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.

Spirit Lords is an adorable mobile ARPG by SWTOR’s Daniel Erickson

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Jonesing for a fun mobile Diablo-like title? Then it might behoove you to check out the recently released Spirit Lords on both iOS and...
Wow, hey, stuff.

RIFT’s 3.2 Echoes of Madness patch is now available

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Trion wants you to know that RIFT's 3.2 patch is officially live. Echoes of Madness adds a 20-player Hammerknell raid and improvements to instant...
Fixing problems, sure.

Wurm launches new Elevation server

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The first iteration of Wurm Online's Elevation server had a problem according to the players: the map. People just did not like that map....

EA shutters several online titles, touts SWTOR’s growth

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It's a dark day for several online EA titles that contains ray of light for Star Wars: The Old Republic. The publisher announced today that...

Get a closer look at Defiance’s Alcatraz

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The prison island of Alcatraz is the hot new destination of Defiance players following yesterday's patch. If you're a curious looky loo or a...
Any Kill Bill references you want to make here may or may not be apropos. It's a fine line.

Rumor: WildStar box recall and promo might herald free-to-play

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The last time the retailer yanked boxes of a game from the shelves and returned them to the distributors, it was The Elder Scrolls...
RIFT

Trion is upping RIFT’s daily and weekly quest rewards in 3.2

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Trion has posted a note on RIFT's official forums confirming that it will be upping the rewards for daily and weekly quests in tomorrow's...
Darn it all!

Defiance adds Alcatraz, preps for season three

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Trion has added Alcatraz to Defiance, along with a new EGO rating cap of 6,000 and several other key features. Chief among these are...

The Stream Team: Higher-level Heritage questing in EQII

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For all the many times MassivelOP's MJ has done Heritage Quests in EverQuest II on various alts, it somehow escaped her that the increases...

Forsaken World is getting a mobile edition

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Could we be on the verge of an MMO mobile gaming revolution? Several mobile versions of Asian MMOs are in the making, including Aion...

Hyperspace Beacon: Five things you should know about Ziost before SWTOR Update 3.2

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Shortly after Star Wars: The Old Republic launched, I was a part of a group of players asked which planet they would like to see...
Marvel Heroes

Marvel Heroes’ Daredevil gets tuneup, new skin

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Marvel Heroes is cranking up the transmedia synergy by way of a new Daredevil promotion that fits nicely alongside the recently released Netflix television...

Take part in a flying raid with Icarus Online

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Even if they share common lineage, MMOs must have a distinctive angle or face death by mediocrity. For the upcoming Icarus Online, that hook...

The Stream Team: Bulking up as Marvel Heroes’ She-Hulk

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Even though MassivelyOP's MJ already has a slew of heroes she needs to work on, it's hard to resist when Marvel Heroes introduces a new...
Prepare to be prepared!

How to get into Path of Exile’s Awakening beta

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So you want to test the next big update for Path of Exile? That's understandable; it's a big update that promises a whole lot...
I want MORE ROCK.

Star Wars: The Old Republic hosting double XP for Star Wars Celebration

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So let's assume for the purposes of this discussion that you're a really big fan of Star Wars, but you can't quite make it...

Lord of the Rings Online announces 8th anniversary awards

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Lord of the Rings Online turns -- wow -- eight years old this month, which means that the game is not only throwing an...

RIFT’s Echoes of Madness update arrives on April 15

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RIFT players salivating for Update 3.2 won't have much longer to go: Trion Worlds announced that Echoes of Madness will be launching on Wednesday,...

EverQuest II’s latest forum and Reddit drama

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EverQuest II players concerned about alleged excessive forum moderation after a suspension of one of the community's more prominent supporters and the studio focus...

MMO Mechanics: How strong communities are barriers-to-exit

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MMOs occupy a unique position in our game libraries because they include a wide range of clever mechanics that keep us logging in day...

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