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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EVE Fanfest 2023: The EVE Online FPS is back as EVE Vanguard this December
It's safe to say that EVE Online has a complicated history with first person shooters. The idea of stepping foot on the planets of...
Global Chat: Coming around on WoW Classic’s hardcore mode
With World of Warcraft Hardcore Classic out for a month now, it's continuing to show no quarter while it captures the interest of prior...
Vague Patch Notes: So what actually kills MMO communities?
Since we're busy getting a front-row seat to World of Warcraft adding the dungeon finder again, only this time it's WoW Classic, we are...
Massively Overthinking: Massively Overwhelming content in MMORPGs
This past weekend, I picked up my first premium house in Lord of the Rings Online after much hemming and hawing. I didn't expect...
This year’s World of Warcraft Brewfest event includes new quests in the Dragon Isles
On the very brink of autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere, MMORPGs are breaking out the pumpkin spice... and the Oktoberfest brews. So it...
WoW Factor: So Blizzard backtracked on WoW Classic’s dungeon finder
So in April last year, I wrote a whole article about how World of Warcraft's development team was taking a gigantic misstep when it...
Final Fantasy XIV is launching a tabletop RPG starter set in May 2024
If you've ever stared at your Dungeons & Dragons books, then at your Final Fantasy XIV lore books, and then muttered to yourself that...
EG7 hopes to develop a new EverQuest MMORPG (EverQuest 3?) for 2028 after years of rumors
So, who had EverQuest 3 announcement on the 2023 predictions list? We award you half points for your prescience tonight.
Admittedly, a new installment in...
Final Fantasy XIV x KFC crossover video depicts Colonel Sanders as a Black Mage
First of all, we wish to assuage any concerns by reminding people that Final Fantasy XIV does indeed contain chickens. So this video tweeted...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMO things you can just stop waiting for
Sooner or later we all have to face facts and accept that something we wanted at one point is never actually going to happen....
EVE Online’s galactic mystery points players at a brand-new star system ahead of Fanfest
A tantalizing mystery in EVE Online has sent players scurrying across the in-game galaxy to uncover clues -- and a new destination. A set...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 437: The MMO moving-in blues
Justin and Bree discuss Star Trek Online Incursion, WoW's Guardians of the Dream, LOTRO's River Hobbit housing and the Mariner, and Elder Scrolls Online's update 40, with a podcast topic on the financial barriers to returning to MMOs.
World of Warcraft PvP ‘kick macro’ exploit sends Blizzard scurrying to fix it
The competitive scene in World of Warcraft is, well, fairly competitive, and players often look for any edge they can get over the competition....
Talk Like a Pirate Day around the MMO world, 2023 edition
When the internet was younger, Talk Like a Pirate Day was a huge event, the kind of harmless fun every brand and MMO got...
WoW Classic pits players against the Lich King – with the dungeon finder – on October 10
Finally, at long last, players will get a chance to kill the Lich King in World of Warcraft! That is, if you somehow missed...
Wisdom of Nym: Examining the Mamool Ja of Final Fantasy XIV
The Mamool Ja have been a feature of Final Fantasy XIV since the game's relaunch in 2013, so in a way it's kind of...
Square-Enix sees $2B in stock value disappear and its team management scrutinized
The home of Final Fantasy has been sailing some rocky fiscal seas recently. As multiple outlets reported this past week, Square-Enix has seen its...
The MOP Up: World of Warcraft’s mighty banhammer strikes once more
World of Warcraft announced that it banned 145,566 accounts in August, saying, "All of these actions were for cheating or exploitation, which primarily result...
The Stream Team: Three friends log in to Final Fantasy XIV together…
If that headline sounds like a punchline, then that's probably not by accident: MOP's Chris is once again back with another Eorzea Sunday stream,...
Global Chat: How do you make a compelling new player experience in MMOs?
In a slightly older essay, Kalyriene looked at the importance of the new player experience in MMORPGs -- and why both World of Warcraft...
