‘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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BioWare details SWTOR’s Consular and Inquisitor changes
You can't have an MMO expansion without class changes, and Star Wars: The Old Republic's Knights of the Fallen Empire update is no exception....
PSA: Double XP is happening in RuneScape right now
If you need a reason to log into RuneScape this weekend, how does double XP grab you? Jagex says that the majority of training...
The Stream Team: 12 days of TOR, Day 3
On the third day of SWTOR Story, the Empire brought to me: more light and dark side choices. Well, MassivelyOP's MJ and Larry certainly...
Want to see 10 minutes of SWTOR cutscene spoilers? This is your post!
Ready for some Knights of the Fallen Empire spoilers? Gamespot has them in a new Star Wars: The Old Republic video published earlier today....
Riot is working on something besides League of Legends
League of Legends developer Riot has been a one-trick pony thus far, but that may change over the next little while according to the...
WildStar’s official F2P transition checklist
WildStar is going to be free-to-play in less than a week now. If you've already been playing the game, your path to get ready...
Diablo III, Ark, and Warframe all climb on Raptr’s August stats
Raptr's monthly stat summaries remain the best possible way to track the popularity of games among the people who actually use Raptr. And it's...
TERA secures new publisher for Taiwan and Hong Kong
Last month we reported that TERA's server in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau was on a date with a shutdown come November due to...
Exploring RIFT 3.4: Into the Wilds with Trion Worlds
Coming "really, really soon" to RIFT is the MMO's fourth major update of the year, Into the Wilds. Patch 3.4 is so big, in fact,...
Catch a flythrough of the two new regions in Aion’s next update
The 4.8 update for Aion in Europe is adding in new regions to the game, and the fact is that they're just a little...
Star Trek Online is giving players the chance to design a ship
The look of ships in Star Trek Online is a big deal; you spend a lot of time flying about in the ships, after...
Perfect Ten: Ten well-known voice actors behind SWTOR’s characters
When it launched, Star Wars: The Old Republic was one of the biggest video game voice-over projects that BioWare or any studio had ever...
Pay for your Hobbit’s needs in LOTRO with Subway gift cards
A revised Lord of the Rings Online cash shop is coming soon to the game with many improvements, not the least of which will be...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s Devil’s Gambit update is live
Dungeons and Dragons Online's Update 28: The Devil's Gambit heralds dark times for the game's setting, as a demonic horde invades Eberron's Stormreach.
Today's Update 28 contains...
RIFT paves the way to the Planetouched Wilds
RIFT's world is getting a little bigger with its upcoming patch 3.4. Trion Worlds posted a preview recently of the game's newest zone: Planetouched...
World of Warships readies Soviet tech tree
The Soviet armada will debut in World of Warships on October 19th. Wargaming is adding a full destroyer line, including Izyaslav, Gnevny, and Tashken,...
PSA: Marvel Heroes is taking votes for new characters
Marvel Heroes is apparently throwing open the voting for new characters, according to a tweet earlier this afternoon. The choices are Angela, Gamora, Green...
The Stream Team: 12 days of TOR, day 2
On the second day of SWTOR Story, the Empire brought to me: Drommand Kaas and Balmora! That's right: As the 12 days of TOR...
League of Legends e-sports teams weather controversies
Two separate real-world controversies are impacting League of Legends e-sports teams.
First up is Team Immunity, an Oceanic organization that is now barred from participating...
The Stream Team: An Aion anniversary
MassivelyOP's MJ began her journey at the site reporting on all things Aion, and now the fantasy PvPvE game is celebrating its sixth anniversary...
