Game Reviews8/10
Carbine’s sci-fi MMO bet on hardcore group content and lost
WildStar launched June 3, 2014, scored 8/10, went free-to-play in 2015, and shut down November 28, 2018 when NCSoft closed Carbine Studios.
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Game Reviews6.8/10
Fallout Shelter Turns Management Into a Waiting Game
A review of Fallout Shelter, Bethesda's 2015 free-to-play Vault management sim, scored 6.8/10 for its loop, microtransactions and lack of an ending.
Game Reviews7.3/10
World of Tanks Review: 7.3/10
World of Tanks review: the 2011 free-to-play PC tank battler that still runs on 15v15 random battles, ricochets and module damage. Score: 7.3/10.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Neverwinter’s free-to-play D&D experiment has outlasted most of what launched alongside it
Neverwinter is a free-to-play D&D action MMORPG from Cryptic Studios. PC 2013, Xbox One 2015, PS4 2016. IGDB critic score: 7.3/10.
Game Reviews7.5/10
PUBG: Battlegrounds Review — The Shrinking Blue Wall Still Does the Work
PUBG: Battlegrounds review — how a rough 2017 early access shooter built the battle royale genre and why its shrinking blue wall still works in 2026.
Game Reviews7.1/10
Point Blank’s losing team still gets paid, and that’s the point
Point Blank (2008) review: Zepetto's free-to-play PC shooter, its two factions, eight character models, short loadout window, and 7.1 critic score.
Game Reviews8.9/10
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Review — A Mercenary Campaign Aboard the Hyperion
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Blizzard's 2010 Terran campaign, sent Jim Raynor against Mengsk across 29 missions aboard the Hyperion.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Hearthstone Review: Eleven Classes, Thirty Cards, and a Machine for Selling Packs
Hearthstone grew from a small Blizzard experiment into a 100-million-player card game and esport, built on a simple design choice: subtract the reactions.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Eleven Years On, Rocket League’s Five-Minute Matches Are Still the Whole Point
Rocket League at ten: how Psyonix turned a failed 2008 sequel into a free-to-play car-soccer staple, and what the 8.9/10 score really means.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Apex Legends Review: 8.8/10
Apex Legends launched unannounced in 2019 as a free-to-play squad battle royale. A look at its Legends, classes, Outlands lore, platforms and 8.8/10 score.