‘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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One Shots: Pumpkins Online
I know and you know that MMO developers love Halloween perhaps more than their own flesh-and-blood children. And as much as I enjoy how...
MMO Business Roundup: Fractured Space, Runic Games, Michael Jordan esports, Epic investment, and the China problem
Welcome back to another quick trip through some of the week's business bits and bobs.
First up, some bad news. Edge Case's gorgeous F2P MOBA...
LOTRO Legendarium: Wistmead surprises and progression servers
What a week this has been! Originally I was all gung-ho to talk about nothing else than all of the new Halloween content that...
The Stream Team: Warframe’s space ninja Halloween
What's more Halloween-y than being a space ninja? It's perfect! Massively OP's MJ is heading in to have some holiday fun in Warframe's Halloween...
Wings Over Atreia: Awakened Legacy is Aion’s NGE gut punch
Woah! WOA is back! It's only fitting: Wings Over Atreia debuted when Aion launched as a new game, and now it is back for...
Lord of the Rings Online tackles Q&A on progression server, plans November release
Lord of the Rings Online's surprise announcement of an incoming progression server certainly stirred up interest and debate this week. While it's intriguing, a...
The Daily Grind: Are you planning to give LOTRO’s new progression server a try?
When Lord of the Rings Online announced its new progression server plan earlier this week, the LOTRO community immediately went into a state of...
With 16 expansions under its belt, Path of Exile is celebrating its fifth birthday
Yesterday, Grinding Gear Games celebrated the five-year anniversary of its hit action-RPG Path of Exile, and to commemorate the occasion, the studio has published...
Vindictus celebrates its eighth anniversary, announces Halloween events
Bring out the cake and party hats, 'cause Nexon's free-to-play hack-and-slash MMO Vindictus is turning eight years old. To celebrate the occasion, the devs...
En Masse Entertainment is giving players free EMP for linking their console and PC TERA accounts
The folks at En Masse Entertainment want TERA players who play on both console and PC to link their accounts together, and they're providing...
Lord of the Rings Online patches in a higher instance difficulty with Tier 3
Don't content yourself with lower difficulties when you can really go for the gusto in Lord of the Rings Online. The latest patch introduces...
The Stream Team: A look at Aion: Awakened Legacy
Aion had a huge update yesterday in which many things were slated to be changed. Massively OP's MJ may not be able to reach...
Hyperspace Beacon: Obtaining the Masterwork armor in SWTOR Update 5.10
I'm torn on this new armor achievement system in Star Wars: The Old Republic. On the one hand, everyone can get the armor eventually....
Aion’s massive Awakened Legacy update is now live
Yesterday, NCSoft introduced the latest major Aion update, Awakened Legacy, and the full -- and, might we add, very, very extensive -- patch notes...
Nike partners with a professional League of Legends esports player
If you've ever watched someone playing a really good match in League of Legends and muttered "it's gotta be the shoes," you are possibly...
The Stream Team: Mogloween mayhem in AQ3D’s Mystcroft
Halloween is a special time, but perhaps Mogloween is even better! AQ3D's annual holiday is bigger and better than ever with the city of...
Battle Bards Episode 131: Path of Exile
It may be a fairly grim MMOARPG, but Path of Exile features a surprisingly, well, grim soundtrack. Guess that wasn’t that much of a surprise! This...
XL GAMES says it’s working to ‘ensure that there is no harm done’ to ArcheAge players after Trion buyout
One of the many concerns bubbling up out of the Gamigo buyout of Trion Worlds this week is just what's going to happen to ArcheAge....
Perfect Ten: The 10 types of skill in MMOs
Everyone has a very strong opinion about player skill in MMOs. This is understandable. Furthermore, I've met a lot of different people with different...
MassivelyOP previews the winter wonders of Warframe’s Fortuna expansion
Hey MJ, want to come play in the Fortuna snow? When Digital Extremes invited me to come get as closer look at the snowy...
