Legends character Ryze has had so many do-overs that even the Riot Games copywriter can't remember whether it's been three or four....
Lineage II’s Helios expansion is live with a castle in the sky
NCsoft has pushed live the Helios expansion for Lineage II today -- that's the live game, not the classic-flavor spin-off!
The star of the update...
Star Trek Online shows off the rewards for temporal captains in Agents of Yesterday
So let's break this down very simply. There's a crisis in the future of Star Trek Online, which is leading agents further in the...
The Stream Team: SWTOR Dark vs. Light Event begins
Star Wars: The Old Republic launched its Dark vs. Light event yesterday under a heavy umbrella of player controversy. Veteran players have taken to...
The Secret World preps fourth birthday festivities with double AP and Guardians of Gaia event
Four years ago this month, Funcom released The Secret World into the wild. That calls for celebration! Indeed, Funcom is kicking off the festivities in-game...
Neverwinter plans PlayStation 4 launch for July 19
PWE has just announced a date for Neverwinter's impending launch on the PlayStation 4: July 19th.
While the game will be F2P as it is...
NBA champion Rick Fox partners with Daybreak’s H1Z1 for e-sport initiative
Multitime NBA champion Rick Fox has his sights set on H1Z1 as the next big e-sports field, so much so that he has partnered up...
Global Chat: The verdict on Landmark
Landmark's launch hasn't gone unnoticed by the MMO blogging community. Several players have decided to use the game's official release as an opportunity to...
Battle Bards Episode 77: Spirit of Adventure 2
Steff has decreed the return of spirit of adventure -- and so it shall be! In the second part of this theme, the Battle...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 71: Falling to the Force
Justin, Bree, and Larry talk SWTOR's Dark vs. Light campaign, plus ESO, WoW, SOTA, WildStar's character boosts, EQII's $400 guild halls, and LOTRO's new raid, with a mailbag question on the Steam summer sale.
TERA’s Aces Wild update introduces solo classic dungeons
En Masse has continued its steady leak of TERA: Aces Wild teasers today with a bit of info about the upcoming Ace dungeon system,...