free to play

‘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.

Get ribbit.

RIFT increases experience and sells mounts for the long weekend

0
It's Memorial Day weekend here in the US, a time for people to... well, theoretically remember something, but in practice it's a long weekend...

Massively Overthinking: The case for rarity and randomness in MMO monetization

62
Last week, Guild Wars 2's Crystin Cox gave a monetization interview to Gamasutra during which she made one specific argument I wanted to pull...
Hello, everything is fine.

Aion’s Egyptian-themed event returns for a limited time

1
You may be able to walk like an Egyptian, but can you fight like one? You'd better if you're going to venture into Aion...

The Stream Team: Opening the gate in Secret World Legends

0
It's time for Massively OP's MJ to open the gate. She's destroyed the wards protecting it, so now she can finally get to Marquard....
Vehicular.

Champions Online brings out the vehicle-centered Circus Malvanum event

1
The heart and soul of Champions Online is either playing a superhero and taking out dastardly villains or flying vehicles around. The event hitting...

Wurm Online introduces new mechanic for sticking stuff on tabletops

1
Move over, sitting in chairs and walking in stations: MMORPG sandbox Wurm Online now has putting things on tables. And shelves too! "We've wanted this...
This world is strange.

Warframe teases new story content by way of a recommended quest guide

2
The story of Warframe is always there, but it has lain fallow for some time now. The developers have had other things to focus...

Funcom Q1 2018 financials: Conan Exiles will be the studio’s ‘bestselling game of all time’

21
A year ago, MMO fans were thrilled to find out that Funcom had had its best quarter in ages thanks to the early access...
git gud

Dauntless clocks 1M registered players as it launches its F2P open beta

17
Dauntless has officially launched into open beta as of today. The co-op ARPG is free-to-play and out on PC, so everyone can basically jump...

EverQuest II’s Seeds of Vengeance has launched with a double XP event – go getcher free level 100 toon

14
Live in EverQuest II today is the long-awaited GU106: Seeds of Vengeance update. As Daybreak's previously noted, the update includes the new Shard of...

SuperData’s April 2018 revenue report shows Fortnite setting new records, GTAO slowing down

13
Fortnite had another record month of revenue in April, according to SuperData's latest global revenue report. "Epic’s Battle Royale shooter made $296 million in...

Star Trek Online sets Deep Space Nine Victory is Life expansion for June 5 as players grumble over newest faction

31
Star Trek Online has officially put a launch date on its Deep Space Nine-based expansion, Victory is Life: June 5th, at least for PC. "The...
TANKS for the MEMORIES of separate channels

Wargaming Seattle shuts down while Digital Extremes gets an American sister studio

11
Corporate shuffling is rarely great news, but for the employees at Wargaming Seattle, it looks like it's worse news than normal. The American wing...
Goes boom and stuff.

RIFT players datamine changes to the Prime XP curve and new item packs

7
The fine souls at the Ghar Station has once again turned to the latest RIFT patch to mine out relevant information, and the results...

Lost Ark enters ‘final’ closed beta in South Korea with new class trailers

9
Hey, remember back in 2014 when Smilegate first announced MMOARPG Lost Ark? It's been a long time. As I've written before, I was positively smitten...

PlayStation 4 heads into the end of its life cycle, making console MMOs nervous

51
No console lives forever, although it seems like the more recent generations have enjoyed lengthy runs. Sony delivered some disconcerting news to fans this...

The Stream Team: Springing into LOTRO’s Spring festival encore

2
Spring has resprung! The spring festival has returned to LOTRO for an encore, which means Massively OP's MJ can participate! She'll be running the...

Lord of the Rings Online continues to iterate on its class change patch, extends spring festival

1
The third build of Lord of the Rings Online's Update 22.2 is now up on the test server, and players can preview it to...
This was a television show.

Perfect Ten: The unique pitfalls of licensed MMOs

16
Making a list of the "biggest" MMOs currently running is always an exercise in frustration. It's easy to put a few things on the...

RuneScape Classic is sunsetting this August thanks to instability, bots, and bugs

5
RuneScape has wound its way through many revisions and editions over the years, but Jagex usually left the original versions standing - or in...

ADVERTISEMENT

THE LATEST POSTS

TOP CONTENT