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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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Perfect Ten: The big book of MMORPG death mechanics

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Video games will kill your characters. It's inevitable. I still faintly remember my younger brother's first video game death, when he ran full-tilt into...

NCsoft’s picked a date for WildStar’s sunset: November 28

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When NCsoft announced earlier this month that WildStar would be sunsetting, most MMO players were upset, but not surprised, except about one little detail:...
hmmbehmmmebehmmm

World of Warcraft unlocks a new Raid Finder wing, the community rallies for a book and a mod creator

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The second Raid Finder wing of Uldir is open now for players who have no interest in assembling a standard raid group in World...
LADY YOU'RE SCARING US

Massively OP Podcast Episode 188: Classic-flavored Lineage II

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Tina, Justin, and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Red Dead Online, Lineage II Classic, Secret World Legends, Bless Online, World of Warcraft, and LOTRO, with a mailbag discussion on feeling unwelcome in MMORPGs and a rundown on site bugs we've smooshed.
Dead in the water.

World of Warcraft made more money than League of Legends last month, SuperData reports

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"League of Legends heads towards its worst performing year since 2014." So begins SuperData's August 2018 global revenue report today for the entire video...

The Daily Grind: What if World of Warcraft had never happened?

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Yesterday, in the comments of our Daily Grind about nice things we can say about games we don't like, MOP commenter Squid posted a...

Wanna feel old? Ultima Online launched 21 years ago today

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Ultima Online is officially old enough to drink. It's older than I was when I first started playing it all those years ago! Yep, the...
A shameful spread of riches.

Wisdom of Nym: Examining Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 4.4, Prelude in Violet

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I mentioned a few days ago that I follow the same somewhat ridiculous process every time there's a new Final Fantasy XIV patch. Every...

Global Chat: Why level in MMOs if you don’t grow?

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Using World of Warcraft's latest expansion as an example, many bloggers recently pontificated on the uselessness of adding new levels to MMORPGs if your...

One Shots: The Sunset Club

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WildStar is about to be inducted into the worst club there is in the gaming world -- the club whose only requirements is that...
I'm important!

Vague Patch Notes: Trickle-down metagames in MMORPGs

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A while back, there was an interesting set of data coming out of a discussion about Overwatch. The discussion was about the concept of...

Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG, living or dead, offers the all-time best crafting experience?

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Over the last couple of weeks, when I was putting in sometimes 18-hour days working on the site, I didn't really have much time...
things are going great

WildStar is probably not sunsetting until at least the end of the year

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When NCsoft announced it was closing Carbine and sunsetting WildStar, it didn't include one key detail: when that sunset will occur. In fact, it...
Boom.

EVE Online revises its online harassment policy, loses another staffer

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CCP Games says it's updated EVE Online's policies governing harassment. The changes came after the player-elected Council of Stellar Management called for a session...
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Champions Online is hosting a streamed costume contest today

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It's kind of difficult to miss that it's the ninth anniversary of Champions Online, because the game has been celebrating it pretty much non-stop....

Interview: Bless Online on early access, pay-to-win, and its western refuge on Steam

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Last night's bombshell that Bless Online is closing down its final Korean servers, leaving the game's Steam version in the west as the only...
It's a boss, and it is deadly.

Final Fantasy XIV offers a UI guide and opens up its roleplaying server

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It wasn't a feature of the game's most recent patch, but Final Fantasy XIV did something almost inconceivable yesterday: It opened up Balmung for...

Hyperspace Beacon: What will we see on SWTOR’s ‘ancient Jedi world’?

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Producer Keith Kanneg wrote, "[T]he next phase of the SWTOR storyline will kick off with a bang on the ancient Jedi world." Let's look at the clues that let us know exactly which Jedi world that is, why I am excited to see that world, and what we will likely see on that planet. I don't think I have to mention it at this point, but I will: Possible spoilers ahead, but only if I am right.

Perfect Ten: My favorite WildStar memories

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As I grow older, I start to worry about the loss of memories that are precious to me. I already joke that I'm pretty...
Yep.

World of Warcraft, Dungeons & Dragons Online, and other MMOs celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day

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It's time for everyone to once again pretend that saying "arr" after every sentence makes you sound like a nautical criminal, and internet culture...

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