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Gigantic has been through a lot.

If being a part of a faction in MMOs sounds stale to you, why not make your own?...

Firefall was originally envisioned as a "WWII MMO game set in a fantasy alternate reality with Hilter [sic] pursuing occult artifacts." Later, when the game switched to a sci-fi title, it was meant to be a combined-arms game, ...

Trion Worlds shocked a lot of people when they announced that their previously free-to-play title Atlas Reactor would transition into a buy-to-play title.

It's time for another market research report, this one conducted by Austin's Red Fox Insights.

Let's get a few things out of the way regarding Riders of Icarus, the upcoming free-to-play MMORPG published by Nexon.

I do a lot of previews.

Grinding Gear Games can see into the future.

Trion Worlds CEO Scott Hartsman recently opened up to VentureBeat in a lengthy interview on the occasion of Rift's five-year anniversary -- which actually occurred in March but, eh, close enough.

En Masse Entertainment will be unleashing the next update for TERA on May 17th.

It won't be long now and the Secrets & Shadows update will be upon us in the free-to-play MMORPG TERA.

There's an interesting conversation going on on the /r/games subreddit right now.

Survarium, the free-to-play shooter from Vostok Games, has been receiving updates like crazy over the last 6 months or so.

There is, or there should be, a motto in MMO design: “When all else fails, add more stuff.” That seems to be the strategy behind Mantle of Power, which is being billed as the first full expansion for Trion Worlds' Trove.

As bad as things have looked the past few months for free-to-play games, there's still quite a bit out there to play -- and more to look forward to. Still, there could always be more, and the pain of losing something that w...

Patch 3.6 is here and the team at Trion Worlds has dropped a plethora of new items into their free-to-play MMORPG, Rift.

No, I'm still not over it. OK, I think I'm over the news itself.

When you think of scammers in video games, you might think of those people who are out to get your password and steal your account in order to sell it off bit by bit for real world money -- which will then likely be used to expa...

It's been a rough start to 2016 for fans of free-to-play games.

Cryptic Studios has learned a few lessons the hard way.

Friday's announcement that EverQuest Next would never see the light of day sent shockwaves through the gaming industry.

Defiance fans have been hungry for new story content for some time now, and today Trion delivers!...

Free-to-play gaming, at least on the PC, has taken a beating in the last year.

With Jagex kicking off open beta for Chronicle: Runescape Legends on March 23rd, I sat down with Designer James Sweatman to discuss Jagex’s new free-to-play strategy card game – its features, monetization, and what to expe...

Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios will be releasing The Maze Engine update for their free-to-play MMORPG Neverwinter on the PC on March 15th 2016.