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List Of Free Massively Multiplayer Online Games
This is a selected list of notable MMOG, massively multiplayer online games which are free-to-play in some form without ever requiring a subscription or other payment. These are commonly MMORPGs or MMOFPSs, but could be of any genre. Free play These MMOGs provide client software free of charge and allow users to play the game without requiring payment. The games' expenses are typically funded by sponsors or through donations (which have no effect in the game itself). Free play with advertising These MMOGs are free to play. They are funded through advertising, either in-game or through pop-ups. Free play with micro-transactions These MMOGs are free to play, but players may optionally purchase in-game items or currency. Optional paid subscriptions These MMOGs offer optional additional game content through paid subscription, but are otherwise free to play. See also *List of massively multiplayer online games * List of free multiplayer online games * List of MMOR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MMOG
A massively multiplayer online game (MMOG or more commonly MMO) is an online video game with a large number of players to interact in the same online game world. MMOs usually feature a huge, persistent open world, although there are games that differ. These games can be found for most network-capable platforms, including the personal computer, video game console, or smartphones and other mobile devices. MMOs can enable players to cooperate and compete with each other on a large scale, and sometimes to interact meaningfully with people around the world. They include a variety of gameplay types, representing many video game genres. History The most popular type of MMOG, and the subgenre that pioneered the category, is the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), which descended from university mainframe computer MUD and adventure games such as '' Rogue'' and ''Dungeon'' on the PDP-10. These games predate the commercial gaming industry and the Internet, but sti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gekkeiju Online
was a 3D MMORPG developed by a Finnish indie software company, Coolhouse Productions in 2003. The game incorporated anime-style characters into a medieval fantasy world. ''Gekkeiju Online'' was a GameOgre.com online game of the week, highlighting the MUD-style gameplay which is considered more in-depth than regular MMORPGs. A completely redone version of ''Gekkeiju Online'' launched to public beta test in January 2010. The project is no longer operational, with its website displaying an error page from May 16, 2020, changing to a simple message stating "Project may be rebooted at later date" from August 13, 2020 onwards. Gameplay The game's character options consisted of nine playable character races, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. The playable races were: humans, elves, halflings, half-giants, dwarves, wild elves, dark elves, goblins and catfolk. It was possible to change the race during playing through reincarnation offered by various NPCs in game. Ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra (video Game)
Terra (also known as Terra: 2120 or Terra: Battle for the Outland) was one of the internet's original massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), debuting in early 1996 from Kaon Interactive. Kaon dropped development of the game within a few years and it has since been taken over and kept running by its loyal fan base. Other than minor updates to run on the newer Windows platforms, the game is still in its original retro format and is free to play. Overview Terra is a virtual world played from the first-person perspective with one of several vehicles, originally limited to a medium tank (Rhino), light scout vehicle (Goat), or a heavy long-range self-propelled howitzer (Buffalo). A light attack helicopter (Shrike) was added sometime in 1997 and several other vehicle types have been added since, including a heavy tank (Armadillo) and fast laser-armed recon vehicles both land (Scarab) and air (Phoenix). Also, stationary fort defenses which existed from the start o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin Interactive
Avalon Interactive Group, Ltd., formerly known as Virgin Interactive Entertainment, was a British video game distributor based within Europe that formerly traded as the video game publishing and distributing division of British conglomerate the Virgin Group. During the company's time under the Virgin brand, they had developed and published games for major platforms and employed video game developer, developers, including Westwood Studios co-founder Brett Sperry and ''Earthworm Jim (video game), Earthworm Jim'' creators David Perry (game developer), David Perry and Doug TenNapel. Others include video game composer Tommy Tallarico and animators Bill Kroyer and Andy Luckey. Formed as Virgin Games in 1983, and built around a small development team called the Gang of Five, the company grew significantly after purchasing budget label Mastertronic in 1987. As Virgin's video game division grew into a multimedia powerhouse, it crossed over to other industries from toys to film to educatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SubSpace (video Game)
''SubSpace'' is a 2D space shooter video game created in 1995 and released in 1997 by Virgin Interactive which was a finalist for the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Online Game of the Year Award in 1998. ''SubSpace'' incorporates quasi-realistic zero-friction physics into a massively multiplayer online game. The game is no longer operated by VIE; instead, fans and players of the game provide servers and technical updates. The action is viewed from above, which presents challenges very different from those of a three-dimensional game. The game has no built-in story or set of goals; players may enter a variety of servers, each of which have differing objectives, maps, sounds, and graphics. ''SubSpace'' is considered an early entry in the massively multiplayer online genre due to its unprecedented player counts. History ''SubSpace'' evolved from a game originally called ''Sniper'' (1995), a project to test the effects and severity of lag in a massively multiplayer en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PlaneShift (video Game)
''PlaneShift'' is a free to play, cross-platform 3D Online Multiplayer Role Playing Game in a fantasy setting. The game requires client software to be installed on the player's computer. The project is no-budget and produced by a group of developers guided by the Atomic Blue organization. The development team comprises volunteers from mostly European countries and North America. Setting ''PlaneShift'' takes place inside a colossal stalactite named Yliakum. TUX December 2006 Issue 20, Pg 60 Players begin in the main city, Hydlaa, where they will start their journey. In most recent setting ''PlaneShift'' has 9 playable races, after returning a playable status to Diaboli, making Kran race playable and removing playable status from Ynnwn. Each race has their own homelands and characteristics. The races feature standard fantasy types, like elves and dwarves, but also humanoids made of rock and winged amphibians. Though set underground, life is possible because a crystal named the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omerta (video Game)
Omerta is a browser-based text MMORPG that launched in 2003. The player takes control of an American gangster in the 1930s, who must work their way up the ranks of organized crime by stealing cars, committing crimes, breaking people out of prison, and dealing alcohol and narcotics. Development ''Omerta'' was launched publicly on 26 September 2003 with the first version, now known as ''Omerta'' 1.0. This version was written by Moritz Daan in Groningen. During the 16-year run of ''Omerta'', there have been about 38 million player registrations. In January 2008, ''Omerta'' moved to a new service provider with 20 servers running the FreeBSD operating system. In July 2009 version 3.0 of ''Omerta'' was released. In the first month after the release more than 100,000 players registered. Following several intermediate versions, in February 2013 version 4.0 was released with enhanced game-play and a modern graphical style replaced the original frame-based standard web layout. Version ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure Game
An adventure game is a video game genre in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story, driven by exploration and/or puzzle-solving. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media, such as literature and film, encompassing a wide variety of genres. Most adventure games (text and graphic) are designed for a single player, since the emphasis on story and character makes multiplayer design difficult. '' Colossal Cave Adventure'' is identified by Rick Adams as the first such adventure game, first released in 1976, while other notable adventure game series include ''Zork'', '' King's Quest'', '' Monkey Island'', '' Syberia'', and ''Myst''. Adventure games were initially developed in the 1970s and early 1980s as text-based interactive stories, using text parsers to translate the player's commands into actions. As personal computers became more powerful with better graphics, the graphic adventure-game format became po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyan Worlds
Cyan, Inc., doing business as Cyan Worlds, is an American video game developer and publisher based in Mead, Washington. Founded by brothers Rand Miller, Rand and Robyn Miller in 1987, the company created the Myst (series), ''Myst'' series. ''Myst'' became the List of best-selling PC video games, best-selling PC game ever made when it was released in 1993, and remained so for several years afterwards. It spawned several sequels, including ''Riven'' and the Massively multiplayer online game, massively multiplayer online adventure ''Myst Online: Uru Live''. Before ''Myst'', the company created children's games such as ''The Manhole''. In 2016, they released the Kickstarter-funded game ''Obduction (video game), Obduction'' and in 2023, they released ''Firmament (video game), Firmament'', also funded with Kickstarter. As of 2024, Cyan is the oldest surviving independent game studio in the United States. History Pre-''Myst'' (1987–1992) Cyan was founded in 1987 by brothers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uru Live
''Myst Online: Uru Live'' is an open source massively multiplayer online adventure game developed by Cyan Worlds. The game is the multiplayer component to the 2003 video game '' Uru: Ages Beyond Myst''. Like ''Uru'', ''Myst Online'' takes place in 2000s New Mexico, where an ancient civilization known as the D'ni once thrived. The D'ni had the ability to create portals to other worlds or Ages by writing descriptive books of the Age. Players uncover clues and solve puzzles together; plot developments were added via episodic content updates. ''Uru''s multiplayer segment was delayed and only shipped with the single-player component initially; in February 2004 the multiplayer was scrapped entirely. Dedicated fans kept an unsupported version of the game alive through Cyan-maintained servers. Online game distributor GameTap resurrected the game as ''Myst Online'' in 2007, but this version was canceled due to a lack of subscribers despite generally positive reviews. Cyan received the rig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Role Playing Game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines. There are several forms of role-playing games. The original form, sometimes called the tabletop role-playing game (TRPG or TTRPG), is conducted through discussion, whereas in live action role-playing (LARP), players physically perform their characters' actions.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) "LARPs can be viewed as forming a distinct category of RPG because of two unique features: (a) The players physically embody their characters, and (b) the game takes place in a physical frame. Embodiment means that the physical actions of the playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meridian 59
''Meridian 59'' is a 1996 video game developed by Archetype Interactive and published by The 3DO Company. It was the first 3D graphical massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) and one of the longest running original online role-playing games. The development team included John Hanke, who later founded Niantic, Inc. and codeveloped Google Earth and ''Pokémon Go''. The game was launched online in an early form on December 15, 1995, and released commercially on October 7, 1996, with a flat-rate monthly subscription. ''Meridian 59'' was later released as open source software, run by original developers Andrew Kirmse and Chris Kirmse. Gameplay The game is now aimed primarily at fans of PvP ( Player vs Player) combat, as it is virtually lag free and has a player-run justice system implemented to mediate killing of other players. Unlike many online RPGs, it is not based around character levels and classes. Instead, each individual skill and attribute, including healt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
