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New games in the genre are having a tough time competing.
Restrictions on free-to-play characters aren’t exactly new to MMORPGs that also offer a subscription, which is the case for the classic Anarchy Online. However, an extremely dedica...
NCsoft has formally revealed its monetization plan for Aion 2 when its global edition arrives in the west this fall. “Our goal is to be transparent about the entire approach,” NCso...
MMORPG players might not remember this, but MMO sandbox Pax Dei is still a buy-to-play title: It’s still a $30 game on Steam, which is surely a barrier to entry that is keeping its...
How do you mark the release of a major patch? If you’re Path of Exile 2, you do it by making your early access multiplayer ARPG free-to-play for the weekend. It’s not the most typi...
Western MMORPG fans have known for some time now that Aion 2 would be headed for our part of the globe – in September, in fact – but many questions have likely remained as developm...
Steam really does have a fest for everything.
We consider it a credit to ArenaNet’s long history of fair monetization that when the studio announced Guild Wars 3, most of us didn’t immediately wonder what the game’s monetizati...
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The World of Tanks IP now has its own hero shooter.
Free-to-play games did not just lower the price of entry. They rewrote how players understand value, progress, and reward. What started as a distribution model became a design ph...
Marathon will be open to everyone for one week, giving new players a chance to try out the extraction shooter's next major update.
When Aion 2 first launched in its native Korea, global followers of the game and many of its local fans were shell-shocked by its monetization practices, particularly the fact that...
It’s a good time to try it out if you’ve been meaning to.
A Steam MMORPG that normally costs $40 on the digital Valve storefront is currently free to download and keep. This offer is available for roughly 72 hours, set to expire on June 1...
Courtesy of Valve and lemorion_1224 The top few spots on Steam‘s list of best-sellers are typically reserved for free games. After all, it’s hard to beat free in this economy, eve...
The free-to-play model has taught millions of players to begin first and decide later. A game opens, a reward appears, and the user learns the economy before they learn the legal...
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Fantasy and anime fandoms understand imaginary economies almost instantly. A rare sword, a magic crystal, a limited banner character or a glowing upgrade material can feel valuable...
Last March, we first reported on Winds of Valen, a free-to-play old-school styled MMORPG from indie studio Fiery Dog Games that hangs its hat on gameplay in which players are earni...
Do you think you can take the HEAT, tank boi? Well now is the time to find out because Wargaming’s self-described “hero-driven tank game” World of Tanks: HEAT has officially made i...
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Bungie announced that Marathon will be free to play on all platforms with the start of Season 2, which also adds new updates and progression systems.
It’s new season time in Marathon, and as we’ve covered a couple of times before, this one is all about the spooky darkness. Naturally, that means you might want friends to come alo...
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