Ever since Ultima Online launched back in 1997, the MMORPG genre quickly grew and became mainstream. Nowadays, there are hundreds of free to play MMORPGs and dozens of subscription based titles, but which are the most popular in the world? Which MMORPGs have the largest playerbase? How many players do they have? Well, take a look at the list below: [...]

MMORPGs are born, they live, and die. That’s the natural order of things. But every once in a while we witness a MMO miracle. A game that was previous shut down rises from the dead and opens its doors anew. The reasons behind a MMORPG Resurrection are varied, but it often occurs with a change in publishers. Let’s take a [...]

Given the incredible popularity and success of MOBAs like League of Legends and Dota 2, it's not surprising to see more and more game companies releasing their own MOBAs to grab a piece of the lucrative MOBA industry. According to our most profitable MMOs list from earlier, League of Legends alone made over $1 billion last year, making it the [...]

Anyone ever wonder what the top 10 most profitable MMOs are? How do free to play games stack up against pay to play subscription games? You might be surprised. The games below are ranked by total revenue generated world wide. Here are some other fun numbers though in case you're curious. "Pay-to-play" subscription based games generated $2.7 billion in revenue [...]

Ever wonder what happens to all those MMOs and MMORPGs that shut down? Well, usually one of three things happen. It either gets re-licensed by another company, becomes available in another region, or shuts down for good. You'd be surprised though how often games get relaunched or become available in some other form. Re-Licensed Sometimes when a game shuts down [...]

MMORPGs go through testing cycles like every other game. Terms like Closed Beta and Open Beta get tossed around in the MMO universe pretty often, but not everbody knows what these terms mean. What exactly is closed beta? What's open beta? Here's a quick rundown of popular MMO development terms / beta testing terms: Alpha – This is typically the [...]

Gamers regularly complain about pay to win in free to play MMORPGs. Things like resistance training in Forsaken World or games like Seal Online that sell gear outright in their cash shops. These are legitimate concerns, but pale in comparison to the pay to win elements in browser based strategy games like Evony, Sparta: War of Empires, and Wartune. There [...]

One of the primary reason's why MMO developers partner with publisher is because they need a local partner to localize their games. Korean developers like XL Games (ArcheAge) and Actoz (Dragon Nest and La Tale) focus on making good games, or at least trying to. It doesn't make sense for XL Games to spend time, money, and effort localizing ArcheAge [...]

The growth of MMOs and MMORPGs since the days of EverQuest and Ultima Online have been enormous. MMORPGs from World of Warcraft to Ragnarok Online have seen huge success and MOBAs like League of Legends and Dota 2 have exploded in popularity. But what about console MMORPGs? PC Gaming is a big industry, but console gaming in the U.S. is [...]