‘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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World of Tanks Blitz decreases the cost of ‘irreplacable’ boosts
World of Tanks Blitz, the mobile offshoot of the popular multiplayer tank battler, has received flak lately for its introduction of "provisions," strong in-game...
Diablo III’s sixth season kicks off next week, but seasons aren’t coming to console
Diablo III's sixth season is bearing down on us -- are you prepared? The fun kicks off on Friday, April 29th, at 8 p.m....
The Stream Team: Looking for Landmark dungeons
With the beginnings of Landmark's storyteller system in place, MassivelyOP's MJ is on the prowl for some player-made dungeons to dive! She's already had...
Perfect Ten: What I loved about Dungeons and Dragons Online
Dungeons and Dragons Online was a very strange game at first glance.
Ten years ago, I ventured into Stormreach with no more motivation than a longstanding...
Lord of the Rings Online celebrates nine years in Middle-earth
In the Lord of the Rings, it took Frodo and Sam less than a year to travel from the Shire to Mt. Doom. In...
Vanilla WoW petition hits 200K signatures, invokes Mark Kern
Fans have now propelled the Nostalrius petition asking Blizzard to reconsider World of Warcraft vanilla servers to over 200,000 signatures, which means that former...
Champions Online wants to put you in the seat of this shiny air bike
Even the most stalwart superhero wants to unleash their inner grease monkeys once in a while. Champions Online is giving its legion of heroes...
Korean analysts believe Blade & Soul’s western launch generated $17M in new revenue
Korean investment firm KDB Daewoo Securities has published its outlook on MMO giant NCsoft for the past and coming quarter.
"We estimate Blade & Soul...
Neverwinter changes up skill nodes to fight botting
The bots of 2016 aren't as cool as the Transformers and Go-Bots of yesteryear told us they'd be. Instead of saving the world and...
EverQuesting: Daybreak is on the right side of the MMORPG legacy server debate
WoW is stupid. Yes, I said it. World of Warcraft is dumb. More accurately, I should say Blizzard is stupid. The reason? Its stance...
EVE Fanfest 2016: Project Nova rises from DUST 514’s ashes
On May 14th 2013, CCP Games optimistically launched its first attempt to penetrate the console & shooter markets with DUST 514. The game had...
Check out SWTOR’s upcoming weapon effect customization
When Chapter 14 Profit and Plunder takes over Star Wars: The Old Republic next month, players will be getting a new weapon customizing system...
EVE Fanfest 2016: Full cross-platform play is planned for EVE: Valkyrie
EVE: Valkyrie will eventually be playable fully cross-platform, according to a presentation given today during EVE Fanfest 2016. The game has already launched on the...
Jukebox Heroes: Six cover songs of popular MMO tunes
There's a dedicated subcommunity of video game music afficionados out there that love these soundtracks so much that they devote considerable effort to producing...
MechWarrior Online rolls out the next stage of its faction gameplay
If you've played the tabletop games that MechWarrior Online is based upon, you know that factions and allegiances are a big part of those...
Perfect World International lands on Steam with new player housing system
Perfect World is intent this week on rolling out the remainder of its MMORPG catalogue to Steam. Earlier this year, we saw Swordsman take...
League of Legends rolls out magical changes in the mid-season
The mages of League of Legends have never stopped being relevant to the game, but over time they have suffered from a lack of...
Tree of Savior hikes prices, delays F2P launch following exploitative token arbitrage
We've got a bit more clarity today on the financial impact of Tree of Savior's recent wave of bot and exploiter bannings and the...
Marvel Heroes treks to Asia, new platforms this summer
Gazillion announced this morning that it's partnering with cloud-streaming service Ubitus to launch Marvel Heroes in South Korea and Japan this summer with China...
Hyperspace Beacon: Why SWTOR gamers are so stoked for the return of Vette
The first two chapters of Knights of the Fallen Empire after the break kind of left the Star Wars: The Old Republic fanbase feeling...
