‘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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PlanetSide 2 is abruptly (and happily) merging its European servers into one today
There are two kinds of merges in the MMO genre. There's the kind of merge a studio does to a game that was supposed...
Path of Exile 2 delays early access to December 6 over account-linking database demons
If you were thinking that Path of Exile 2 was moving very quickly toward its early access on November 15th, you weren't wrong: Just...
The Stream Team: Diving into the Warframe 1999 demo
Sometimes, waiting is hard! Especially when there is a cool set of wheels involved. Massively OP's MJ has been waiting to run the Warframe...
Ethyrial Echoes of Yore’s updates continue with guilds, bank rework, new maps, rare drops, and relic system plans
We're circling back once more to the sandbox MMORPG Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore to chronicle the continued series of development updates made by the...
Elder Scrolls Online’s U44 arrives to shake up the PvP meta and introduce two new companions
As promised, today is launch day for Elder Scrolls Online's update 44 - at least if you're on PC or Mac - and this...
Lord of the Rings Online revs up for Legacy of Morgoth with testing and preview
It's just a week and change until Lord of the Rings Online introduces its 10th expansion, Legacy of Morgoth, to the world on November...
ArenaNet, Standing Stone Games, and Daybreak all queue up Extra Life charity drives this weekend
With everything happening across our neck of the gaming woods this month, it's easy to lose sight of the more warm and fuzzy things...
Fractured Online’s free-to-play shift gets a start date of November 20
Fractured Online fans now know when "soon" will be for the MMORPG's transition over to its free-to-play model: Dynamight Studios has announced the monetization...
Warframe 1999 preps for December launch, Soulframe plans open pre-alpha in 2025
This week was another info-filled livestream from the developers of Warframe and Soulframe, as Digital Extremes once again provided important dates and details for...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs could still use a classic plus mode?
I don't even remember which MMO it was now, but the other day Chris turned in a post that mentioned some MMO and its...
The MOP Up: Fae Farm launches on PlayStation, Xbox, and Windows Store
The magical co-op realm of Fae Farm expanded to even more platforms this past week: "Phoenix Labs today celebrated the release of Fae Farm...
One Shots: The destiny of dragons
World of Warcraft may not be in the Dragonflight era any longer, but The War Within's first big content update had a lot of love for...
Lord of the Rings Online is still working on closed server transfers, believe it or not
Oh look at that: Hell is freezing over. That must mean that Lord of the Rings Online's team is actually making progress on allowing...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s new server is running smoothly, but some items are missing
It was an inauspicious start for Dungeons and Dragons Online's new premier 64-bit server, as the Cormyr shard experienced some of the worst slideshow...
Old School RuneScape tests run energy changes and shares community server dev progress
Old School RuneScape is positively flush with information this week, with Jagex kicking out multiple dev blogs about what it's got cooking across the...
Neverwinter reassures fans after layoffs: ‘We are still fully committed to the ongoing development’
No matter how you look at it, this is a devastating time for Cryptic fans as mass layoffs are effectively dissolving the once-prominent MMO...
Massively Overthinking: How much does gross monetization really affect your MMO play decisions?
Over the last couple of weeks, we've had several MMORPG tiffs over pay-to-win claims in our games. DC Universe Online just straight up added...
Lineage II kicks off Halloween Festival events across all three versions of the MMO
The great thing about Lineage II having three different versions on our side of the globe (presumably) is that means there's three times the...
APB Reloaded brings back its Halloween Epidemic event after a five-year absence
It's weird to think that the last time that APB Reloaded ran its Epidemic event was before the real-world pandemic, but it's true. And...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s first 64 bit server and Lanterns of the Mist event are live today
Cormyr is officially here in Dungeons and Dragons Online today - that's the first 64 bit server the 18-year-old MMORPG has ever had. Studio...
