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This article contains an almost full table comparison of current massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs).

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[edit] General information

Name Creator Genre Client sale method Client purchase price Monthly fee
Lowest possible - largest possible		 Real money for game advantages? Release date(s) Last update
Age of Conan Funcom Sword & Sorcery Download US$9.99 Free w/limited access / US$14.99/month full access / Discounts on 3, 6 & 12 months subs (20%, 30% & 45% respectively) Yes, Funcom Points (US$10/1200 points) 2008-05-20 2011-01-18 (18.1.11)
Aion: The Tower of Eternity NCSoft Fantasy Retail sale or Download US$39.99 (Standard Ed.) US$14.95 per month No official scheme 2009-09-22 Unknown
Anarchy Online Funcom Science fiction Download Free Free w/limited access / €17.19/month full access Yes, Service Points (€10/1000 points) 2001-06-07 2010-08-15 (18.3.11)
Asheron's Call Turbine Fantasy Download US$9.99 US$12.95/month No official scheme 1999-10-31 2010-07-13
Champions Online Cryptic Studios Superhero comic book genre Retail sale or Download US$49.99 US$14.99 per month Cryptic points, a redeemable point system which players can use to purchase special in-game content, such as vanity items. 2009-09-01 Unknown
City of Heroes Cryptic Studios Superhero comic book Retail sale or Download US$39.99 (includes the City of Villains and Going Rogue expansion and the first 18 Issues (free content) up to Shades of Grey US$14.99/month No official scheme 2004-04-27 United States
2005-02-04 Europe		 2010-11-30 (Issue 19: Alpha Strike)
Darkfall Aventurine SA Fantasy Retail sale or Download €29.95 €11.77 No official scheme 2009-2-26 Unknown
DarkSpace PaleStar Science fiction Download Free Free Yes, Credits (US$1/1000 credits) 2001 2011-4-3 (1.660)
Dark Age of Camelot Mythic Entertainment Fantasy Download Free US$14.95/month No official scheme 2001-10-10 2011-10-26 (1.110)
Dofus Ankama Studio Fantasy Download Free Free w/limited access / US$7/month full access No official scheme 2004-08-23 France
2005-09-01 United States		 2010-08-10 (2.0)
Dragonica Barunson Interactive Manga Fantasy Action Download Free Free Yes, gPotato (10€/1.000gPotato) 2009-06-10 Europe 2011-29-03 (Verdourus Forest 0.914.93)
Dragon Oath ChangYou Fantasy Download Free Free Yes, tokens can be bought and exchanged for exclusive items and other content. 2007 2010
Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited Turbine Fantasy Download Free Free / Players can gain VIP status by paying US$14.95 per month. Available micro-transaction store 2006 2011-07-25 (Update 10.2)
Eternal Lands Eternal Lands Medieval Fantasy Download Free Free Yes, buy bonus items and playable races Released, but officially still in development Unknown
EVE Online CCP Games Science Fiction, Space simulation Download Free - US$19.99[1] Can be paid with ingame currency / US$14.95 Yes, PLEX (30 day subscription extension item) can be bought for US$19.95 and can be sold in ingame Market or exchanged for AUR to buy elite Apparel. 2003-05-06 United StatesUnited Kingdom
2003-05-23 Europe		 2011-11-27 (Build 321452)
EverQuest Sony Online Entertainment Fantasy Download US$19.99 Starter Pack (excludes last expansion, Underfoot)
US$39.99 All-In-One (all expansions)		 US$14.99/month No official scheme 1999-03-16 2010-07-28
EverQuest II Sony Online Entertainment Fantasy Retail sale or Download US$19.99 Starter Pack (excludes last expansion, Sentinel's Fate
US$39.99 All-In-One (all expansions)		 US$14.99 Yes, Loot Cards acquired in the parallel game Legends of Norrath can be redeemed in this game 2004-11-08 2010-08-04
Final Fantasy XI Square Enix Fantasy Retail sale US$9.99 (PC)
US$14.99 (Xbox 360)
€19.99 (PC/Xbox 360)		 US$12.95 + $1.00 per extra character
€12.95 + €1 per extra character		 No official scheme 2002-05-16 2010-06-21
Grand Fantasia X-Legend Entertainment Corp. Fantasy Anime/Steam-punk Download Free Free Yes, Item mall 2009-11-06United States
2010-02-26Japan		 2010-12-13
Guild Wars ArenaNet Fantasy Retail sale or Download US$39.99 (includes Factions and Nightfall campaigns)
€34.99 (includes Factions and Nightfall campaigns)		 Free No official scheme 2005-04-28 2011-08-25
Hero Online Netgame History Download Free Free Yes, items can be bought with real currency instead of in-game currency via browser. ? Unknown
Knight Online MGame Corporation and Noah System Fantasy Download Free Free Yes, Knight Cash (US$5/KC 400) used for game advantages (called Premiums) and items (from Power Up Store) 2004-12-06 2010-08-05 (1840)
Lineage NCsoft Fantasy Download US$9.99 US$15/month No official scheme 1998-09-03 2010-08-11 (Season 3, Episode 1)
Lineage II NCsoft Fantasy Download US$14.99
€14.99		 US$14.99/month
€12.99		 No official scheme 2003-10-01 South Korea
2004-04-27 United States		 2010-07-29
The Lord of the Rings Online: Rise of Isengard Turbine Fantasy Retail sale or download Free Free / Players can gain VIP status by paying US$14.95 per month. Available micro-transaction store 2007-04-24 2011-10-04 United States
MapleStory Wizet Fantasy Download Free Free Yes, NEXON Cash 2002-05 South Korea
2003-11 Japan
2004-12 China
2005-07-04 Republic of China
2005-05-11 (Global)
2005-06-23 (SEA)		 2010-07-19 (0.88) United States
2010-07-15 (0.63) Europe
Minions of Mirth Prairie Games Fantasy Download Free - US$29.95[2] Free No official scheme 2005-12 Unknown
Perfect World Beijing Perfect World Fantasy Retail sale or Download Free Free Yes, Item mall 2005-07 China
2006-12 Republic of China
2007-03 Japan
TBA 2007 South Korea		 2011-03-02 (Patch version 484)
Pirates of the Burning Sea Flying Lab Software Fantasy Retail sale or download US$19.99 (free download) US$12-month subscription: $143 USD($12/month) or 1-month subscription: $14.99 USD
Part of Station Access		 No official scheme 2009-6-23, V. 1.15.52
Ragnarok Online GRAVITY Co., Ltd. Fantasy, Steampunk Download Free Free w/limited access / US$10/month full access Yes, Warp Portal points (US$5/500 points) 2002-08-31 2009-12-04 (Episode 13.2)
Regnum Online NGD Studios Medieval fantasy Download Free Lowest Ximerin (points) possible 5 USD; highest ximerin possible 60 USD Yes, paid points allow premium objects 2007-04-24 2010-04-29
Rift: Planes of Telara Trion Worlds Future fantasy Download US$49.99 US$9.99 / US$14.99 No official scheme 2011-03-01 2011-02-17
Rise: The Vieneo Province Unistellar Industries Science fiction, Space simulation Download Free US$5.95 No official scheme 2006-04-01 Unknown
Runes of Magic Runewaker Entertainment Fantasy Download Free Free w/limited access Yes, Diamonds, Storage, Runes. 2009-03-19 2011-12-14
RuneScape Jagex Ltd Fantasy Browser-based Free Free w/limited access / £3.50/month full access No official scheme 2001-01-04 2011-06-01
Ryzom Nevrax Science Fantasy Download Free Free play with character level limitation, subscription is US$10.95/month
€7.95		 No official scheme 2004-09-20 2011-05-28 (1.12.0)
Star Trek Online Cryptic Studios Science fiction, Star Trek Retail sale or Download Free Free Cryptic points, a redeemable point system which players can use to purchase special in-game content, such as vanity items. 2010-02-02 Unknown
Star Wars Galaxies Sony Online Entertainment Science fiction, Star Wars Download US$19.99
€14.99		 US$14.99/month
€13,49/month		 Yes, Loot Cards acquired in the parallel game Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game can be redeemed in this game 2003-06-26 2010-08-03 (17.4)
Tabula Rasa NCsoft Science fiction Retail sale or download US$49.99 US$14.99/month No official scheme 2007-11-02 2008-10-27
A Tale in the Desert eGenesis Historical Download Free US$13.95/month No official scheme 2003-02-03 2010-08-07 (Fifth Telling)
Terra Militaris SNAIL Game Historical Web Free Free Available micro-transaction store 2010 Unknown
Tibia CipSoft Fantasy Download Free Free w/limited access / €7.45/month Full access Yes, Membership for added content 1997 Unknown
Toontown Online The Walt Disney Company Classic cartoons Download Free Free w/limited access / US$9.95/month full access No official scheme 2003 2010-06-02 (1.0.40.15)
Ultima Online Origin Systems Fantasy Download US$29.99 US$12.99/month No official scheme 1997 2010-08-04, Publish 67
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Sony Online Entertainment Fantasy Retail sale or download US$19.99 (free download) US$14.99 (single month)  ? 2007-01-30 2009-06-02, Build 2461
Vendetta Online Guild Software Space simulation Download Free US$9.99/month
US$6.66/24 months		 No official scheme 2004-11-01 United States 2010-12-23 (VO 1.8.160)
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Mythic Entertainment Fantasy Retail sale or Download US$44.99 US$14.99/month  ? 2008-09-18 2011-09-13 (1.4.4)
WonderKing Online Ryu & Soft Fantasy Download Free Free Yes, buy bonus items Unknown South Korea
2004-??-?? Japan
2009-06-19 United States
2009-??-?? Philippines
2009-??-?? Germany		 2009-09-12
World of Warcraft Blizzard Entertainment Fantasy Retail sale or Download US$19.99; Burning Crusade $9.99; Wrath of the Lich King $39.99; Cataclysm $39.99
€14.99		 US$14.99/month
€12.99		 Yes. Extra mounts and pets purchasable off official store. Purchasable "World of Warcraft remote" allows access to auction house and guild chat from mobile phone. Trading Cards can be purchased for a chance at an in game code which can be used for otherwise unobtainable in game items 2004-11-23 United StatesAustralia
2005-02-11 Europe		 2011-11-29 (4.3.0)
Name Creator Genre Client sale method Client purchase price Monthly fee
Lowest possible - largest possible		 Real money for game advantages? Release date(s) Last update

[edit] Statistics table

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No. of players No. of players per server / shards / worlds No. of servers / shards / worlds Common peak of players Contains Instances
Anarchy Online 000012000 12,000[3] ? 3 ? Yes (Missions)
Asheron's Call 000000010 ? ? 9 ? Yes
City of Heroes 00200000 200,000[3] ? 11 (American version), 4 (European version) ? Yes (Missions)
DarkSpace 00004500 4500 players ? 1 ? No
Dark Age of Camelot 00125000 125,000[3] ? 6(?) 5,000 (America), 6,000 (Europe) Yes
Dofus 00500000 10,000,000 players and 1,500,000 active subscriptions[4] ? 44 45,000 per server (~6000 online) Yes
Dungeons and Dragons Online: Stormreach 00000000 ? ? 8 ? Yes (Entire world)
EVE Online 00200000 300,000+[5] All 1 60,453 Live server[6], ~500 Test shard No
EverQuest 00200000 200,000[3] ~8,000 25 as of August 2007 ~4,000 Yes (LDON, Plane of Time, Post GoD Raid Locations)
EverQuest II 00185000 185,000[7] ~8,000 27 as of March 2008 ~2,500 per server Yes
Final Fantasy XI 01500000 500,000[3] 15,000-20,000[8] 32 servers[9] Generally 1500–2000 per world Expansion only
Guild Wars 06000000 6,000,000[10] All 1 8 in PvE Everywhere except towns and outposts
Knight Online 04250000 4,250,000 1-2 million 12x3(subservers) 30,000 per subserver 30kx36 total ?
Lineage II 01300000 1,300,000[3] ? 10 ? Yes
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar 00000000 ? ? 38 ? Yes
MapleStory 05000000 5,000,000

(Global version)[11]

 ? 89 (All versions) ; 7 (Global version) ? No
Perfect World 00000000 ? ? ? ? Yes
Pirates of the Burning Sea 00000000 ? (active subscriptions) Avg. 350 as of 2009-June 23 6 as of 2009-June 23 ? Yes
Ragnarok Online 00000000 ? ? 3 (iRO) ? Announced for a future update
Rift: Planes of Telara 00004000 1,400,000 100,000 30 15000 Yes (dungeons, warfronts)
Rise: The Vieneo Province 00004000 4,000 4,000 1 100 Entire world
RuneScape 0820000010,000,000(active accounts)[12] 2,000[13] 169 120,000 as of 2010-12-12 Yes
Ryzom ? ? 3 ? Partial: Ryzom Ring allows instanced content generated by players with a scenario editor.
Star Wars Galaxies 00100000 100,000 as of mid-2006[3] ? 12 ? Yes
Star Wars: The Old Republic 12000000Over 1,000,000[14] ? 214 as of 2011-12-25 ? Yes
Tabula Rasa 00000000 0 (game shutdown) 0 0 0 N/A
Tibia 00300000 300,000[3] 500 (max. is 950) 77 as of Feb. 4, 2010[15] Close to 35,000 as of 2010-02-04[15] No
Ultima Online 00000000 ? ? ? ? No
Vendetta Online 00000000 ? All 1 ? No
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning 00300000 300,000[16] ? 4 ? Yes
WonderKing Online ? ? 2 (NA Version) ? No
World of Warcraft 1200000012,000,000(active subscriptions only 200000 north america)[17]. Avg. 36,000 as of 2007-2-18 222 as of 2007-2-18 ? Yes
No. of players No. of players per server / shards / worlds No. of servers / shards / worlds Common peak of players Contains Instances

[edit] Engine table

Game engine type Source code available? Fully customizable user interface Windowable[18] Custom UI Mods / Addons
Aion: The Tower of Eternity 3D No Partial Yes No
Anarchy Online 3D No Yes Yes
Asheron's Call 3D No ? Yes
City of Heroes 3D No Partial Yes
DarkSpace 3D Yes No Yes
Dark Age of Camelot 3D No Yes Yes
Dofus 2D No Yes Yes
Dragon Oath 3D No Partial Yes
Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach 3D No No Yes
EVE Online 3D No Adjustable/movable windows and Colors, no custom additions Yes
EverQuest 3D No Yes Yes
EverQuest II 3D No Yes Yes
Final Fantasy XI 3D No No Yes[19]
Guild Wars 3D No Adjustable/movable windows, no custom additions Yes
Guild Wars 2 3D No ? Yes ?
Knight Online 3D No Partial Yes
Lineage II 3D No Adjustable/movable windows Yes
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar 3D No Partial Yes Yes
MapleStory 2D No No Yes
Perfect World 3D No Yes Yes
Pirates of the Burning Sea 3D No Yes Yes
Ragnarok Online 2D, 3D No Partial Yes
Rift: Planes of Telara 3D No Yes Yes Yes
Rise: The Vieneo Province 3D No Adjustable/movable windows Yes
RuneScape 3D No Partial Yes
Ryzom 3D Yes Partial Yes
Star Wars Galaxies 3D No No Yes
Star Wars The Old Republic 3D No No Yes No
Tabula Rasa 3D No No Yes
Tibia 2D No Partial Yes
Ultima Online 2D, 3D Some Yes Yes
Vendetta Online 3D No Partial Yes
WonderKing Online 2D No No Yes
World of Warcraft 3D No Yes Yes Yes

[edit] Minimal system requirements

The minimal system requirements are, unless otherwise noted, the minimum requirements given by the game publisher.

Platform CPU RAM Video card HDD space Software Connection
Aion: The Tower of Eternity Windows XP/Vista/7 Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz, AMD 2800 1 GB GeForce 6600 / Radeon X1550 30 GB DirectX 9.0c Broadband
Asheron's Call Windows 98 733 MHz 256 MB 32 MB 3 GB DirectX 9.0c 56k
Dofus Windows, Mac OS X, Linux Intel Pentium III 700 MHz (or Mac equivalent) 128 MB 32 MB 100 MB Lecteur Flash 7.0 56k
DarkSpace Windows XP, 1 GHz 750 MB 32 MB with Hardware Transform and Lighting 150 MB DirectX 9.0c 56k
Windows Vista/7 1 GB
EVE Online Windows XP 1 GHz 1 GB 64 MB with Shader Model 2.0 6 GB DirectX 9.0c 56k
Windows Vista 1.5 GB
Mac OS X Intel at 1.8 GHz 1 GB 128 MB ATI Radeon X1600, NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 6 GB Mac OS X 10.5.6
Final Fantasy XI PlayStation 2[20] N/A N/A N/A 7 GB N/A 56k
Windows 2000[21] Intel Pentium III 800 MHz 128MB 32MB 6 GB DirectX 8.1 56k
Xbox 360[22] N/A N/A N/A 8 GB Xbox Live Cable/DSL
Guild Wars Windows 98 Intel Pentium III 1 GHz 512 MB 64 MB 3 GB DirectX 9.0c 56k
The Lord of the Rings Online:
Shadows of Angmar		 Windows XP Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz or equivalent 512 MB 64 MB NVIDIA GeForce 3 or ATI Radeon 8500 7 GB DirectX 9.0c 56k
MapleStory Windows 98 Intel Pentium III 1 GHz 64 MB 3D acceleration card 1.0 GB DirectX 8.1 56k
Perfect World Windows 98 Intel Pentium III 800 MHz 256 MB 64 MB 3 GB DirectX 9.0c 56k
Pirates of the Burning Sea[23] Windows XP Pentium(r) IV 1.48 GHz or greater 1024 MB RAM 128 MB 6 GB DirectX 9 Broadband
Ragnarok Online Windows 98 Intel Pentium II 500 MHz or equivalent 128 MB 8 MB 1.67 GB DirectX 8.0 56k
Rise: The Vieneo Province Windows 2000 SP2 Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or AMD Athlon 800 MHz 512 MB 128 MB 3 GB DirectX 9.0c 56k
RuneScape[24] Java Platform 300 MHz 64 MB 8 MB Not officially stated (~ <50 MB) Java Platform 56k
Ryzom[25] Windows 98 SE or newer; Linux; Mac OS X Intel Pentium III 1 GHz 512 MB 64 MB NVIDIA GeForce 2 or equivalent 7 GB DirectX 8.0 56k
Second Life Windows 2000 or Linux 800 MHz 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, ATI Radeon 8500, 9250 or better[26] 75 MB + cache OpenGL 2.0 Cable/DSL
Mac OS X 10.3.9 1 GHz 512 MB ?
Star Wars Galaxies Windows 98 Intel Pentium III 1 GHz 512 MB 32 MB with Hardware Transform and Lighting 2.14 GB DirectX 9.0b 56k
Toontown Online Windows 2000 or Mac OS X ? 256 MB 32 MB 2 GB DirectX 9.0 56k
Ultima Online Windows Intel Pentium 200 MHz 32 MB 4 MB 383 MB 28k
Vendetta Online Windows, Mac OS X, Linux Intel Pentium 1 GHz or G3/G4 256 MB (Mac 384 Mb) 32 MB 200 MB DirectX or openGL 56k
WonderKing Online Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista Intel Pentium III 800 MHz 256 MB 64 MB 2 GB DirectX 9.0 56k
World of Warcraft[27] Mac OS X 10.3.9 933 MHz G4 512 MB 32 MB 6 GB OpenGL 56k
Windows XP Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1500+ 1 GB or more NVIDIA® GeForce® FX or ATI Radeon™ 9500 video card or better 25+GB DirectX 9.0c Broadband Internet connection

[edit] Feature Set

The term "content" to be used where the type of content is the objective (e.g., PVP content = objective is to kill players).

PVE Group Instances PVE Raid Instances Open-world PVE Raid Content PVP Group Instances PVP Raid Instances Open-world PVP Raid Content Item appearance customization Auction House / Broker Jumping Swimming Mounts Guild Housing
Aion: The Tower of Eternity Yes No Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No (soon) No (soon) No
Anarchy Online Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Asheron's Call
City of Heroes
Dark Age of Camelot
DarkSpace
Dofus
Dragon Oath
Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach
EVE Online No No Yes No No Yes N/A Yes No N/A N/A No
(In development)
EverQuest
EverQuest II Yes Yes Yes Yes No Partial No
(In development)		 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Final Fantasy XI
Guild Wars Yes Partial No Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes
Guild Wars 2 Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ?
Knight Online
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lineage II
MapleStory
Perfect World
Pirates of the Burning Sea
Ragnarok Online
Rift: Planes of Telara Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Rise: The Vieneo Province
RuneScape
Ryzom No No Yes No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Star Wars Galaxies
Star Wars The Old Republic Yes Yes Yes No (soon) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Tabula Rasa
Tibia
Ultima Online No No Yes No No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes
Vendetta Online
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Yes No Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
WonderKing Online
World of Warcraft Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Client is free with 14 day Trial. But you may buy client with 1 month prepaid if you want.
  2. ^ There is a "premium account" available with more additions to the game and gameplay for the players. This is a one-time fee.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Woodcock, Bruce Sterling. "MMOGCHART.COM". http://www.mmogchart.com/. Retrieved Jan. 5, 2007. 
  4. ^ Dofus reaches the 10 million player threshold Ankama Games press release dated 2008-10-07
  5. ^ EVE's 6th birthday with 300,000 of your closest friends (and enemies)
  6. ^ 60,453 pilots: the new eve pcu record
  7. ^ MMOGData.VOIG.com Online Data About Online Games
  8. ^ "Protecting Final Fantasy XI From the Gil-Sellers". http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/1336213. Retrieved Sept. 7, 2007. 
  9. ^ "FINAL FANTASY XI ONLINE Server Status". http://www.playonline.com/pcd/service/ff11usindex.html. Retrieved Jan. 9, 2007. 
  10. ^ "Guild Wars Surpasses Six Million Units Sold". Guild Wars. http://www.guildwars.com/events/press/releases/pressrelease-2009-04-24.php. Retrieved Apr. 25, 2009. 
  11. ^ "2007 warp up". Maple Story Global. Dec. 18, 2007. http://maplestory.nexon.net/WZ.ASPX?PART=/Community/GM_Blog&mode=view&uid=25&bbsidx=7616&cat=26. 
  12. ^ "Jagex's Runescape is one of the most popular MMOs in the world.". Adam Hartley. May 4, 2007. http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/mmo-developers-jagex-outline-mechscape--617551?artc_pg=1. Retrieved Aug. 23, 2009. .
  13. ^ Wagner James Au (2008). "RuneScape Moves to Come Out of the Shadows". GigaOM. http://gigaom.com/2008/07/14/runescape-moves-to-come-out-of-the-shadows/. Retrieved Jul. 14, 2008. 
  14. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named http:.2F.2Fwww.swtor.com.2Fblog.2Fray-and-greg-thank-you-playing; see Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text
  15. ^ a b http://www.tibia.com/statistics/?subtopic=serverload&period=week
  16. ^ "Axe drops at Warhammer dev as subs sink to 300K". Gamespot. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6204136.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;4. Retrieved Feb. 5, 2009. 
  17. ^ "WORLD OF WARCRAFT SUBSCRIBER BASE REACHES 11.5 Million WORLDWIDE" (Press release). Blizzard Entertainment. Dec. 23, 2008. http://www.blizzard.com/us/press/081121.html. Retrieved Dec. 23, 2008. 
  18. ^ Allows the game to be played in a window while running in a desktop environment.
  19. ^ Windowed mode was added with the Nov. 19, 2007 update; however, it has been reported as being buggy and still having an error if Alt-Tab is used.
  20. ^ "The Adventure Expands to PlayStation 2". Square-Enix. http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/envi/ps/ps01.html?pageID=ps. Retrieved Feb. 2, 2007. 
  21. ^ "Final Fantasy XI for Windows". Square-Enix. http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/envi/win/win01.html?pageID=win. Retrieved Feb. 2, 2007. 
  22. ^ "Final Fantasy XI Startup Guide for Xbox 360". Square-Enix. http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/envi/xbox/xbox01.html?pageID=xbox. Retrieved Feb. 2, 2007. 
  23. ^ "What are Pirates's system requirements?". Tarun Bhatia. http://support.flyinglab.com/cgi-bin/flyinglab.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2. Retrieved 03/20/2009 11:24 AM. 
  24. ^ "Getting started". Jagex. http://www.runescape.com/kbase/viewarticle.ws?article_id=156. Retrieved Feb. 15, 2008. [dead link]
  25. ^ "Requirements". Winch Gate Property Ltd. http://www.ryzom.com/en/system-requirements.html. Retrieved Jul. 16, 2009. 
  26. ^ http://secondlife.com/support/system-requirements/?lang=en-US
  27. ^ "What are the game's system requirements?". Blizzard. http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/faq/technology.html. Retrieved Feb. 2, 2007. 
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