‘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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The Daily Grind: What’s the most casual-friendly MMO?
One of the factors that keeps me from playing more MMOs than I already do is that so many of them are not very...
Hyperspace Beacon: Quality-of-life tweaks in SWTOR’s Knights of the Fallen Empire
BioWare's Eric Musco delivered an amazing livestream last week. Many of the questions that players have been asking about the upcoming expansion for Star...
RIFT goes Into the Wilds today; check out the trailer
RIFT's servers are down and getting patched with the game's 3.4 Into the Wilds update, but don't despair; Trion has posted a trailer to tide you over.
Massively OP's...
Choose My Adventure: Mad science and spellslinging in WildStar
Hello, everyone, and welcome once again to the formulaic introduction to yet another installment of Choose My Adventure. As is tradition, let's start with...
You can’t touch Kitty Pryde in this Marvel Heroes trailer
What do Kitty Pryde and MC Hammer have in common? It's not the parachute pants; it's the fact that you literally can't touch Kitty...
Star Wars: The Old Republic outlines crafting changes in its next expansion
Everything in Star Wars: The Old Republic is changing in a big way when Knights of the Fallen Empire launches, and that includes crafting...
The Daily Grind: So what mystery title is Daybreak working on?
Tucked into Daybreak's announcement letter yesterday about the company's new digs and Jens Andersen's new role was the revelation that Daybreak is "currently working...
Global Chat: Why is Blizzard so sluggish?
World of Warcraft: Legion and Blizzard's recent decisions were at the forefront of a couple of recent MMO blog posts as of late, their authors...
Battle Bards MMO music podcast goes on an endless journey
Battle Bards, the world’s first and only MMO music podcast, returns for its 60th episode in which the co-hosts explore the theme of "endless...
TERA replaces new player zone, offers returning vets a helping hand
How do you feel when your MMO completely redoes its newbie experience? That's a question that TERA players are going to have to ask themselves when...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 32: WildStumble
Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, Project Gorgon, Ultima Online, WildStar, Dragon's Prophet, EQ franchise expansions, and Camelot Unchained, with mailbag questions on armchair game dev and catering to whales.
Neverwinter explains what the deal is with the Underdark
The next Neverwinter expansion is sending players to the Underdark. All the way to the Underdark! Which is great if you know what the...
Stream Team: 12 days of TOR, day 6
Today marks the half-way point for 12 Days of TOR, and it also marks the end of chapter one, which is just about the...
Webzen announces beta testing for ELOA
So what the heck is ELOA: Elite Lord of Alliance? Seriously, that's one heck of a title. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense,...
Future Landmark improvements include build mode, mega palette, and stopping time
Have you been wondering what is going on in Landmark development lately? Devs took to the forums yesterday to announce some new building-related features...
The Stream Team: Checking out Marvel Heroes’ Kitty Pryde
After listening to player feedback, the Marvel Heroes dev team went back and retooled Kitty Pryde. You just can't have Kitty without some teleporting,...
World of Tanks’ Rubicon update is on a rampage
World of Tanks' October Rubicon update is introducing a brand-new game mode for Wargaming's flagship tank game: Rampage.
In this latest and permanent addition to...
Jagex preps new RuneScape client, takes beta apps for Chronicle TCG
Jagex made bold declarations about the future of RuneScape at this past weekend's RuneFest in London.
2016 will be a big, big year for RuneScape....
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Given the fact that Star Wars: The Old Republic's upcoming expansion is very much focused around stories, it'd be a bit odd if all...
Lineage II goes Underground on October 14
Suit up, Lineage II players, because you're about to embark on your most amazing adventure yet.
On October 14th, NCsoft will be releasing the game's Underground...
