‘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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Lord of the Rings Online lays out its 2017 roadmap
Get ready to assail the foundations of Mordor, Lord of the Rings Online players, because it's going to happen this year.
Standing Stone Games published...
Aion’s 5.3 update boasts a 384-man PvE instanced battleground
Aion announced this week that it's preparing for the 5.3 patch to head to the North American servers. The update will add an "illustrated...
Chronicles of Elyria hires SWTOR programmer, works on PAX East demo
The small but scrappy Chronicles of Elyria continues to pick up experienced MMO devs for its ambitious sandbox project. Earlier this month we reported...
SWTOR brings out a new operation, story with Update 5.2
With the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic's latest update, the community finds itself very content with the latest offerings and wants no...
Massively Overthinking: Death and dying in MMORPGs
In March of last year, MOP's Justin wrote a detailed guide to the most common death penalties in MMORPGs. Last September, Gamasutra pulled seven...
Marvel Heroes unveils new variant costumes, adjusts hero stats and abilities
The fallout from the massive and controversial Marvel Heroes Update 2.0 continues on, as players are struggling to adjust to the new game paradigm while Gazillion is faced...
EverQuesting: Scoring our EverQuest franchise 2016 predictions
January 14th, 2016. On that date, I said we'd get to look back in a year and see just how many of my EverQuesting...
Mark Kern offers Em-8ER credit to Firefall players and founders
If you're a former Firefall player -- or a current one, since technically it's still alive -- and you are looking forward to Mark...
LOTRO preps the bleak Wastes for Update 20
In an interview with MMORPG.com, Standing Stone opened up some more about the pre-expansion update that's coming to Lord of the Rings Online in...
Star Trek Online’s Season 12 Reckoning is live today ahead of 7th anniversary hoopla
Season 12: Reckoning is live in Star Trek Online today, just a few days ahead of the iconic MMO's seventh birthday. "To commemorate this...
The Stream Team: Looking at Landmark’s builds
It's down to Landmark's last month, and Massively OP's MJ wants to personally take in as many of the great player-made creations as she...
Choose My Adventure: Nice things about Lord of the Rings Online
The thing about the level of Lord of the Rings Online that I'm playing at is that they are not exactly replete with choices....
SuperData: Pokemon Go sinks during record-setting December sales season
The analysts at SuperData have released to the public part of a report on December 2016's gaming industry today, calling December a "weak month...
Star Wars: The Old Republic explains the Bolster changes in Patch 5.1
Players who logged in to Star Wars: The Old Republic after patch 5.1 and jumped right into PvP probably noticed right away that their...
ArcheAge invites your guild on an adventure this week
This week's ArcheAge patch has kicked off a string of events to keep you occupied well into February. To start with, the fantasy MMO has whipped...
Jukebox Heroes: Live performances of MMO scores
I am of the opinion that there is something special and magical about getting to experience music in person, especially so when it is...
Mechwarrior Online soft-launches a new game client portal
Mechwarrior Online is laying out a fresh welcome mat for its players in the form of a new client portal. Those 'mechs better wipe...
The Stream Team: SWTOR’s Skytroopers assault the Gravestone
Having ended on a cliffhanger last time, Massively OP's Larry and MJ will be jumping straight into the SWTOR action today. They must now...
Star Trek Online’s Agents of Yesterday expansion debuts on console February 14
Star Trek Online's Agents of Yesterday, last summer's nostalgia-drenched expansion, will warp from PC to console on Valentine's Day, a press release from PWE...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that walk on the weird side
In third grade, my teacher sent home a report card with the note that "Justin is wonderfully strange."Â Ever since then, I never found the...