‘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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Warframe of Mind: Celebrating six years of Space Ninja history
Happy birthday! Warframe commemorated its sixth anniversary this week (or last week, depending on which date you go by), and that means it's time...
Neverwinter announces an April 23 release date for Undermountain on PC
Week by week, Neverwinter has been kicking out dev blogs touching on the various things players can expect in the Undermountain expansion, so a...
Adjustments to Synthesis are arriving in Path of Exile patch 3.6.3
Earlier this week, Bree referred to recent life in Path of Exile as "patch city." That holds true once again today as Grinding Gear...
EverQuest Next failed to clear its ‘technical hurdle,’ but Daybreak hasn’t given up on a sequel
Did EverQuest Next fail to come to fruition because it wasn't fun, the studio didn't want it, or its technical challenges were too great...
Star Trek Online outlines its content roadmap through July
The downside of Star Trek Online's new roadmap is that it is not overburdened with elaborate details about the content that's coming to the game...
RuneScape sparks up its Firemaking skill in latest game update
We didn't start the fire, but that might change with RuneScape's latest update, which brings a massive overhaul to the game's Firemaking skill. Realizing...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 213: FFXIV’s first world problems
Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV's controversial reveals, WoW level squish, Albion Online F2P, Glitch, Age of Conan, and Google Stadia, with adventures in Trove, SWG, Starmourn, LOTRO, and Rock Band, and mailbag letter on feeling perpetually behind in MMOs.
Neverwinter: Undermountain looks to make Great Weapon Fighters beefier and Rogues stabbier
As we've seen detailed over the past few weeks, Neverwinter's Undermountain expansion is bringing a lot of new things to the table, especially to...
Path of Exile officially launches on the PlayStation 4 today, having doubled playerbase since 2017
It's a huge day for Path of Exile, as the popular MMOARPG finally launches on PlayStation 4 today; it's already live for Europe, and...
The Stream Team: Happy sixth birthday Warframe!
Happy birthday to you!
The kubrow's in the zoo.
You look like a Tenno,
and you smell like one too!
Warframe turned six years old...
Apple reveals Apple Arcade, yet another subscription service for games
File this one under things you probably didn't ask for: At its conference today, Apple announced Apple Arcade, a multi-platform sub service "that will...
APB Reloaded recounts progress made on engine upgrades, server merges, and Riot mode
It's been a loaded three months for APB Reloaded, what with the game getting a new owner in March 2018 and seeking to revamp...
These are some of the shinies waiting in Neverwinter’s Undermountain
When you delve in to a dungeon with the scale of Undermountain, you'd expect more than a few new rewards waiting for you. Neverwinter...
Warframe recounts Mainline updates, adds new Tennogen in time for sixth birthday and approach to 50M players
Warframe's Remote Observer has provided its usual rundown of updates for players of the action shooter MMO, offering a few words on quality-of-life updates...
The Daily Grind: Is it possible for an MMO to make you feel like a kid again?
Last month on /r/mmorpg, there was a thread about finding MMOs that will make you feel like a kid again. You can probably guess...
Wurm Online introduces new capture points in Hunt of the Ancients zones
As I understand the way Hunt of the Ancients (HotA) zones work in Wurm Online, the whole point is to capture four points. If...
The MOP Up: Ring of Elysium gives out free adventure passes
Ever eye an adventurer or season pass in a shooter but feel too cheap to buy it? Reader Pasha tipped us off that the...
Jukebox Heroes: Rappelz’ soundtrack
When you cover a metric ton of MMOs and other related games professionally, it becomes an interesting task to keep them all straight in...
Old School RuneScape talks player behavior, improving PvP, and fixing old content in a Q&A
A beefy Q&A video from the devs of Old School RuneScape offered up an opportunity to discuss a variety of matters relevant to the...
Here’s a quick glimpse of Star Wars The Old Republic’s new guild heraldry and character preview tools
When 5.10.2: Heralds of Victory launches in Star Wars: The Old Republic next month, it'll drop some quality-of-life tweaks that were originally promised in...
