‘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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Wurm Online player deified, founds a religion
What have you done with your online life lately? We bet you haven't ascended to godhood and convinced other players to follow a new...
Lineage II’s Infinite Odyssey expansion coming this month
Mark your calendars, Lineage II fans, because on April 22nd you're getting a new expansion. It's called Infinite Odyssey and it will coincide with...
Skyforge’s beta is surprisingly satisfying
I can safely say that what I got when I first fired up Skyforge was not, in fact, what I had been hoping I...
Here’s how to jury-rig a VR alternative for Elite: Dangerous
If you've had dreams of flying spaceships in the third dimension but were too poor to afford an Oculus Rift, then one clever gamer...
Global Chat: Are MMO players too mean to game developers?
Is it too easy to forget that MMOs, like all video games, are made by people just like you and I? Belghast over at...
Neverwinter’s Elemental Evil is now available, insert Minsc and Boo joke here
For some reason it feels like we've been writing about Minsc and Boo for months. In any case, I guess we haven't been writing...
GamersFirst is patching APB’s Easter event ‘bad experiences’
GamersFirst has posted a brief blurb on the heels of last Thursday's APB Reloaded patch. The devs are responding to player feedback and, more...
The Stream Team: EverQuest II-sday, EU edition
If you've missed out on grouping with the MassivelyOP Minions because of time zones, today is your lucky day! MJ is introducing a European...
Skyforge developers explain monetization and power
You can argue all you want over the definition of pay-to-win, but no one really likes the idea of a free-to-play game in which...
RIFT chronicles the remaking of the Hammerknell raid
If you came into RIFT late in its life cycle, you missed Hammerknell. If you weren't raiding when Hammerknell was super relevant to the...
Are ‘me-too’ MOBAs a development trap?
There's no doubt that the MOBA genre is a behemoth in the industry right now, with titles like League of Legends and DOTA 2...
The Daily Grind: What’s your preferred MOBA class?
The strangest thing has been happening to me here lately. I... I think I'm becoming a MOBA fan. It's not that I had anything...
Get a sneak peek of LOTRO’s Update 16
Lord of the Rings Online is gearing up for a big content push this month with Update 16. The devs put the patch on the...
Marvel Heroes adds AXIS raid
Gazillion says that Marvel Heroes was the first online action RPG to featuring raiding, and it's following that up with a new one called...
LOTRO Legendarium: Why you need to read the books if you play the game
While my Kindle is loaded with so many new books I've yet to read that I really should take a few months off to...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever want to change your character’s race?
We all whine and complain about MMO cash shop offerings, but you know what's one item that I'm always glad to see? A race...
Infinite Crisis enables 1v1 Crime Alley for the weekend
Are you tired of running Coast City in Infinite Crisis? Turbine is throwing you a bone, albeit a temporary one, in the form of...
The Soapbox: The misguided quest for MMO stickiness
This guest Soapbox was originally commissioned in 2015 through Massively Overpowered's Kickstarter campaign and is authored by Tyler F.M. Edwards, who blogs at www.superior-realities.com....
RIFT turns a raid into an instant adventure playground
Raids are usually the purview of, y'know, raiders in MMOs, which is unfortunate as much of the game's population won't get to see all...
Nexon acquires South Korean mobile developer
Nexon announced today that it is acquiring all outstanding shares of mobile maker Boolean Games. MMO Culture reports that "terms and details of the...
