Category Archives: editorials

First Person Shooters (FPS) are one of the most common type of f2p games. They’re particularly popular in North America which is generally a smaller market for free to play MMOs than Asia. Most of today’s MMOFPS games are tactical … Continue reading →

It’s no secret that most free to play MMOs and MMORPGs come out of Asia. When it comes to f2p, countries like South Korea, China, and even Japan have been ahead of the West for years. There is a reason … Continue reading →

Two key players are involved in bring free to play MMOs and MMORPGs to the players. They are the developers and publishers. Development studios are usually based in Korea or China and crafted for the local audience. When a studio … Continue reading →

MMORPG stands for massively multiplayer online role playing game. Its a mouth full, but the term has done a great job describing the genre for nearly three decades. When someone shows us a game like The Lord of the Rings … Continue reading →

Browser games are the fastest growing segment of the MMORPG industry at the moment. They originally appealed to people who were unable or unwilling to download a large file before playing a game. Some people are just afraid to download … Continue reading →

Often Western gamers cringe when they hit the mid levels in a Korean or Chinese developed MMORPG. The ‘grind’, they say, gets way too intense. The game stops being fun and becomes a chore. These gamers have a point, the … Continue reading →

Web 2.0 is a term thrown around often, so often that many readers may not even know what the term actually means. Its a reference to the relatively new trend of user participation on websites. For example, sites like YouTube … Continue reading →

Yesterday we talked about New MMORPGs so I thought it fitting that we take some time today to discuss old MMORPGs. As I mentioned earlier, MMORPGs tend to keep our attention longer than most other genres of video games. You … Continue reading →

MMORPGs are different than other video game genres. Their rate of release has been accelerating tremendously, but they still have longer life spans than almost any other kind of game. Think about the latest football game for the consoles. It … Continue reading →

Gameplay in MMORPGs can generally be broken into two broad categories: PvE and PvP. The kind of gameplay new players will first experience is almost always PvE. What is PvE? It’s an acronym that stands of “player vs environment” and … Continue reading →