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Filed under: Fantasy , Expansions , Game Mechanics , MMO Industry , Patches , News Items , Free-to-Play , Family , Pirate101 Two new world expansions are on the horizon for Pirate101 . KingsIsle is prepping Books 13 and 14, which feature the war-torn skyway of Marleybone and the “legendary beauty and danger found throughout Aquila,” according to the studio. The updates comprise the free-to-play fantasy title’s largest expansion to date

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Pirate101 prepping ‘largest expansion to date’

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Filed under: Betas , New Titles , Free-to-Play , Browser , City of Steam , Steampunk The steampunk browser MMO City of Steam is happy to announce today that it has been greenlit by the benevolent members of Steam . What does this mean? It means that the people have spoken and they want to see City of Steam on…

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City of Steam gets the green light

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Filed under: Fantasy , Business models , MMO industry , News items , Free-to-play , TERA While some like to say that switching to free-to-play is the death knell for a game, the opposite sure looks to be true for TERA . Whether it is because of the lure of the action combat model, the graphics, the fact that no content is locked behind a payment gate, or something else entirely, folks have flocked to the fantasy game since it went F2P a month ago

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F2P doubles TERA playerbase

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Filed under: Sci-fi , Game mechanics , Opinion , Star Trek Online , Free-to-play , Captain’s Log , Guides Last week I began a series of columns that cover the material that has been implemented in Star Trek Online over the course of the last two years. Many players are returning to the game after a long absence, and several have requested that I touch on what is new to the game. I’ve already tackled the free-to-play conversion, lockboxes, a few featured episodes, and the new shooter mode

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Captain’s Log: Dabbling with STO’s duty officers

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Filed under: Events, real-world , Game mechanics , Previews , PvP , Opinion , Free-to-play , Massively Event Coverage February 27th will mark one year since Blacklight: Retribution threw the doors of its beta wide open.

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Hands-on with Blacklight: Retribution’s biggest update yet

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Filed under: Betas , Historical , Video , Game mechanics , MMO industry , New titles , PvP , News items , War , Free-to-play , World of Warplanes If you’re in World of Warplanes ‘ closed beta test, you can look forward to a substantial update this week as the free-to-play action title rolls out a new flight model and enhanced controls.

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World of Warplanes beta patch improves controls, visuals

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Filed under: News items , Free-to-play , MMOFPS , Miscellaneous Sony Online Entertainment has announced the imminent closing of its short-lived multiplayer FPS, Bullet Run . In a post on the game’s official forums, the studio announced that “after much review and consideration, Acony Games and Sony Online Entertainment have mutually made the decision to discontinue development on the free-to-play FPS game, Bullet Run .” SOE will be officially sunsetting the game on March 8th, 2013

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Bullet Run shutting down on March 8th

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Filed under: Sci-fi , Business models , MMO industry , Free-to-play , Star Wars: The Old Republic In EA’s third quarter earnings call , the company mentioned SWTOR and expressed cautious optimism toward the changes that free-to-play brought to the game. “As a reminder,” CFO Blake Jorgensen reported, “on November 15th we launched our free-to-play option for Star Wars: The Old Republic

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EA ‘pleased’ with SWTOR F2P so far

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Filed under: Fantasy , Lord of the Rings Online , Previews , Free-to-play , Dev Diaries , Housing Turbine’s Kate Paiz might be brief in her Lord of the Rings Online producer’s letter , but this economy of words holds a treasure trove of ideas for the year.

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LotRO commits to housing revamp, player council, and more Rohan in 2013

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Filed under: Sci-fi , Patches , Opinion , Free-to-play , Roleplaying , Star Wars: The Old Republic , Hyperspace Beacon All MMOs could use improvements, but that doesn’t negate what they have done right. And despite the negativity, SWTOR is doing well

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Hyperspace Beacon: Givin’ SWTOR props

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