‘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 MOP Up: Soulframe releases a soundtrack tidbit
Soulframe fans starved to hear something -- anything -- about Digital Extremes' upcoming fantasy RPG were thrown an audio morsel this week in the...
Lord of the Rings Online talks crafting, says Corsairs of Umbar pre-orders begin ‘real soon’
The latest Lord of the Rings Online developer livestream may have been mostly about the big crafting changes coming to the MMO this fall,...
One Shots: Stones in silence
When they aren't being pooped on, defaced, or used as backdrops for narcissistic selfies, statues have a particular quiet dignity and a magic all...
World of Warships debuts a Captain’s Club benefits program as Wargaming donates to Maui wildfire relief
Do you have a World of Warships account? Have you participated in one battle within the past 30 days? Then you're already a member...
LOTRO Legendarium: It’s OK that LOTRO’s remaster isn’t going to happen
The pricey Lord of the Rings Online remaster is officially dead, and its console port is now on the "backburner." It is, depending on...
Warframe prepares a headless horsewoman for its spooky October update
Hope you're ready to embrace pure space horror because Warframe's October update is anything but tame and safe. Last night, Digital Extremes announced that...
Massively Overthinking: The impact of jump start servers in MMOs
With Chris' Choose My Adventure run on Lost Ark - specifically, on its jump-start servers - coming to a close, I thought it would...
Wizard101 brings out a new gold skeleton key boss with ‘valuable’ loot
You should always be suspicious when things get a little too quiet around the Halloween season: That's when you know that evil is up...
Vague Patch Notes: The games industry arrogance cycle, in MMOs and elsewhere
Unity has fallen. Oh, sure, the company has rolled back the worst parts of its incredibly boneheaded "give us money for your successful game"...
Lord of the Rings Online previews its upcoming Outer Gondor region
Lord of the Rings Online continued to show off the landscape coming with this fall's Corsairs of Umbar expansion. In this week's developer tour,...
Battle Bards Episode 228: Cheery MMO dungeons
Not every dungeon has to be a drab and dour affair — a fact that sent the Battle Bards searching for the cheeriest tunes...
Wurm Online’s owner Game Chest Group sees negative profits but says it’s ‘on the right track’ in Q2 financial report
Yesterday we reported on Wurm Online's end to a two month-long bout of radio silence, which saw corporate owner Game Chest Group detail efforts...
TERA Console cycles dungeons, launches a new battle pass, and improves its pet system
The de facto maintenance mode-like updates for TERA Console continue on, with the latest patch performing another dungeon access cycle, launching a new battle...
The Stream Team: Low levels but slightly high challenge in Lord of the Rings Online
MOP's Chris has rediscovered Lord of the Rings Online recently, appreciating the MMORPG's more measured pace but also enjoying the difficulty slider option. And...
Old School RuneScape opens the Scar Essence Mine, RuneScape kicks off a PvM buff event
It's another week of Jagex game news, or at least the games that are still running, anyway: Both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape have...
Perfect Ten: The 10 unsung heroes of the MMO user interface
If we ever think of an MMO's user interface, it's either when we're getting settled into a new game or when a title decides...
Lord of the Rings Online studio pushes back against maintenance mode claims
There are a lot of wild conclusions you could leap to after hearing the report that EG7 put an end to the 2020 remaster...
The Stream Team: Rift razing in Guild Wars 2
It's Guild Wars 2-sday, and that means it's time for some rift-razing fun! Massively OP's MJ is continuing her Secrets of the Obscure adventures,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 438: EverQuest what’s next?
Justin and Bree discuss the potential for EverQuest 3, the LOTRO remaster's cancelation, EVE Fanfest's EVE Online Havoc and EVE Vanguard reveals, WoW Classic's about-face on LFD, Pantheon's new art style, and Marvel Heroes' code leak, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and Glitch Odd Giants.
Lineage II’s Wish Hunt event offers buff-granting goodies for killing monsters under the full moon
While Lineage II's latest event isn't called a Halloween event specifically, it certainly does have that grim kind of vibe: The Wish Hunt even...
