‘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 2 shares 30 minutes of gameplay footage from this year’s Tokyo Game Show
How will Path of Exile 2 players salve themselves knowing that the OARPG's early access is being delayed into December thanks to demons in...
Vindictus confirms progression refinement and new raid for November, next new hero in January
The next three months in the action MMO Vindictus have been officially mapped out by Nexon. Well, at least two of the three months....
RuneScape adds a new Slayer monster, Old School RuneScape preps a classic quest relaunch
Comparatively speaking, news from the worlds of RuneScape and Old School RuneScape is a little shorter this week. Still, there are things in both...
The revived Jade Dynasty World plans Chinese open beta for next month
Step with us into the official MOP Timeline Cruiser for a brief recap of Jade Dynasty. This Chinese-themed MMO took its last breath in 2018...
Lord of the Rings Online offers a final video preview of this week’s Legacy of Morgoth
It's launch week for Lord of the Rings Online's latest expansion, which means it's your last opportunity to study up on what's coming in...
The MOP Up: Torchlight Infinite invites you to step into a painting
Torchlight Infinite's sixth season, The Frozen Canvas, arrived with a new character and a mechanic centered around painting and canvases: "As these paintings are...
One Shots: A sticky situation, indeed
While I am a general fan of honey, the fact that this is a dessert guarded by hundreds of bees does turn my attention...
LOTRO Legendarium: How should LOTRO handle ‘the levels issue?’
Legacy of Morgoth comes out next week for Lord of the Rings Online, and I'm generally excited for it. I wasn't initially, since desert zones aren't...
The Stream Team: Gorses, goonicorns, and more Mogloween in AQ3D
Massively OP's MJ already loves AQ3D's Mogloween (with the exception of how many fish she has to catch!), and the event just gets better...
New books about EVE Online, Second Life, and EverQuest are on the way
You've played the game, now read the story. Or read the story out of curiosity about a game you would otherwise never play. Or...
World of Warships teams up with Star Trek again with Picard, Borg, and Spock
World of Warships is back in cahoots with Star Trek, of all franchises, supposedly under the assumption that a ship is a ship, even...
The Daily Grind: Which dead MMORPG needs a resurrection *and* has a possible path to get it?
A while back, our team was working on a MapleStory piece when we did something we often do when writing about MapleStory: lament the...
Neverwinter tests Module 30’s Unvaulted zone and dungeon
Neverwinter wasn't just flinging smoke and mirrors your way when its team said that development was continuing on the Dungeons & Dragons MMO in...
Black Desert opens a season server on mobile, adds new accessories to PC, buffs the Halloween boss on console
It's another week of things and stuff for Black Desert's three editions, and once more we're starting off with BDO Mobile as the headliner...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s November looks overstuffed and underseasoned
Ah yes, November. The month of my favorite feasting holiday! Pokemon Go is hoping to deliver a feast of its own this month, but......
Embers Adrift’s devs discuss the Digital River payment fiasco and temporary F2P shift
Earlier this week we had the unfortunate duty to report a serious legal and financial crisis for Embers Adrift developer Stormhaven Studios: The company...
Perfect Ten: The 10 types of tanks in MMORPGs
I've been thinking a fair bit about player archetypes lately, and that also means that I've been thinking about the variants within roles. While...
Nexon’s MapleFest and Next On tease MapleStory’s Dark Ride, Mabinogi UE5, Nakwon Last Paradise, and more
Nexon has been busy hyping its MMOs this week with both MapleStory Fest and its Next On event, so let's dig in!
MapleStory Fest, which...
Embers Adrift says Digital River has been stiffing it since June, so it’s going temp F2P and heading to Steam
Embers Adrift has some good news bad news - good news for players, but bad news for the studio, which is apparently being screwed...
World of Warships kicks off a community event to support K9s For Warriors charity
If you don't know much about military veteran suicide rates, you might not realize that it is a constant and real problem. K9s For...
