‘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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Amazon says it’s cracking down hard on Throne & Liberty bots
If you dip into any online discussion about Throne and Liberty, especially in regard to its population, it invariably shifts toward discussing the purported...
Fractured is going free-to-play as it revamps its content model around seasons
Fractured Online's devs have been a bit quiet over the last month, you may have noticed, but there was a method to the madness,...
The Daily Grind: Should all MMOs let you filter out or change sounds?
There's an interesting, if lesser known, feature in Lord of the Rings Online that allows players to filter out unwanted sounds from the game....
Mabinogi introduces new high-tier missions for crafters and readies next commerce season
What do you do when you're the top of the mountain as a crafter in Mabinogi? You find a new mountain to climb, that's...
Ultima Online officially launches its first year-long New Legacy server and ClassicUO compatibility
New World isn't the only MMO with a big launch today: 27-year-old MMORPG Ultima Online also picked October 15th, 2024, for the rollout of...
LOTRO dev says that 2024 was ‘a recovery year’ but there’s plenty in the works for 2025
As Hobbits trick-or-treat and Elves preen in anticipation for their visual glow-up, Lord of the Rings Online's lead designer took to Twitch last week...
The Stream Team: Catching up on Warframe’s Koumei and the Five Fates
Massively OP's MJ has been looking forward to all the new content leading up to Warframe's 1999 release later this year. And the most...
RuneScape invites players into the seasonal Halloween hub of Harvest Hollow today
Is there anything more Halloween-y than a central hub full of thematic decor and creepy fun to be had? That's definitely the vibe that's...
The MOP Up: Ethyrial adds guilds and guild leveling
We'll start today's leftover news roundup with the word that Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore added guilds with Patch 3.2.2!
"They can be created for the...
Global Chat: Does the MMO genre need a good rebranding?
As we all seem to love the topic of MMO definitions, it's with little surprise to see blogs discuss it as well. Contains Moderate...
LOTRO Legendarium: Should all LOTRO expansions include ‘special systems?’
It's been an exciting week for Lord of the Rings Online as full details and testing for this fall's expansion, Legacy of Morgoth, arrived...
EverQuest kicks off Nights of the Dead, EverQuest II begins spooky season
Feel that chill in the air and scent of pumpkin spice? That's Halloween coming to take over all your MMORPGs for the next few...
The Stream Team: Enjoying the Harvestmath festivities in Lord of the Rings Online
MOP's Chris and his Happy Cappy Nirlun the Bear-Chested are off to enjoy Harvestmath in Lord of the Rings Online! There's quests to be...
Star Wars The Old Republic readies public testing of its next lair boss and dynamic events system soon
Star Wars: The Old Republic game director Eric Musco has some fresh details about the game's incoming Game Update 7.6: Galactic Threads patch -...
Star Trek Online ends grandfathered subscriptions – in exchange for free lifetime memberships
As if the news of Cryptic's mass layoffs and de facto demise this week wasn't news enough, now Star Trek Online's new caretakers appear...
ArcheAge Chronicles video highlights its acrobatic combat and vast persistent online world
A couple of weeks ago XLGames and Kakao Games showed off a rebranded and revised ArcheAge 2, with the name of ArcheAge Chronicles and...
Massively Overthinking: How do you stop MMOs from feeling like (or becoming) a part-time job?
In last week's Choose My Adventure, MOP's Chris penned a perfect paragraph summing up the paradox of MMORPGs - it doesn't even matter what...
EverQuest Online Adventures rogue server Sandstorm continues weekly updates and celebrates Halloween
At the top of this year we did a quick check-in on the rogue servers of the old console MMORPG EverQuest Online Adventures, including...
Vague Patch Notes: What is good meaningful leveling in MMORPGs?
All right. So we are here at long last, at the end of Leveling Month, although it's actually more like Month And A Bit....
Lord of the Rings Online gets its Harvestmath fall festival underway
What's the best Lord of the Rings Online festival? That's a point of fierce debate among the Free Peoples of Middle-earth, but there's a...
