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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Take a walk to the past with World of Warcraft’s Mana-Tombs
Set your alarm for June 23rd and remember to charge up your flux capacitor, because World of Warcraft is about to take you back...
EVE dev blogs address overview bracket changes, Drifter lore
CCP has released a pair of new EVE Online dev blogs, the first of which focuses on the lore behind the game's mysterious Drifter...
World of Warcraft details the end of the legendary ring questline
The launch of World of Warcraft's next major patch brings with it the end of the quest to earn a legendary ring for your...
Perfect Ten: MMO terms that have overstayed their welcome
My original plan for this week - during the few moments that I was capable of coherent speech rather than just babbling about the...
Jukebox Heroes: An exclusive journey through Aion’s Upheaval soundtrack
Aion is a game that's well-renowned for both its visual and audio beauty. Among my fellow MMO soundtrack enthusiasts, the title's many soundtracks stand out...
World of Warcraft 6.2 coming on June 23 with Hellfire Citadel raid
World of Warcraft's Patch 6.2: Fury of Hellfire is coming on June 23rd, we found out today. When it lands, the patch will be...
Hall drops Ion hints, says he worked on DayZ ‘longer than [he] intended’
What exactly is Ion, the new sci-fi sandbox being developed by Dean Hall in collaboration with virtual world firm Improbable? We still don't really...
EverQuest II outlines plans for new timelocked servers
It's hard to deny that there was a definite appeal to EverQuest's progression server when it first came out. So the EverQuest II team...
Final Fantasy XIV releases preliminary Heavensward patch notes
Early access for Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion is live in less than two days, and boy, there is a lot coming along with...
Blizzard highlights WoW’s Black Morass for timewalking
World of Warcraft's 6.2 patch features a series of seven different weekend events, two of which will make timewalking dungeons available to characters at...
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 18
Justin and Bree discuss Marvel Heroes, WildStar, Elder Scrolls Online's console launch, SWTOR's new expansion, WoW's flight fiasco, Cabal II, failed Kickstarters, plus mailbag questions on gratuitous complexity and Turbine's future.
E3 2015: Here’s the Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward launch trailer
The entire Square-Enix presentation at E3 didn't cover Final Fantasy XIV's upcoming expansion, but that's all right. Why? Well, for one thing, early access...
WildStar is in the Humble E3 Bundle… for non-players
Getting WildStar for only a couple of dollars seems like a pretty solid deal, especially when that means an extra 30 days of game...
EVE Online video hints at Entosis Link’s power
EVE Online may be seeing a shift in how its intergalactic warfare works with the advent of the new Entosis Link. According to CCP,...
Wisdom of Nym: Preparing for Final Fantasy XIV’s early access
The long wait is almost over. Heavensward early access starts up on June 19th, and it comes with a lot of changes. Starting with,...
Pathfinder Online adds free trial system in latest ‘early enrollment’ build
The business model of Pathfinder Online's current testing phase is odd, since you have to pay a box price and a subscription fee to...
World of Warcraft acknowledges ’emotional response’ to flying controversy
The full story on Blizzard's decision and subsequent reappraisal of grounding flying mounts in World of Warcraft is still being revealed. In a new...
EVE Evolved: Is EVE’s fleet warp nerf a good idea?
In the latest episode of EVE Online's livestreamed o7 Show, game designers CCP Fozzie and CCP Larrikin revealed some controversial changes that are on...
Dark Age of Camelot announces its Otherworlds Campaign
The RvR frontier of Dark Age of Camelot is about to heat up, as Broadsword is on the verge of unleashing its multi-month Otherworlds...
Nexus Telegraph: Five reasons I’m over the moon about WildStar’s free-to-play
So how about those anniversary gifts in WildStar, huh? A year ago I was tremendously excited that the early start to the game's launch...
