‘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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Predownloading for Tencent’s Tarisland begins tonight for North and South American players
If you're looking forward to the launch of Tarisland as we - and some of our readers - are, then heads-up because Tarisland is...
LOTRO Legendarium: Am I excited at all for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO?
With all of the recent hullabaloo around New World, I've noticed several mentions of what this may portend for Amazon's Lord of the Rings...
EverQuest II’s Anashti Sul progression server is live with its 2006 throwback vibes
As promised and foretold, EverQuest II has a new toy as of last night, as its new progression server - the Origins server dubbed...
RuneScape and OSRS are increasing the price of their RMT Bonds
The economy of both RuneScape titles are about to receive a shake-up, as Jagex announced that it's increasing the default price of a bond...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 473: How do you define an MMO?
Justin and Bree discuss EVE Online Equinox, EverQuest and EverQuest II expansions and progression servers, New World Aeternum, and Wayfinder's relaunch, with adventures in Project Gorgon, LOTRO, WoW, and Fallout 76, plus mailbag topics on balancing news coverage, Once Human, and defining MMOs.
Interview: Bohemia on multiplayer sandbox Ylands’ Switch release, Steam development, and games as a service
A few weeks back, we caught wind of a big change for Bohemia Interactive's cutesy multiplayer pirate sandbox Ylands: It's launching on Switch, but...
Warframe’s Jade Shadows update launches with new character, new mission type, and new clan operation
The Jade Shadows update has been the talk of Warframe for the past couple of months, but today is finally the day when fans...
SGF 2024: Hands-on with NCsoft’s long-awaited Throne and Liberty, launching September 17
Most of the games I played at Summer Game Fest were more enjoyable than I expected - including Throne and Liberty, which was probably...
The MOP Up: Temtem goes neon as it spins down development
Temtem's Patch 1.7 arrived with the start of its Neon Reverie season, the game's last as development starts to spin down: "To close it...
Fippyfest 2024: EverQuest and EverQuest II reveal 2024 expansions, Anashti Sul Origins progression server opens June 19
The celebration of all things EverQuest and EverQuest II that is Fippy Fest 2024 has come to a close, but not without a gaggle...
One Shots: When the cuteness dug too deep
In this past week's adventures, Utakata claimed to have plumbed the great depths and mysteries of Khazad-dûm... with a mouse-person. I don't remember that...
PlanetSide 2 addresses its recent Sunderer Rework blunder
If you're going to be stuck in status limbo, it helps to at least show signs that you're still alive and kicking. So good...
LOTRO Legendarium: What will happen when Lord of the Rings Online dies?
You know that old hypothetical of "Would you want to know when you die or would you rather be ignorant of it?" A slightly...
Jagex postpones RuneScape’s in-person RuneFest event after showrunner company implodes
If you're a RuneScape fan who was looking forward to the return of the in-person RuneFest this year after its four year-long hiatus, we...
The Stream Team: On the path to AQ3D’s new Oracle class
A new class has just surfaced in AdventureQuest 3D -- the Oracle! Filled to the brim with phenomenal cosmic powers (but not confined to...
Vague Patch Notes: Housing is really back in MMORPGs
I haven't really had anything to say about Guild Wars 2's upcoming Janthir Wilds expansion thus far because... well, I'm not our GW2 columnist,...
MapleStory’s ‘exclusive, localized updates’ begin with this week’s Go West content patch
MapleStory has been making a lot of noise about the fact that its western version will be completely separate from the Korean version, starting...
Perfect Ten: MMOs where you travel back in time for some reason
We're all time travelers! We travel to the future at the rate of one second per second. Every single machine you will ever operate...
RuneScape opens the Daemonheim Archaeology site, Old School RuneScape readies a mobile UI beta
Sure, a location known as Daemonheim is probably a dangerous place for archaeologists to go sniffing around, but do you really think that will...
Path of Exile 2 shares a gameplay overview of the Witch class in latest video
When is a necromancer not a necromancer? When it's a Witch, obviously. If you're the sort of ARPG player who takes the suggestion of...
