Subscription MMOs are generally those that restrict play to gamers who pay an ongoing fee, usually monthly, though shorter and longer subscriptions, as well as lifetime subs, do exist. Some free-to-play and buy-to-play games also include optional subscriptions.
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Dark Age of Camelot celebrates its 18th anniversary
Eighteen years is a long and impressive span for any MMORPG to be kicking around, so naturally an in-game celebration is due for
Camelot Unchained has solved the problem of animating a cow corpse being thrown by a siege weapon
Only in the games industry will you consider how to animate a cow corpse thrown from a catapult as a problem and not, say,...
EVE Evolved: Chatting up EVE Online world record holder Ethan ‘Katia Sae’ Richards
EVE Online player Ethan Richards is best known by the name of his in-game character Katia Sae, who earlier this year completed an...
Wisdom of Nym: Picking apart Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.1 teaser site
The past week was sure a trip, and a good chunk of it for me was taken up by stuff I didn't want to...
Not So Massively: The Blizzard I loved is dead
This week's Not So Massively column was supposed to be a wishlist of things I want from an announcement of Diablo IV....
One Shots: Bring me a shrubbery!
When has something as mundane and nondescript as a bush ever been a helpful hero? And when have we ever featured a MapleStory...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs you’ve wanted to quit, but you couldn’t?
Very few of us are in a situation wherein large men are perched behind us claiming that something horrible will happen to our loved...
The Game Archaeologist: Funcom’s long-abandoned Midgard MMO
There used to be a time that Funcom was deeply into the MMORPG business, bringing us titles such as Anarchy Online, Age...
Mark Kern didn’t just quit WoW Classic: He accused his old Firefall studio of Chinese corruption
Earlier this week, we reported that former World of Warcraft Team Lead Mark Kern had very publicly posted that he was quitting WoW...
Final Fantasy XIV outlines the changes coming to the game’s performance system in patch 5.1
It'd be nice enough if Final Fantasy XIV had a system for musical performances that was just dropped in the game and then functionally...
A World of Warcraft LGBT guild has been forced to change its name
Given the fact that this week has been shining a harsh spotlight on Blizzard's enormous mistake over a Hong Kong Hearthstone player, you would...
Global Chat: One MMO gamer is trying to finish Fallen Earth before it’s gone
When you know that your beloved MMORPG is about to be shut down, what do you do? If you're the blog 24 Hours...
Final Fantasy XIV previews its site for patch 5.1 and the All Saints’ Wake event
It's time for a whole lot of reveals for Final Fantasy XIV, starting with the special site for patch 5.1 having gone up....
The Daily Grind: What’s the longest MMO boycott you’ve run?
There are a lot of games I don't have any desire to play, and then there's Star Wars: The Old Republic. I still...
Legends of Aria is overhauling its PvP system once again
Remember this past summer when Citadel Studios announced that it was finally launching Legends of Aria on Steam with a huge overhaul patch...
Final Fantasy XI’s newest login campaign offers players autumnal decoration
Another month rolling in means another patch for Final Fantasy XI, but it also means a new set of login rewards available for...
Perfect Ten: Kickstarter MMOs that raised the most money
The rise of crowdfunding in the mid-2010s swept a large wave of MMORPGs our way that might never have happened otherwise. For a while...
WoW Factor: The shabby ethics of Blizzard’s ‘Hong Kong liberation’ ban
Hooo boy, this was not an article I really expected to write this week.
So, by now everyone's surely seen the news that Blizzard...
Players, pros, and politicians join in protest over Blizzard’s censorship of Hong Kong Hearthstone pro
The furor over Blizzard's ban of a Hong Kong Hearthstone pro player and apparent firing of two Taiwanese commentators has only increased since...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs do away with stat armor entirely?
While I'm all about progression and acquisition for my MMO characters as they journey through the levels, I'm less and less enthused about collecting...
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