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‘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.

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...
Yes, very impressive.

World of Tanks turns four, celebrates with XP and cash shop discounts

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Did you know that World of Tanks is celebrating its launch anniversary this weekend? Yep, it is, and Wargaming is throwing a fourth birthday bash...
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NCsoft invests $5 million in Canadian mobile studio

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Is NCsoft scaling back its western MMO operations to focus on mobile development? That's the takeaway from reports at VentureBeat and Gamasutra concerning the...

The Game Archaeologist: Roleplaying dreams in Underlight

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After years of digging into the field of classic MMOs, I know there aren't too many undiscovered titles that haven't been brought to my attention...

Champions Online leaves Cryptic North for Cryptic Studios

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Big (but not bad) news for Champions Online: The superhero title is relocating along with its team back to its original development studio. Senior Game...

The Daily Grind: What promised yet undelivered feature sticks in your craw?

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There are few things more annoying than a developer promoting an upcoming feature or change and then never delivering on it. Four expansions later,...

The Stream Team: Landmark is where all IPs come together

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When you give creative people free rein in Landmark, some pretty awesome things happen! Besides fantastical creations straight out of the player's imagination, there...
This failed for lots of reasons, let's be real.

Infinite Crisis unmasks Lex Luthor

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Turbine published a feature on its newest Infinite Crisis champion this week. Lex Luthor is the man of the hour, and he'll be available...

Previewing Path of Exile’s mind-blowing Act IV

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If you thought Path of Exile's previous three content updates would be hard acts to follow, you clearly haven't heard enough about the upcoming...
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Lost Continent: Looking ahead to ArcheAge’s Dread Prophecies patch

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Did you miss the latest ArcheAge livestream featuring the Trion dev team? It was a biggun, and it contained quite a lot of information relative to the...

Report: Whales make up majority of mobile F2P sales

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Whether or not developers like the term "whales," the truth is that big spenders are still very big business for free-to-play games. Gamasutra points...
Yes, this assuages my nervousness, you bet.

EverQuest Next offers a new piece of fiction for fans

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While news has been a bit quiet on the development front for EverQuest Next, the game is still producing lore for its fans if...
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Age of Conan patch adds panoramic achievements, tweaks treasure chests

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Funcom has updated Age of Conan's achievement system. The game's latest patch offers 130 panoramas, which are camera paths that show off various Hyborian...

LOTRO explains new legendary imbuement system, preps anniversary

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One of the big ticket items for Lord of the Rings Online's Update 16 is a revamp of the legendary item system with something...

World of Warships begins selling pre-order bundles

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World of Warships may not be playable by all yet, but it will gladly accept your money now. Wargaming put several pre-order bundles on...

Anarchy Online and Lineage II to be inducted into the MMO Hall of Fame

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Say hello to the newest members of the MMO Hall of Fame: Anarchy Online and Lineage II. The nominating committee for the organization voted to...
Fighting the good fight... in really, really ugly armor.

Interview: Star Trek Online’s Al Rivera on the looming Iconians

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The Iconians are coming to Star Trek Online, and if you've been playing the game during the past five years, you know that's a...
What you are chasing and will not get.

Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that let you turn real money into MMO money

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Two days ago, World of Warcraft launched the WoW Token service, which will kill the game forever. It thus joins the list of every...
Hashtag swag.

Preview RIFT’s player dimensions made with the Anywhere key

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Player housing sometimes is difficult to get a handle on. When given an infinite canvas, some players don't know what to do with all...

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