freemium

Remember back when free-to-play was still a pretty rare thing, and we used to run polls on which MMOs would go free-to-play next? And...

GDC isn't E3. It isn't PAX. It's not even what I think stereotypical gamers can appreciate. But I think the Massively OP crowd is...

Do you have talent? Then Darkfall: Rise of Agon wants you to chip in and help out -- for pay, of course. The team...

Bloggers and journalists throughout the online gaming industry have been talking about monetization a lot lately. It's not just lockbox/gachapon scandals, or their relationship...

As of May 31st, Ryzom (formerly Saga of Ryzom) has transitioned into a slightly different business model that will take a little explaining. Essentially, the...

I confess that I have a particular fascination for MMOs that came into existence in the 1990s. It's not only the fact that I...

Seven-year-old Champions Online has a reputation for being a neglected MMORPG, but it's actually had several updates in 2016, including Teleios Lair and Shadow of...

The Financial Times blog has a doom-and-gloom report out this week on the gaming market of South Korea, specifically the MMO genre. "The country’s online...

Up until this point in my life, Puzzle Pirates has always been that "Oh yeah, that actually exists!" game to me. Even when I...

Not too long ago, there was all but one way that you would pay for an MMO, and that was as a monthly subscription....

Every so often I get requests to cover such-and-such game in this column. These are often incredibly obscure titles, even to me, and when...

This guest interview was commissioned through Massively Overpowered's 2015 Kickstarter campaign by donor Brett Richards, who interviewed Lusternia Producer Robb French in lieu of a Soapbox. Any opinions here...

This week we heard the news that CCP Games will be officially shutting down PS3 online shooter DUST 514 in May to start work on...

When Darkfall opened up its doors to community discussion, one of the major points mentioned by the developers was that free-to-play was completely off...

My original plan for this week - during the few moments that I was capable of coherent speech rather than just babbling about the...