‘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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Path of Exile apologizes for botched account update that took the game offline yesterday
Earlier this week, Path of Exile studio Grinding Gear Games announced that it was planning a fresh patch with important changes to account management...
Wizard101’s Selenopolis update is live with a modernized Krokotopia realm
When a studio says its MMO getting a "mammoth-sized update," we pay attention, and that's exactly what KingsIsle Entertainment has done today with its...
G-Star 2024: Nexon teases Supervive, Project Overkill, and Arc Raiders as it celebrates its 30th birthday
Nexon brought its A-game to G-Star 2024 in Busan, South Korea, and by A-game, we really mean its whole game because the company has...
Elder Scrolls Online releases U44 on console as ZeniMax Workers United goes on strike
Elder Scrolls Online console players are finally getting their crack at the unexcitingly named Update 44 today as the update that's been live on...
Nexon Q3 2024: DNF Mobile and MapleStory propel Nexon to record-high revenues
Nexon is celebrating its Q3 2024 financials this week - and we do mean celebrating, as the company claimed "record-breaking quarterly revenue" of ¥135.6B...
Star Trek Online launches the Dimensional Typhoon event for console and The Feast event for PC
It's event week in both PC and console editions of Star Trek Online apparently, as the latest patch for the MMORPG has added a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 493: Landing on Brighter Shores
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's Legacy of Morgoth, Brighter Shores' early access, ArcheAge Chronicles' delay, Chrono Odyssey, Stars Reach's trailer, and FFXIV's Crossroads, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and WoW Classic, plus a mailbag topic on handhelds and controllers for MMOs.
EG7 Q3 2024: EverQuest, LOTRO, and Palia gave Daybreak its best quarter all year
The quarterly financials avalanche continues this week with Enad Global 7, better known to MMORPG fans as the company that bought Daybreak and then...
Neverwinter’s 30th module – Return to Pirates’ Skyhold – launches November 19
Given all the layoffs at Cryptic this fall as its MMORPGs transition to Deca Games, you might be wondering what's next for said MMORPGs....
NCsoft Q3 2024: NCsoft teases Aion 2 for 2025, says Throne & Liberty sales ‘surpassed internal projections’
It's been one hell of a quarter for NCsoft - and we mean that for every interpretation of the phrase.
As readers might recall, in...
Mabinogi adds a new primeval winter difficulty for its Glenn Bearna boss fight
What's colder than cold? Primeval winter, clearly. That's the presumption being made for the headline feature of Mabinogi's most recent update, which introduced the...
Lord of the Rings Online polls players about 2025’s dungeon visual overhaul update
This year isn't even over yet, but Lord of the Rings Online's world design team is already looking ahead to the first update of...
Publisher Masangsoft opens Steam pages for several old and previously shuttered MMOs
The name Masangsoft might sound vaguely familiar to our regular readers, but it also has been some time since it blipped on our radar....
One Shots: Gather those rosebuds while you may
Hope you're not allergic to jungle settings and giant plants spewing all manner of pollen and brain-altering parasites, because we're going to the thick...
Interview: Drakantos discusses multiplayer open world content, monetization, testing, and more
Drakantos is one of those upcoming MMORPGs that looks so familiar while still being distinct. Its got undeniably gorgeous pixel art, a nostalgic retro...
Vague Patch Notes: Living like a rock in MMORPGs
So if you are anything close to my age, you probably do not think of Simon & Garfunkel's music as being anything remotely "raw."...
MMO Business Roundup: NetEase stocks dip over internal fraud and corruption investigation
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news. This edition is all about money, baby. Well, quarterly financials, anyhow. And also...
LOTRO’s Legacy of Morgoth expansion has everyone fretting over the new Elf looks
The initial release of Lord of the Rings Online: Legacy of Morgoth seems to be going generally fine, albeit with a few bumps and...
Massively Overthinking: How long should it take to level to endgame in MMORPGs?
Right after New World's Aeternum launched, we did a piece looking into how the game was faring - and one complaint I saw over...
Riot Games’ Arcane S2 launches this week as new details about an abandoned League of Legends movie surface
Remember a few years back during the big gaming boom when Riot Games was talking about trying to become a media empire that transcended...
