‘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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RuneScape talks about new Farming and Herblore levels arriving in November
RuneScape has a lot of things due to arrive this month. If you somehow managed to miss out on our coverage of this year's...
Warframe releases the Old Blood, celebrates Switch anniversary, and boosts Movember
Surprise! Warframe has unleashed another bloody huge torrent of news items all over me! Why am I forsaken? What did I ever do to...
Fight or Kite: PvP games to play if you’re still boycotting Blizzard
The past couple of weeks in the land of Blizzard have made for a wild ride. Some of us have extremely strong feelings and...
ArcheAge Unchained’s offer of free Diligence Coins is rescinded over account claim errors
ArcheAge Unchained just can't seem to catch a break. Last week we reported on a bundle of Diligence Coins and labor rechargers that were...
The MOP Up: Monster Hunter World makes monster sales
We've known for a while now that Monster Hunter World was a beast of a game, both in popularity and sales. But it's good...
Global Chat: Fallout Last
Bethesda's busy digging another grave for Fallout 76, this time by saddling the troubled online title with a problematic subscription service that is broken...
One Shots: This picture will make you hear sounds
There are some pictures that, when viewed, will instantly trigger sounds in your head. I cannot view any screenshot of lightsabers, for example, without...
The Project 1999 EverQuest emulator is opening yet another server thanks to demand
The folks behind Project 1999, the officially sanctioned classic EverQuest emulator, have had about a week now to look at how the population of...
Anthem loses yet another lead developer as BioWare’s head of live service departs
For those who were in the comments section going "Sure, Jan" at Casey Hudson's pep talk for Anthem, it would appear your cynicism is...
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO will be ‘different at a glance’ from LOTRO
Even as Lord of the Rings Online prepares to unleash Minas Morgul next week, Amazon Game Studios is working in the background to fashion...
SWTOR has made almost a billion dollars, and EA is pleased. Most pleased.
It may not be World of Warcraft money, but Star Wars: The Old Republic has done quite well for itself since its 2011 launch....
The Stream Team: Moons of Madness for Halloween night
Did you hear that?! And what's that up ahead -- a dark corner? Surely it will be fine... not. It is Halloween night, and...
Aion Europe adds a 2,000-player PvP battle and a 12-player dungeon in update 7.2
The European version of Aion has launched its latest big update, with emphasis on "big." As in 2,000-person PvP battle and 12-person dungeon run...
Astellia Online is free to play again this weekend starting November 1
I always feel bad for games that run events on BlizzCon weekend because I always suspect they'll be underattended, but maybe this BlizzCon will...
LOTRO’s Minas Morgul lockboxes are raising community concerns
Ever since SSG increased its use and contents with the Mordor expansion, LOTRO's lockboxes have been a sore point among players who have heavily...
Star Trek Online talks about Task Force Operations, the anniversary event, and mission development
This week's Ten Forward livestream from the folks at Star Trek Online was pretty much a potpourri of random details and tidbits. A number...
After a day of downtime, ArcheAge Unchained updates players on ArchePass and Diligence Coins
I always know there's something up with a game when my own guildies start asking me why the game is still offline. Indeed, ArcheAge...
TERA’s console versions just got Unmasked – here’s the trailer
Console fans are in for a treat and not a trick this week as En Masse has launched TERA's Unmasked update for Xbox One...
Ship of Heroes says its character creator is a ‘huge step up from games like City of Heroes and SWTOR’
We're just about to see the launch of a character creator tool for our second superhero MMO of the month, as Ship of Heroes'...
Here’s what to expect from the inaugural Path of Exile ExileCon in November
Path of Exile's first fan convention, ExileCon, is just a few weeks away, and now Grinding Gear Games is dropping gobs of info on...
