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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End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2024
As I say every single year and several people ignore every single year: This is not a column about the games that are most...
World of Warcraft opens player votes for tier set appearances and bonuses
There is to be a fourth season for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, and that means that players will still be chasing the dragon of...
Final Fantasy XIV will run 24-hour maintenance ahead of patch 6.55 starting on January 15
If you want to get things done in Final Fantasy XIV this week, you should make sure to do so before Monday, January 15th....
Casually Classic: 12 quality-of-life improvements coming with Cataclysm Classic
I'm in a very strange place in relation to the upcoming Cataclysm Classic. I kind of didn't want this expansion to happen at all for...
WoW Classic’s second phase of the Season of Discovery arrives February 8
The next month will bring more opportunities for players of WoW Classic to find runes, tweak their characters, and earn some levels along the...
Whatever happened to Allods Online? Let’s check in at the top of 2024
Once a highly favorable free alternative to World of Warcraft, Allods Online isn't the kind of MMO that's mentioned too often these days, especially...
Wisdom of Nym: The highs and lows of Final Fantasy XIV’s 2024 Tokyo fan festival
There's a certain dramatic irony in the idea that as the Tokyo fan festival started winding up the Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail hype, the...
The Stream Team: Discussion and reaction to Final Fantasy XIV’s Japan Fan Fest reveals
It's time once more for MOP's Chris to join his husband and talk about Final Fantasy XIV... in Final Fantasy XIV. That's right, the...
Police use a World of Warcraft account to track down and arrest a man allegedly hiding a minor
We have our first Florida Man story of 2024 on our corner of the internet, primarily because tracking down and finding him involved using...
Final Fantasy XIV Tokyo Fan Festival: Pictomancer, lady Hrothgar, and release ambiguity
If you had been paying attention and looking forward to Final Fantasy XIV's third and final fan festival ahead of Dawntrail, you probably had...
Global Chat: What’s the best Wrath of the Lich King zone?
With Wrath Classic starting to wrap up, The Ancient Gaming Noob figured that this was the perfect time to rank the famous expansion's zones....
Into the Super-Verse: Reflecting on City of Heroes, back officially at long last
As a dedicated fan of superheroes, I have to be honest that yesterday's news feels downright poetic. City of Heroes died in November of...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2024
For our first Massively Overthinking of the year, we're drawing a hard line between what we think will happen, what we mean to make...
Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2023
If preserving MMORPGs is your jam, 2023 was not a great year. The one nice thing I can say about it is that we...
Casually Classic: Analyzing WoW Classic’s 2024 roadmap
With another year debuting this week, Blizzard was more on the ball than some MMO studios by already publishing its roadmap for 2024. Two...
Vague Patch Notes: MMOs are still just games you rent
When I was a teenager, I accidentally stole a few games from a video rental place. You might wonder how you accidentally steal something,...
Final Fantasy XI’s producer and director confirms that 2024 will feature fewer content updates
The amazingly active maintenance mode that included an entirely new storyline appears to be quietly ending for Final Fantasy XI. Producer and director Yoji...
Well Fed: An introduction to our MMO kitchen and MOP’s new Well Fed column
Hello fellow MMORPG lovers and food enjoyers alike! Welcome to Well Fed! If you listened to the end-of-year podcast from Bree and Justin, you...
End-of-Year Eleven: All the upcoming MMOs to watch in 2024 and beyond
We've said it before, but this time we really mean it: The future of MMORPGs looks amazing. Contrary to years when we've seen only...
World of Warcraft’s next patch, Seeds of Renewal, arrives on January 16
It's a new year, but just like last year, World of Warcraft does not care one whit what the words "this week" mean. Proof?...
