‘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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World of Warplanes is bringing back lethal crits
Wargaming's latest World of Warplanes dev blog announces the return of lethal critical damage situations. Breaking a wing or a tail off of an...
Path of Exile: The Awakening eyes July 10 release
Path of Exile's next big content update, The Awakening, is coming soon... but how soon? The team said that it's getting close to nailing...
ESTsoft announces Cabal 2 founder’s packs
Cabal 2 is launching as a free-to-play MMO, but if you'd like to actually pay for it, ESTsoft has announced its founder's pack offering....
E3 2015: SWTOR’s upcoming expansion builds on the ‘legacy of KOTOR’
So what's with Knights of the Fallen Empire? Inquiring Star Wars: The Old Republic fans want to know! That's why we sat down with...
Neverwinter demos its biggest map ever
The more things you want going on in a single map, the bigger the map needs to be. If all you want is for...
TERA introduces recruit-a-friend rewards
Are you playing TERA? Do you have friends who are not playing TERA? Are said friends also swayed by the thought of both of...
Trion addresses Defiance players’ requests for more content
The newest set of answers from the Defiance developers to player questions is available now. The bad news (always start with the bad news)...
One Shots: Primitive GPS
There's no shame in being lost, especially if your MMO doesn't include an on-screen map. Anyone remember the olden days of using graph paper...
The Game Archaeologist: Seven MMOs operating on borrowed time
Most everyone who knows me well will acknowledge that I'm not generally a cynical, dark person. I'm not rooting for games to fail, for...
Brevik’s Cow King will be dropping rewards in Marvel Heroes today
How would you like to play Diablo with David Brevik? Well... you can't! You might be able to do the next best thing, though,...
The Daily Grind: Are MOBAs destined for a Great Crash?
Make no mistake, even with the recent launch of Heroes of the Storm, MOBAs are crashing and burning all over the place these days....
The Stream Team: Tearing through SWTOR story missions with a vengeance
There's this little game called SWTOR... maybe you've heard of it? And it is getting an expansion soon, one that's all about the story....
Landmark devs: Respawning is working as designed
Addressing complaints that respawning mobs and resources are broken in Landmark, Daybreak came out today to say that, on the contrary, everything is working...
Anarchy Online’s long-awaited engine upgrade looks to be coming soon
"You've waited, it's coming. In this year of 29489 on Rubi-Ka, you will see it," Anarchy Online's Twitter feed trumpeted today.
We'll see what? You...
Massively Overthinking: The value of MMO voice chat
This week's Massively Overthinking question was shot over to us from Kickstarter donor Celestial, and it's all about voice chat in MMOs.
Do you use a...
RuneScape’s RuneFest community event scheduled for October 3
Jagex has announced that RuneFest will return for a fifth incarnation of the annual community event devoted to RuneScape. It happens at London's Tobacco...
Star Trek Online’s newest feature episode is live
Star Trek Online's newest feature episode awaits, according to an official tweet this morning that signified the end of the patch maintenance period. Cryptic...
Perfect Ten: MMO terms that have overstayed their welcome
My original plan for this week - during the few moments that I was capable of coherent speech rather than just babbling about the...
Protector’s Jubilee begins in all versions of Neverwinter
Protector's Jubilee starts anew in Neverwinter today to celebrate the game's two-year anniversary. The returning festival gives players new quests and skirmishes to conquer...
RIFT teases the Nightmare Saga coming with next month’s patch
Lord Arak is not a nice guy, presumably. Sure, maybe he does nice things for his friends, has a soft spot for animals, all...
