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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World of Warcraft offers a guided tour of the Zandalari capital, Zuldazar
The Zandalari trolls are allied with the Horde in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, but their society has long endured without outside interference....
Final Fantasy XI welcomes back old veterans and new players this summer
Have you never tried Final Fantasy XI but always wanted to? Have you tried it before and want to catch back up? Good news,...
EVE Online is losing another developer – this time, it’s CCP Punkturis
Another prominent member of the EVE Online team is apparently departing. Senior Software Engineer KatrÃn Atladóttir, aka CCP Punkturis, announced on Twitter last night...
Wisdom of Nym: Little boosts for Final Fantasy XIV
When I talk about games that provide a whole lot of quality-of-life fixes, I generally point to Final Fantasy XIV as a perfect example....
Guild Wars blows out 13 candles on its birthday cake – were you there for its first?
Travel back with us to April 2005, when an unknown and unproven studio known as ArenaNet decided to make a play at its own...
EVE Evolved: Getting ready for EVE Online’s Abyssal revolution
If you've seen the news recently coming out of EVE Fanfest 2018, you've probably heard of EVE Online's upcoming expansion: Into the Abyss. Pockets...
World of Warcraft previews two expansion races, nixes Strand of the Ancients battleground
Feeling a little primal and savage? You'll be able to tap into that nature by rolling up one of the new Mag'har Orcs or...
One Shots: A well-rounded Hobbit (breakfast)
With the prodigious and well-known appetite of Hobbits, it's a total surprise to me that the Shire hasn't been stripped bare with these creatures'...
Camelot Unchained is getting unstable (but that’s OK)
It's another week of progress and beta preparation for the team at Camelot Unchained. City State Entertainment is running an "unstable build" with lots...
The Game Archaeologist: Red Planet’s Lost Colony vaporware
You know the story of Roanoke, right? That early American settlement that abruptly went missing with only the word "Croatoan" carved into a tree...
Massively Overthinking: How accountable should MMOs hold players for out-of-game toxicity?
Brendan's discussion with CCP Falcon at EVE Fanfest last week included an interesting chat about out-of-game harassment and whether gaming companies had an obligation...
World of Warcraft Q&A covers tier sets and Azerite armor with Artifact power
If the mere mention of the words "Artifact Power" now send you into apoplectic rage in relation to World of Warcraft, we have bad...
Fortnite has become the ‘largest free-to-play console game of all time,’ SuperData says
"Fortnite is now the largest free-to-play console game of all time, in revenue generated and monthly active users," SuperData has declared in its monthly...
WoW Factor: Things that actually worry me about Battle for Azeroth
The Battle for Azeroth beta is here, at long last, and it feels like it might have come a little early in the process....
Final Fantasy XIV previews the Ridorana Lighthouse of patch 4.3
South of Rabanastre, there is a lighthouse. It's not a very good lighthouse, because it's surrounded by a yawning chasm that gets worse every...
EVE Online Executive Producer Andie ‘CCP Seagull’ Nordgren is leaving CCP Games [Updated]
It's always tough when a development studio loses one of its top people, but today's news is sure to sting more than usual for...
You can gift people Blizzard Balance now, but not your own Blizzard Balance
If you have a ton of money sitting in your Blizzard account and nothing to spend it on, you have probably eagerly awaited the...
Perfect Ten: What your MMO quantity says about you
It occurs to me that it is very difficult to find MMOs that I have literally never played before in some capacity. There are...
World of Warcraft starts beta testing Battle for Azeroth
Can you beta test a battle? Don't see why not. Just ask everyone to attack very, very carefully and memorize where their starting positions...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 166: Russia breaks the internet
Justin and Bree discuss DDO, Secret World Legends, Star Trek Online, Trove, Ultima Online, the Russian Telegram crisis' effect on MMOs, TERA, Kritika, RIFT Prime, and MapleStory 2, with mailbag topics on zoning out in MMOs and finding classic play niches in modern crowdfunded MMOs.
