Next week, as long predicted, Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) will go free to play (F2P). Gamers around the Web are split on this decision, though most welcome the idea of F2P in general, they are not happy with the way BioWare plans to implement it in SWTOR.  So is the introduction...

Subscription-based multiplayers are becoming a thing of the past.  A few holdouts still linger, but nearly every major MMO has gone free to play (F2P), marking a huge shift in the gaming market from premium play to freemium. Last month, one of the most venerable games in the MMO role...

NCSoft has announced that their flagship MMO, Aion, will be going free to play (F2P) in February, 2012.  The game is in North America through publishing rights partnered with NCWest (a subsidiary of NCSoft) while NCSoft is parntered with Gameforge in Europe for games there. The move to...

When DC Universe Online went free to play about two weeks ago, it saw a huge influx of new players.  So far, over a million of them, according to DCU.  The split is roughly 50-50 between PC and PS3 console players, the company reports. DCU claims that this is due to their “Free...

NewZoo, a gaming business analysis firm, has conducted and published a study showing that the overall free to play (F2P) market spending totals are up significantly over 2010 numbers.  American spending money on F2P titles, the study shows, is up 24% to a total of $1.2 billion...

According to Sony Online Entertainment, the recent long outage of DC Universe Online is due to the game seeing over 120,000 new users in less than a week after going free to play (F2P).  The massive number of new users have put the U.s. game servers under heavy burden and lead to the...

Piranha Games and InfiniteGame Publishing have announced that they are currently developing MechWarrior Online, an MMO version of the popular console game.  They are giving a tentative release date of “Summer 2012″ (no month) for it. Little information has been given as of...

DC Universe Online will be going free to play (F2P) on Tuesday, November 1.  Sony Online announced the change during a live developer chat on Friday.  The announcement was followed by the rollout of a new website for the game. The game will have three player levels: Free, Premium, and...

Cliffhanger Productions has announced the new Shadowrun Online MMO RPG, confirming rumors of the game’s development.  Some details and assurances from the devs have also been forthcoming – namely that it will be “nothing like the Xbox game.” This will be the...

Barbily Games has announced that Star Supremacy, its flagship title, will be going live out of beta in October. The browser-based title has gained popularity, even while in limited beta, as a fast, turn-based game that can be played from virtually anywhere. The game appears to be keeping...

Fallen Earth will go Free to Play (F2P) on Wednesday, October 12, GamersFirst has announced.  The transition will complete this week and players will be able to enter the new game setup on Wednesday. This will also see the World Events System go live, giving players the opportunity to...

Bubblegum Interactive has launched its inaugural MMO game for children, Little Space Heroes, into open beta. Adults can navigate their kids to the site, then the kids can create a character and blast off into adventure. The child-safe MMO features a character customization system, a pet...