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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Camelot Unchained upgrades tools, works on UI and siege equipment as beta one marches on
Just about a year ago, Camelot Unchained backers were on the edge of their seats preparing for the long-delayed launch of beta one, which...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood in review – odds and ends
The thing about Final Fantasy XIV is that it's big. Really, amazingly big. There's a lot of stuff, and if I wanted to go into...
Final Fantasy XIV offers a pizza discount for Papa John’s pizza through June
MMO players will forever be haunted by the specter of the /pizza command, especially when games go out of their ways to invite that...
The Daily Grind: Do you let an MMO’s worst community elements determine your server selection?
Last week, on the heels of WoW Classic's latest stress test, I saw several discussions online about popular streamers and the game: Apparently, these...
Battle Bards Episode 145: Dark Age of Camelot
It’s Bard vs. Bard vs. Bard in this show, as the trio of MMO video game music lovers take sides in the Dark Age...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Freestyle 2, World of Kings, Dragon Raja 2, Ragnarok Masters
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles you've probably never heard of (or at least have entirely forgotten about!).
First up:...
One Shots: Larger than life
If there is one thing that MMORPGs are able to do regularly and impressively, it is to give us a sense of massive scale....
The Game Archaeologist: 1998’s Mankind
In the annals of the MMO genre, the massively multiplayer RTS has had perhaps the worst go of any variations on these online games....
The Daily Grind: Are you drawn to MMO shapeshifting classes?
When you think about it, one of the least-represented class archetypes in MMORPGs is shapeshifters. They only pop up here and there, such as...
SpatialOS TwoKinds Online transforms a webcomic into an MMO
Huh, this might be a first for MMORPGs: a webcomic-turned-MMO. What we're talking about today is TwoKinds Online, a small indie RPG created by...
Final Fantasy XIV is bringing Shadowbringers to E3 2019
It's less than a month remaining now until early access kicks off for Final Fantasy XIV's third expansion, but eager players who happen to be...
Lawful Neutral: Why Josh Hawley’s lockbox regulation Senate bill is dead-on-arrival
There's a special place in my heart for lootboxes and exploitative monetization, and that place is somewhere below the revulsion I feel for Martin...
WoW Factor: Why do people remember classic WoW being so much harder than it actually was?
As much as there's a moment of schadenfreude in the people compiling lists specifying that no, World of Warcraft: Classic being classic is not...
World of Warcraft shows off its Benthic gear while the Classic server calls a wrap on another stress test
Want to earn your new equipment in World of Warcraft by farming for items rather than praying for drops? The new Benthic gear available in...
Final Fantasy XIV kicks off the Make it Rain campaign on June 6
The expansion release for Final Fantasy XIV draws ever closer, but there's still time for players to take part in a few more diversions before...
Ultima Online details treasure hunting updates as Dark Age of Camelot plans new progression server
Treasure hunters, rejoice: The folks at Broadsword have been hard at work retooling and updating Ultima Online's treasure hunting content, and they've recently posted...
Camelot Unchained chucks cows and batters rams in its latest Top Tenish update
This week, Camelot Unchained's Top Tenish list puts a particular emphasis on the "ish," as it's actually a solid top 20 list of items...
Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers tour: An interview with Naoki Yoshida
Let Naoki Yoshida sleep, people. The man was visibly exhausted when I interviewed him on May 21st, not at all helped by the fact...
Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers tour: The fairy-tale fight of Dohn Mheg
You all know by now that it's tradition for me to run my dungeon in these Final Fantasy XIV preview events as a new...
Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers tour: The tanks
Tanking has changed forever for Final Fantasy XIV in Shadowbringers. Gone are threat combos, gone are DPS stances, and gone is literally any excuse that tanks...
