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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The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best book and paper features?
A while back, I casually mentioned that I make paper journals for fun. I am an extremely online person, mind you. I work online....
EVE Vanguard resumes playtesting, EVE Echoes changes ship insurance costs
This weekend brings a couple of news pieces from the world of EVE Online, both in the PC and mobile versions of the game,...
Almost 11 years post-Kickstarter, Camelot Unchained devs are working on UI, lighting, NPC navigation, and performance
Camelot Unchained is moving into its 11th year of development this month, and it looks as if most of the work focus from City...
Tarisland’s new story trailer takes another cue from World of Warcraft
Tarisland fans have not been wanting for fuel to power the mighty hype engines of this upcoming MMORPG. On top of dev blogs and...
What we knew about Blizzard’s now-dead survival game, Odyssey
The history of Blizzard's game development includes a graveyard full of titles that never made it to launch, including the likes of Starcraft Ghost,...
Dark Age of Camelot brings back its Ghost Keep event with RvR boosts and spooky rewards until February 20
Regular players of Dark Age of Camelot probably don't need to be given too many reasons to engage in RvR PvP, but it never...
EVE Online’s board game Kickstarter is live – and it met its funding goal in under an hour
Apparently there are plenty of EVE Online fans who would like the board game version of the spaceship sandbox to be a thing. Yesterday...
The Final Fantasy XIV live-action TV series is apparently dead in the water
Remember that talk about adapting Final Fantasy XIV into a live-action television series? No, not the Dad of Light series that included FFXIV as...
The Daily Grind: What’s some weird or forgotten terminology or concept from an MMO of yore?
Way, way back in the day - and for only a relatively brief run - Ultima Online had a system that came to be...
Perfect Ten: The 10 most utterly bizarre Final Fantasy XIV NPC names
A lot of times when I write these columns, I have either a point to make or a higher concept that I am touching...
Final Fantasy XIV prepares a new Moogle Treasure Trove event with expanded challenges starting on January 30
Generally speaking, Final Fantasy XIV has run the Moogle Treasure Trove event in the lead-up to a major patch, but the upcoming Hunt for...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 454: MMO roadmap roundup
Justin and Bree discuss the 2024 roadmaps for Lord of the Rings Online, Lost Ark, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, EVE Online, Elder Scrolls Online, New World, EverQuest, EverQuest II, and Wayfinder, with adventures in LOTRO, FFXIV, and City of Heroes.
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s petite patch 6.55
There's an odd thing that keeps going back and forth in my head when I look at last week's patch 6.55 for Final Fantasy...
EVE Online plans two expansions, Vanguard tests, returning events, and a 21st anniversary in 2024 roadmap
The content roadmaps continue to flow freely from our corner of gaming, as CCP Games has put out its full-year plan for EVE Online,...
The Stream Team: Fighting Asura and other tasks in Final Fantasy XIV
MOP's Chris has another primal to defeat with his family! He'll be hopping in to Final Fantasy XIV to take on Asura, then after...
One Shots: A heated meeting
What are two words that delight you to hear as a child in school but terrify you as an adult? "Field trip!"
Rose can attest...
Global Chat: The EverQuest Fippy Awards
The EverQuest Show is starting the year with a for-fun awards ceremony featuring the two EverQuest MMOs. Who will win? Who will lose? Will this be...
Order and Chaos franchise returns with Guardians, a team-based RPG with ‘MMO-style advancement’
To channel the spirit of one Obi-Wan Kenobi, "Now that's a name I haven't heard for a long time. A long time."
The name in...
EVE Online tweaks Havoc insurgencies, preps monthly EVE Vanguard tests for subbers
This week's EVE Online patch builds on the Havoc expansion CCP Games dropped before the turn of the new year, with both graphical and...
Vague Patch Notes: What City of Heroes Homecoming means for the wider MMORPG industry
As you have probably noticed from the fact that I have been writing about City of Heroes nonstop since the Homecoming server got its...
