‘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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Players are apparently trying to save Pirates of the Burning Sea, so Portalus delayed its sunset
Earlier this month, we delivered the sad news that Portalus Games' Pirates of the Burning Sea was due to sunset at the end of...
The Stream Team: A happy Baggins birthday week in LOTRO
Frodo and Bilbo Baggins celebrate their birthday on September 22nd, and that means LOTRO does too! And like any good Hobbit party, it goes...
Defiance 2050 launches new Crusader class with its next update on October 15th
The next major update for Defiance 2050 is dubbed Trouble in Paradise, and among its additions is a new class for whom it is...
Chaos Theory: The prickly side of Secret World Legends’ less-than-ideal scenario situation
See, I said that wouldn't take too long! Here we are back at the Secret World Legends scenario discussion. This time, however, we'll be addressing...
Neverwinter issues a ban wave in response to a well-known exploit
Sometimes bugs and exploits can take a while to get yanked. Neverwinter had one on consoles that was known about back on September 12th,...
Global Chat: Why level in MMOs if you don’t grow?
Using World of Warcraft's latest expansion as an example, many bloggers recently pontificated on the uselessness of adding new levels to MMORPGs if your...
One Shots: The Sunset Club
WildStar is about to be inducted into the worst club there is in the gaming world -- the club whose only requirements is that...
The Stream Team: Aion celebrates 9 years of PvPvE
Has another year gone by? It has! Daevas have been flying (or gliding) around Aion for nine years now! To celebrate such a milestone,...
SoulWorker update introduces the new and challenging Primal Raid
A brand-new challenge awaits players of Gameforge's anime-action MMO SoulWorker, as its latest update introduced the new Primal Raid. Billed in the official press...
LOTRO Legendarium: Future classes, business models, and direction
For any MMORPG fan, the future often weighs heavily upon the mind. We get excited about what secrets might be in development. We wonder...
Fortnite counts almost 80M players per month as the Fall Skirmish boots up
Still snubbing Fortnite as a kids game? You're not alone, but you're definitely in the minority. It turns out that Epic Games has roped...
Chaos Theory: The rosy side of the Secret World Legends’ less-than-ideal scenario situation
Do you know that feeling of anticipation? That's what I'd felt when I was given the heads-up at DragonCon that Secret World Legends was finally...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG, living or dead, offers the all-time best crafting experience?
Over the last couple of weeks, when I was putting in sometimes 18-hour days working on the site, I didn't really have much time...
NCSoft announces Lineage II Classic server coming October 3rd
Old-school MMO fans might want to pack their bags because next month, NCSoft is gonna take everyone on a nostalgia trip back to the...
Warframe brings back Operation: Plague Star through September 30th
Warframe is not a game in which you have space to debate moral niceties most of the time. There's an infected boil on the...
Old School RuneScape boots employee for in-game cheating, police are involved
Jagex has apparently fired a member of the Old School RuneScape mod team for "gross misuse of moderator privileges."
"During our rigorous routine system checks,...
The Stream Team: See the new Secret World Legends Scenario
Secret World Legends has finally added a new scenario, and Massively OP's MJ is diving in. Who wouldn't want to throw themselves into a...
Champions Online is hosting a streamed costume contest today
It's kind of difficult to miss that it's the ninth anniversary of Champions Online, because the game has been celebrating it pretty much non-stop....
You can safely ignore those weird Lord of the Rings Online subscription messages
If you got a cryptic letter from Lord of the Rings Online payment processing company Xsolla in the last day, you can safely ignore...
RIFT Prime is preparing for the Storm Legion expansion
RIFT's progression server is about ready to go where this MMO has only gone once before: into Storm Legion.
On October 3rd, the subscription-only Prime...
