WildStar

WildStar has always been a terrific candidate for a non-subscription-based business model, and at E3 2015 last week, we got a chance to chat with Carbine Studios about their flagship MMORPG’s upcoming free-to-play transition. It’s no surprise that they’ve received a great response to the transition since their announcement of it a few weeks ago, with over 100,000 free-to-play beta signups in the first day.

Carbine Studios is ready to unveil what it has envisioned for the upcoming F2P iteration of WildStar. Among other things, players can look forward to new content, an improved tutorial system, item and stat systems will be overhauled, more consistent challenges in dungeons, and new areas including Alpha Sanctum and Cryo-Plex PvP Arena.

As part of the E3 Humble Bundle, fans and interested folks can grab a copy of WildStar by naming a price of at least $1 that will also include 30 days of subscription time.

Fancy a cupcake, Cupcake? In this week’s WildStar column, Gareth “Gazimoff” Harmer takes a look at WildStar’s first birthday celebrations, and discusses some of the fears around the upcoming free-to-play switch.

We give you all the details and answer your questions live in our official "Road to Free-to-Play" livestream!

This week's MMOFTW covers the WildStar F2P announcement, Echo of Soul's Open Beta, Trion Worlds' new trademark, some Otherside news, and more. Watch and learn!

Carbine has announced that WildStar will go free to play this Fall. In his latest column, Gareth “Gazimoff” Harmer asks if the studio’s proposals represent a good deal to players, and what pitfalls it must avoid.

It’s not going to surprise anyone here, as we all follow Carbine’s freshman outing closely, but the sci-fi fantasy MMORPG is going Free to Play (F2P) this fall, and we’ve got the full scoop. We recently flew out to Santa Monica (at NCSOFT’s expense) to preview many of the game’s upcoming changes. Read on to learn where WildStar has been, and where it’s going in 2015.

It’s official: WildStar’s going Free to Play this fall. Following significant rumors these last few weeks, Carbine Studios confirmed the news earlier, outlining some early details of what players can expect following the transition. There’s also word on what the studio calls ‘Player Appreciation Awards,’ rewarding those who stay subscribed until the switch happens.

WildStar players will want to check their inventories for a new vanity pet given by way of apology for recent downtime extensions. Be on the lookout for an Enhanced Pumera and give its cheek a little pinch for us, will you?

With Drop 5: INVASION freshly released, Gareth “Gazimoff” Harmer pulls on his engineering boots and heads back to Planet Nexus.

Thanks to a tip from reader Zoltariel, it seems that Steam's Database has been updated with a WildStar entry, signifying a possible move to a Free to Play (not Buy to Play) revenue model.

Now that it seems the WildStar going F2P cat is out of the bag, the daily quest is a very short one. Will you or won't you and why?

If there's ever a burning question that needs answering, the WildStar team aims to please. Today marks the return of Loremageddon, a series of player questions about all things lore and background tackled by the Carbine developers.

We asked this recently, but with the launch of INVASION: Nexus, adding so much new content, and polishing the game's overall performance drastically we're asking again... is it time to return to WildStar, or are you holding out for F2P?