‘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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Soulframe talks about animation and hints at a ‘very very closed’ pre-alpha in December
This year's TennoCon event offered a lot of insight into Digital Extremes' upcoming multiplayer title Soulframe, so now appears to be the right time...
The Daily Grind: What’s clogging up your main MMO character’s bank right now?
Lord of the Rings Online seems deliberately designed to make even people who enjoy organizing inventories (me) a wee bit crazy about it. I...
The Stream Team: Pustule-popping Plague Star adventures in Warframe
You know what Warframe's Plains of Eidolon needs? Infested! Wait, it doesn't? Oh. Well, unfortunately there is already mysterious meteorite that has crashed just...
Mabinogi continues to improve the MMO’s quality-of-life with its November 16 Beyond update
You'd be forgiven for believing that an update called Beyond would be bringing transformational updates to Mabinogi. That's not quite the case, but the...
Trove heralds the return of Friendsgiving while RIFT kicks off a screenshot contest
It's time to report on Gamigo's (arguably) final two surviving MMORPGs RIFT and Trove, as both titles are spooling up some autumn season stuff...
RuneScape improves dungeon visuals, refreshes premier rewards, and applies Zamorak improvements
It's a new week of stuff for players of RuneScape, with the MMORPG adding a new lick of visual paint to some dungeons, making...
Tarisland unveils Phantom Necromancer class, engages pre-downloads for November 15 beta
Remember when we supposed that the new class for Tarisland was a druid? Well, not exactly, unless of course you subscribe to the D&D...
The Daily Grind: What’s the coziest MMO that isn’t technically a cozy MMO?
We have the Lord of the Rings Online general chat to thank for inspiring this Daily Grind, as I recently saw one player make...
The MOP Up: Fallout 76 turns five years old
Fallout 76 is celebrating its fifth anniversary loud and proud this week with a birthday party on Tuesday, a special challenge event, and a...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Corsairs of Umbar launched with a lot of bugs – but fewer rewards
Corsairs of Umbar is finally here for Lord of the Rings Online, and it's not entirely smooth sailing for the MMO's latest expansion. Standing...
One Shots: Protect me, mighty cactus!
Health care in fantasy worlds is a tad peculiar, to put it lightly. Doctors routinely mix it up on the battlefield, medics throw explosive...
LOTRO Legendarium: Corsairs of Umbar and the three ways we consume expansions
Happy new expansion week in Lord of the Rings Online! It's surreal to finally be at the capstone of LOTRO's ambitious 2023 roadmap, not...
RuneScape adds a new boss fight November 20, Old School RuneScape confirms Leagues IV for November 15
I'm now convinced that dragons are made of cat software installed into reptilian hardware; they would much rather sleep for long periods of time,...
Raph Koster has been warning about the death of games innovation longer than most MMOs have been alive
Veteran MMO developer Raph Koster is no stranger to talking about money in gaming. Our own readers will recall that all the way back...
Tarisland’s Shadow Swordsman is the flexible poisoner who takes no prisoners
Today is a momentous day for fans of Tarisland, as the upcoming fantasy MMO announced its Earthspirit Saga, a three-expansion storyline that kicks off...
PSA: Star Trek Online is slashing the price of its lifetime subscription deal through December 14
If you just can't get enough of that Star Trek Online and want to get all of the exclusive perks available to lifetime subscriptions...
Wayfinder suffers layoffs as Digital Extremes transfers the game fully to Airship Syndicate
Wayfinder hasn't even properly launched out of early access and it's already suffering layoffs. According to Polygon's unnamed sources, Tencent-owned Digital Extremes laid off...
EverQuest II celebrates 19th birthday and $216K Extra Life fundraising with in-game events
Don't look now because you'll only feel old: EverQuest II is officially 19, and if you do some quick napkin math, it means that...
NCsoft Q3 2023: Mobile MMOs, not the classic PC titles, are dragging NCsoft down
If you were hoping that NCsoft's financials might perk up in Q3 after a full year of downward incline, I'm afraid I'll be disappointing...
The Soapbox: Will Diablo IV’s Vessel of Hatred be a sufficient answer for Path of Exile 2?
Everyone loves a good enrage timer, right? It puts pressure on everyone involved in a raid or boss fight to pull their weight and...
