‘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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TERA interim CEO: ‘TERA and En Masse aren’t going anywhere’
En Masse Interim CEO Sam Kim participated in a Reddit AMA for TERA players today, ostensibly to calm nerves after the company announced a...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with huge class rosters
After talking with Mark Jacobs the other week about the difficulty of balancing Camelot Unchained's 30 classes, it got my mind thinking of MMOs...
RIFT’s Runeshaper is one of five souls in the $34.99 Ascended Soul Pack
According to online research, "runeshaper" is not an actual recognized word. According to a leading professor at a New England liberal arts college, "runeshaper"...
Firefall may be heading to virtual reality
Could virtual reality take Firefall to the next frontier? Players are speculating madly following after seeing a Red 5 Studios job notice advertising for...
Neverwinter’s Maze Engine expansion launches for Xbox One May 3
Good news for Xbox One players who love Neverwinter (and there are apparently a lot of you): The game's Maze Engine expansion, which launched...
MechWarrior Online announces its 2016 world championships
Fancy yourself an accomplished 'Mech pilot? Then you'll want to get seven of your best friends to form a team for the MechWarrior Online...
League of Legends gives Taric a massive overhaul
Taric is back in action in League of Legends, and the hunk might be turning heads with more than his natural good looks. The...
Meet RIFT’s Maelstrom, complete with awesome shark-head
If anyone ever asks you what the best soul in RIFT might be, you now know that the answer is the Maelstrom. Is any...
En Masse confirms TERA layoffs
MMORPG.com reports that layoffs have struck TERA's western developer En Masse Entertainment. The official statement from En Masse reads,
"The gaming industry is a fast moving,...
Post-apoc MMO Crossout’s closed beta has begun
Gaijin Entertainment and Targem Games are driving Crossout into closed beta today. Crossout is a post-apoc vehicle combat MMO, say the studios, and it's...
SWTOR launches heist chapter ‘Profit and Plunder’ on May 3rd
If you have early access for the latest chapter in the continuing saga of the Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion Knights of the...
WildStar invites players to test a new tutorial and get a hoverboard for their efforts
If you're a WildStar fan, you want a new hoverboard. There's no point in saying otherwise because of course you want a new hoverboard....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 59: This great stage of fools
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 SAB and legendary weapons, WoW, EVE's World War Bee, FFXI, TSW's new issue, and WildStar's Arcterra, with mailbag questions on similar MMO experiences and customer support.
Path of Exile reveals the Lightning Golem and prepares to go to China
Lightning golems have been consistently voted as one of the best ways to deal shocking electric death to your enemies during the Annual Elemental...
Skip through the daisies unmolested on Linkrealms’ new PvE server
Interested in playing the old-school Linkrealms but feeling a little shy about its PvP setting? There's going to be a place for you in...
Atlas Reactor launches Vive preview, EVE Gunjack launches on Vive, EVE Valkyrie confirms Vive arrival in 2016
If you're not quite sure you'll want to play Atlas Reactor when its closed beta launches on April 14th, then today's playable preview might...
Hyperspace Beacon: Three things SWTOR’s Eternal Championship needs
Hello BioWare,
It’s me again, your average Star Wars: The Old Republic fan. You remember when I complained about Chapter 10 of Knights of the...
TERA’s reward program includes exclusive dungeon [update]
TERA is kicking off its player loyalty reward program today, and it might surprise you with how it's structured.
The program has two facets, so...
Star Wars: The Old Republic launches Visions in the Dark with its latest update
Are you of the mind that Emperor Valkorion in Star Wars: The Old Republic is an enormous jerk, or are you more in the...
Devilian prepares spring event and readies megaserver hardware
Devilian has a lot brewing on its action-RPG stove, according to its April producer's letter. A spring event is almost here, and with the...
