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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Final Fantasy XIV starts the Eden raid with patch 5.01
If you're eager to take on the biggest challenges the world of the First has to offer, today brings you something new to handle....
The Daily Grind: What was the last MMORPG you played out of pure nostalgia?
Yesterday, Rock Paper Shotgun penned a piece on video game nostalgia. Editor Brian Caldwell interviewed a pile of game devs about why specifically they're...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers’ balance issues ahead of the first patch
So, here's the genesis of this particular column: Originally, my plan was to actually just talk about story beats from Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers...
Camelot Unchained players will get to design their own heraldry in-game
The regular weekly update from Camelot Unchained isn't exactly loaded with what one would call sexy, big ticket items, but the developers of the...
Chinese Final Fantasy XIV players are eating huge amounts of food to win… a fat chocobo
So Final Fantasy XIV has added the Black Fat Chocobo to the game in various regions, and each region seems to be getting different...
World of Warcraft: Free game time, race to raid first, and hotfixes
Curious about World of Warcraft's latest content update, but you are on the fence about whether to resubscribe or not? You may have the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO would’ve benefited from early access?
In our mailbag podcast a few weeks back, we answered a question about Wildstar, specifically about whether early access might have helped the game...
Global Chat: Sucked into Shadowbringers
It's hard to deny the fact that this July, half of the online gaming population seems to be immersed into FFXIV's Shadowbringers expansion. And...
One Shots: How to lose a staring contest
I suppose we all need to accept the new reality, which is that we're only starting to see the tsunami of Final Fantasy XIV...
The Daily Grind: Which online game has a personality that mirrors yours?
Intentionally designed or not, every MMO and online game exudes a personality, and no two are exactly alike. It might be the cheerful anarchy...
Lawful Neutral: Dance studios, canvas bags, and ‘false advertising’ in the MMO industry
As I was writing our Lawful Neutral expose of Nerd Kingdom a few weeks ago, I was pretty bothered by the conduct of the...
WoW Factor: What would a factionless World of Warcraft look like?
You know, part of me honestly figured that the speculation around World of Warcraft abandoning the faction split would have died out months ago...
Final Fantasy XIV announces maintenance for its first noteworthy Shadowbringers patch
Yes, it's time for the first patch to Final Fantasy XIV since its most recent expansion, and... oh, stop staring in dumbfounded shock and...
World of Warcraft: Classic outlines the Hunter issues that are being worked on for the game’s launch
Ah, the endless dance of issues and things which are not actually issues in World of Warcraft: Classic. Let's recap quickly. The fact that...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO suffers the most from powercreep?
Last month, an MOP reader named Swifty replied to our Daily Grind about the last MMO he'd quit by calling out EverQuest II -...
Massively Overthinking: What would you want out of a potential WoW sequel?
It's a rare MMO player who's never played World of Warcraft, which makes this particular summer an interesting one for the whole genre. Even...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s comms blackout will lead to absolute anarchy
All hell is about to break loose in EVE Online for the territorial alliances waging wars in the depths of space following some the...
Take a tour of a chunk of World of Warcraft remade in Unreal Engine 4
There are a lot of landscapes in World of Warcraft that players can't readily forget. The cliffs, valleys, and scrubland of Durotar. The surreal...
Vague Patch Notes: Why live MMOs struggle to onboard new players
There are, at the time I write this, two basic approaches for getting new players up to speed in existing MMOs. Both of them...
Check out this fan-made version of Final Fantasy XI… for the GameBoy
If you're really tired of waiting for the mobile version of Final Fantasy XI, perhaps you're willing to go a bit more low-tech with...
