In 2012 there will be a total of 5 major MMORPGs and two expansions to exsisting well known MMOs, and I figured we’d take a look at two of them, Wildstar and Archage to be precise. Comparing these two would be like night and day though, so we’ll simply focus on one at a time.   Not much is known about ArchAge yet, there was a closed beta schedualed for June 2010, but that was [...]

It sounds paradoxical to say, but playing games for free usually comes with a cost. While many a developer claims that their new MMO will be free-to-play, most gamers know better. But to be fair, developers cannot be blamed for wanting to make money through advertisements, microtransactions, freemium software or otherwise. After all, without revenue how would they sustain themselves? Not surprisingly, the new revenue models for online games have gone over quite well with fans. [...]