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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Battle Bards Episode 173: Down on the farm
Seeking a simpler and more quaint life? Then come on down to the farm with the Battle Bards, as the video game music crew...
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is trying to move away from ‘anything that feels like it might be a grind’
You've heard it from the World of Warcraft development team over and over: Anima for your covenants in Shadowlands will not be a grind....
Perfect Ten: Classic alt challenges for MMOs
When you start up your first character in a new MMO, it's all fresh and novel. But if you're the sort of tedious weirdo...
The Daily Grind: How grown-up do you like your MMO graphics?
I may be settling comfortably into middle age, but I'll freely admit that I'm very partial to bright colors and highly stylized designs for...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 279: New World in the new year
Justin and Bree discuss New World, WoW Shadowlands, Dual Universe, Legends of Aria, Elder Scrolls Online, and Torchlight III, with adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and Fallout 76, plus mailbag topics on lazy development and Mists of Pandaria.
World of Warcraft: Shadows Rising is a solid book stuck in an uncomfortable midspace
My long-standing policy for the prequel novels for World of Warcraft expansions has been to not read them. We've gotten these things for a...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs charge subs for beta?
Dual Universe is not the first MMORPG to charge a sub for a beta - let me just state that upfront. So today's Daily...
EVE Online’s Zenith update begins the apex to the Triglavian invasion, adds new items and features
Today marks the rising crescendo of the Triglavian invasion in EVE Online. The Zenith update kicks off the beginning of the sandbox's third quadrant...
Players in WoW Classic have defeated Onyxia without wearing anything at all
Who says you can't make your own fun in a themepark? That's just what one raid group did in WoW Classic, electing to take...
Wisdom of Nym: What to do in Final Fantasy XIV during the 5.3 patch delay
Here we are in July, and we're not going to get our next patch for about a month. Normally, this isn't such a big...
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands will have no heirloom experience bonus and no swappable conduits
There have been a few more droplets of information heading into the beta for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. For one thing, you know those...
The Daily Grind: What do you think about the New World delay?
Last week's Friday afternoon news was the revelation that Amazon's MMORPG New World has been delayed for at least the third time that we...
The Game Archaeologist: World War II Online
The 1990s saw the rise of flight simulators that thrived on detailed, complicated controls and handling. Such games threw out accessibility and casual-friendliness for...
One Shots: Forest for the trees
There's something enchanting and thrillingly dangerous about stepping into a vast forest in an MMORPG. You never know what may be around the next...
WoW Shadowlands breaks down the Covenant system and the Maw, confirms class-wide Artifact transmog
As the beta test for World of Warcraft's Shadowlands expansion looms large, details are continuing to pour out of Blizzard about the expansion's content...
Vague Patch Notes: Don’t alter MMO systems for people who never liked them to begin with
Here's a concept that just would not leave my mind thanks to World of Warcraft, but it's not a bad thing. But in order...
EVE Online’s new Training Boost Bundle causes consternation in the community
In space, nobody can hear you scream, but in EVE Online you can hear the distinct wail of a community uproar thanks to the...
World of Warcraft Shadowlands: Free gender changes, flying requirements, and six-month sub mount
With World of Warcraft: Shadowlands' beta set for next week, it's starting to feel like there's some actual hype building behind this next expansion....
Massively Overthinking: How much should MMOs cost in 2020?
MOP reader Castagere recently wrote to us with a nod to the growing sentiment across the gaming industry that might indicate a shift in...
WoW Factor: Dissecting the drips and drabs from the Shadowlands reveal stream
All right. World of Warcraft: Shadowlands kicks off its beta next week. I would kind of like to be involved in that! I am...
