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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Blizzard will rez hardcore WoW Classic characters after a DDOS wiped out OnlyFangs streamers
A fascinating firestorm of events and controversy erupted in WoW Classic's hardcore scene over the past 24 hours, starting with a DDOS attack that...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Seekers of Eternity patch is live today
Bad news for people who are seeking new seltzer flavors, the ultimate low-fat yogurt, a four-door hatchback that drives like a sports car, or...
Recapping the Warcraft 30th anniversary tour’s Toronto stop
Despite the event selling out virtually instantaneously, I managed to be one of the lucky few to snag a ticket to the Toronto stop...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating about phantom jobs in Final Fantasy XIV
At this point, we don't have a full list of the phantom jobs that will be available in Final Fantasy XIV's new field exploration...
Ultima Online is launching a new server as it brings New Legacy to its thriving Japanese playerbase
Ultima Online is actually about to launch a new server - specifically, a New Legacy server for the Japanese region.
The 27-year-old MMORPG has a...
The MOP Up: World of Peaky Tanks
When you think "World of Tanks," naturally you free-associate the TV series Peaky Binders along with it. And a good thing too, because Wargaming...
Final Fantasy XIV posts the preliminary patch notes for Seekers of Eternity
The process of slowly teasing out patch notes for a major update has become a very normal thing for Final Fantasy XIV at this...
WoW Classic’s 20th anniversary servers are already up to Phase 3
It might only be March, but WoW Classic's newest servers are already barreling into their third phase of content.
Phase 3 landed on the servers...
Massively Overthinking: Are you tired of survival gameplay in MMORPGs?
When we were deep-diving Aloft earlier this year, MOP commenter Jon Wax said something that caught my attention. He thought the game looked neat,...
Vague Patch Notes: If you have my money, you’d better have my video game
So over the last couple of weeks Lord of the Rings Online has made itself quite a mess to clean up. It's not the...
Final Fantasy XIV previews the Arcadion and new gear coming with Seekers of Eternity
There's less than a week until Final Fantasy XIV players get to enjoy the next major patch for the game, but if you can't...
NetEase is slapping the wrists of nearly 12,000 WoW China cheaters – but it did name-and-shame most of them first
Veteran MMORPG players might recall that last year, Blizzard and NetEase renewed their once-broken partnership to run World of Warcraft (and some of Blizzard's...
Blockchain MMO EVE Frontier’s next ‘hackathon’ will award attendees travel vouchers and Fanfest tix
During its past testing, CCP Games' blockchain survival MMO EVE Frontier held a so-called "hackathon" event where players were invited to modify the game...
Casually Classic: Are the new WoW Classic servers actually a Burning Crusade ‘waiting room?’
When Blizzard abruptly announced last November that it was launching the 20th anniversary servers -- WoW Classic Classic -- the studio gave many assurances...
World of Warcraft adds the Scarlet Enclave raid in Season of Discovery phase 8, coming April 8
We're just going to head off one piece of speculation at the pass: The real Scarlet Crusade was decidedly not the friends you made...
Ultima Online devs tease New Legacy’s second update with competitive collectible content
YouTuber DM Wyvern has a fun multi-person podcast interview with two members of Broadsword out this week, specifically focused on Ultima Online's New Legacy....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 510: Defiance defies the odds
Justin and Bree discuss the return of Defiance, the sale of Pokemon Go, World of Warcraft's housing, BlizzCon 2026, and Pantheon's PvP, with adventures in WoW and LOTRO, plus a mailbag topic on Dungeon Fighter Online and other deep-cut MMOs.
St Patrick’s Day arrives to Dark Age of Camelot with seasonal quests
It's time to hunt leprechauns in Dark Age of Camelot, which sounds pretty grim until you realize that players of the sandbox MMORPG are...
Wisdom of Nym: Last-minute thoughts before the release of Final Fantasy XIV’s Seekers of Eternity
Based on the live letter and the trailer for the next Final Fantasy XIV patch, I definitely feel at least somewhat less served than...
First Impressions: Undermine(d) continues World of Warcraft’s winning streak
As my colleague Justin said in his piece on World of Warcraft's recent Undermine(d) patch, comedic content in MMOs can be divisive. I'm someone...
