Comparison of massively multiplayer online role-playing games

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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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General information [edit]

Name Creator Genre Client sale method Client purchase price Monthly fee required Monthly subscription available[1] Release date(s) Last update
Age of Conan[2] Funcom Sword & Sorcery Download Free No Subscriptions available 02008-05-20May 20, 2008 02011-01-18January 18, 2011 (18.1.11)
Aion: The Tower of Eternity NCSoft Fantasy Retail sale or Download Free No No 02009-09-22September 22, 2009 Unknown
Anarchy Online Funcom Science fiction Download Free No €17.19/month full access 02001-06-07June 7, 2001 02012-07-19July 19, 2012 (18.5.1)
Asheron's Call Turbine Fantasy Download US$9.99 Yes US$12.95/month 01999-10-31October 31, 1999 02010-07-13July 13, 2010
Champions Online Cryptic Studios Superhero comic book genre Retail sale or Download US$49.99 Yes US$14.99 per month 02009-09-01September 1, 2009 Unknown
City of Heroes NCSoft / Paragon Studios Superhero comic book Shut Down 11/30/2012 02004-04-28April 28, 2004 02011-04-15April 15, 2011 (Last update before closing)
Darkfall Aventurine SA Fantasy Retail sale or Download €29.95 Yes €11.77 02009-02-26February 26, 2009 Unknown
DarkSpace PaleStar Science fiction Download Free No No 02001-01-012001 02011-04-03April 3, 2011 (1.660)
Dark Age of Camelot Mythic Entertainment Fantasy Download Free Yes US$14.95/month 02001-10-10October 10, 2001 02011-10-26October 26, 2011 (1.110)
Dofus Ankama Studio Fantasy Download Free No US$7/month full access 02004-08-23August 23, 2004 France
02005-09-01September 1, 2005 United States		 02010-08-10August 10, 2010 (2.0)
Dragonica Barunson Interactive Manga Fantasy Action Download Free No No 02009-06-10June 10, 2009 Europe 02011-03-29March 29, 2011 (Verdourus Forest 0.914.93)
Dragon Oath Changyou.com Fantasy Download Free No No 02007-01-012007 02010-01-012010
Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited Turbine Fantasy Download Free No US$14.95 per month. 02006-02-28February 28, 2006 02011-07-25July 25, 2011 (Update 10.2)
Eternal Lands Eternal Lands Medieval Fantasy Download Free No No 02003-02-13February 13, 2003 02012-02-14February 14, 2012 1.9.3
EVE Online CCP Games Science Fiction, Space simulation Download Free - US$19.99[3] Yes US$14.95 / Can be paid with ingame currency 02003-05-06May 6, 2003 United StatesUnited Kingdom
02003-05-23May 23, 2003 Europe		 02011-11-27November 27, 2011 (Build 321452)
EverQuest Sony Online Entertainment Fantasy Download Free No US$14.99/month 01999-03-16March 16, 1999 02010-07-28July 28, 2010
EverQuest II Sony Online Entertainment Fantasy Retail sale or Download Free No US$14.99 02004-11-08November 8, 2004 02010-08-04August 4, 2010
Final Fantasy XI Square Enix Fantasy Retail sale US$9.99 (PC)
US$14.99 (Xbox 360)
€19.99 (PC/Xbox 360)		 Yes US$12.95 + $1.00 per extra character
€12.95 + €1 per extra character		 02002-05-16May 16, 2002 02013-04-29April 29, 2013
Grand Fantasia X-Legend Entertainment Corp. Fantasy Anime/Steam-punk Download Free No No 02009-11-06November 6, 2009United States
02010-02-26February 26, 2010Japan		 02010-12-13December 13, 2010
Guild Wars ArenaNet Fantasy Retail sale or Download US$39.99 (includes Factions and Nightfall campaigns)
€34.99 (includes Factions and Nightfall campaigns)		 No No 02005-04-28April 28, 2005 02011-08-25August 25, 2011
Guild Wars 2 ArenaNet Fantasy Retail sale or Download US$59.99 Digital Editions, US$79.99 Digital Deluxe Edition No No 02012-08-28August 28, 2012 02012-10-03October 3, 2012
Hero Online Netgame History Download Free No No 02006-01-012006 Unknown
Knight Online MGame Corporation and Noah System Fantasy Download Free No No 02004-12-06December 6, 2004 02010-08-05August 5, 2010 (1840)
Lineage NCsoft Fantasy Download US$9.99 Yes US$15/month 01998-09-03September 3, 1998 02010-08-11August 11, 2010 (Season 3, Episode 1)
Lineage II NCsoft Fantasy Download Free No Non-free 02003-10-01October 1, 2003 South Korea
02004-04-27April 27, 2004 United States		 02012-07-25July 25, 2012
The Lord of the Rings Online: Rise of Isengard Turbine Fantasy Retail sale or download Free No US$14.95/month 02007-04-24April 24, 2007 02011-10-04October 4, 2011 United States
MapleStory Wizet Fantasy Download Free No No 02002-05-01May 2002 South Korea
02003-11-01November 2003 Japan
02004-12-01December 2004 China
02005-07-04July 4, 2005 Taiwan
02005-05-11May 11, 2005 (Global)
02005-06-23June 23, 2005 (SEA)		 02010-07-19July 19, 2010 (0.88) United States
02010-07-15July 15, 2010 (0.63) Europe
Minions of Mirth Prairie Games Fantasy Download Free - US$29.95[4] No No 02005-12-01December 2005 Unknown
Omerta (video game) Omerta Game Limited Fantasy Retail sale or Download Free No No 02003-09-01September 2003 02013-02-01February 2013 ( Version 4.0 )
Perfect World Beijing Perfect World Fantasy Retail sale or Download Free No No 02005-07-01July 2005 China
02006-12-01December 2006 Taiwan
02007-03-01March 2007 Japan
TBA 2007 South Korea		 02011-03-02March 2, 2011 (Patch version 484)
Pirates of the Burning Sea Flying Lab Software Fantasy Retail sale or download US$19.99 (free download) Yes US$12-month subscription: $143 USD($12/month) or 1-month subscription: $14.99 USD
Part of Station Access		 02008-01-22January 22, 2008 02009-06-23June 23, 2009, V. 1.15.52
Ragnarok Online GRAVITY Co., Ltd. Fantasy, Steampunk Download Free No US$10/month 02002-08-31August 31, 2002 02009-12-04December 4, 2009 (Episode 13.2)
Regnum Online NGD Studios Medieval fantasy Download Free No Lowest Ximerin (points) possible 5 USD; highest ximerin possible 60 USD 02007-04-24April 24, 2007 02010-04-29April 29, 2010
Rift: Planes of Telara Trion Worlds Future fantasy Download US$49.99 Yes US$9.99 / US$14.99 02011-03-01March 1, 2011 02011-02-17February 17, 2011
Rise: The Vieneo Province Unistellar Industries Science fiction, Space simulation Download Free Yes US$5.95 02006-04-01April 1, 2006 Unknown
Runes of Magic Runewaker Entertainment Fantasy Download Free No No 02009-03-19March 19, 2009 02011-12-14December 14, 2011
RuneScape Jagex Ltd Fantasy Browser-based Free No £7.95/month full access 02001-01-04January 4, 2001 02013-01-12January 12, 2013
Ryzom Nevrax Science Fantasy Download Free No US$10.95/month
€7.95		 02004-09-20September 20, 2004 02011-05-28May 28, 2011 (1.12.0)
Star Trek Online Cryptic Studios Science fiction, Star Trek Retail sale or Download Free No Yes 02010-02-02February 2, 2010 02012-07-12July 12, 2012
Star Wars Galaxies Sony Online Entertainment Science fiction, Star Wars Shut Down 02003-06-26June 26, 2003
Star Wars: The Old Republic Bioware Science fiction, Star Wars Retail and Download Free No US$14.99/month
€13,49/month		 02011-12-20December 20, 2011 02013-02-14February 14, 2013
Tabula Rasa NCsoft Science fiction Retail sale or download US$49.99 Yes US$14.99/month 02007-11-02November 2, 2007 02008-10-27October 27, 2008
A Tale in the Desert eGenesis Historical Download Free Yes US$13.95/month 02003-02-03February 3, 2003 02010-08-07August 7, 2010 (Fifth Telling)
Terra Militaris SNAIL Game Historical Web Free No No 02010-01-012010 Unknown
Tibia CipSoft Fantasy Download Free No €7.45/month 01997-01-011997 Unknown
Toontown Online The Walt Disney Company Classic cartoons Download Free No US$9.95/month 02003-01-012003 02010-06-02June 2, 2010 (1.0.40.15)
Ultima Online Origin Systems Fantasy Download US$29.99 Yes US$12.99/month 01997-01-011997 02010-08-04August 4, 2010 (Publish 67)
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Sony Online Entertainment Fantasy Retail sale or download Free (free download) No No 02007-01-30January 30, 2007 02009-06-02June 2, 2009 (Build 2461)
Vendetta Online Guild Software Space simulation Download Free Yes US$9.99/month
US$6.66/24 months		 02004-11-01November 1, 2004 United States 02012-08-15August 15, 2012 (VO 1.8.224)
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Mythic Entertainment Fantasy Retail sale or Download US$44.99 Yes US$14.99/month 02008-09-18September 18, 2008 02011-09-13September 13, 2011 (1.4.4)
WonderKing Online Ryu & Soft Fantasy Download Free No No 02006-03-20March 20, 2006 South Korea
02007-02-24February 24, 2007 Japan
02009-06-19June 19, 2009 United States
02009-01-012009 Philippines
02009-01-012009 Germany		 02009-09-12September 12, 2009
World of Warcraft Blizzard Entertainment Fantasy Retail sale or Download US$19.99 Battle Chest; Cataclysm $39.99; Mists of Pandaria $39.99 Yes Free limited
(to Lvl 20)

Full US$14.99/month
€12.99		 02004-11-23November 23, 2004 United StatesAustralia
02005-02-11February 11, 2005 Europe		 02012-09-25September 25, 2012 (5.0.5)
Name Creator Genre Client sale method Client purchase price Monthly fee
Lowest possible - largest possible		 Release date(s) Last update

Statistics table [edit]

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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[5] ? 3 ? Yes (Missions)
Asheron's Call 000000010 ? ? 9 ? Yes
City of Heroes 00200000 200,000[5] ? 11 (American version), 4 (European version) ? Yes (Missions)
DarkSpace 00004500 4500 players ? 1 ? No
Dark Age of Camelot 00125000 125,000[5] ? 6(?) 5,000 (America), 6,000 (Europe) Yes
Dofus 00500000 10,000,000 players and 1,500,000 active subscriptions[6] ? 44 45,000 per server (~6000 online) Yes
Dungeons and Dragons Online: Stormreach 00000000 ? ? 8 ? Yes (Entire world)
EVE Online 00200000 500,000[7] All 1 60,453 Live server,[8] ~500 Test shard No
EverQuest 00200000 200,000[5] ~8,000 25 as of August 2007 ~4,000 Yes (LDON, Plane of Time, Post GoD Raid Locations)
EverQuest II 00185000 185,000[9] ~8,000 27 as of March 2008 ~2,500 per server Yes
Final Fantasy XI 01500000 500,000[5] 15,000-20,000[10] 32 servers[11] Generally 1500–2000 per world Expansion only
Guild Wars 06000000 6,000,000[12] All 1 8 in PvE Everywhere except towns and outposts
Guild Wars 2 3,000,000[13] 48 (21 US, 27 Europe)[14] Yes(Personal Story missions)
Knight Online 04250000 4,250,000 1-2 million 12x3(subservers) 30,000 per subserver 30kx36 total ?
Lineage II 01300000 1,300,000[5] ? 10 ? Yes
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar 00000000 ? ? 38 ? Yes
MapleStory 05000000 5,000,000

(Global version)[15]

 ? 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)[16] 200,000,000 registered accounts 2,000[17] 169 175,000 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[5] ? 12 ? Yes
Star Wars: The Old Republic 12000000Over 1,000,000[18] ? 214 as of 2011-12-25 ? Yes
Tabula Rasa 00000000 0 (game shutdown) 0 0 0 N/A
Tibia 00300000 300,000[5] 500 (max. is 950) 77 as of Feb. 4, 2010[19] Close to 35,000 as of 2010-02-04[19] No
Ultima Online 00000000 ? ? ? ? No
Vendetta Online 00000000 ? All 1 ? No
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning 00300000 300,000[20] ? 4 ? Yes
WonderKing Online ? ? 2 (NA Version) ? No
World of Warcraft 830000008,300,000[21] Avg. 34,000 as of 2013-5-12 246 as of 2013-5-12 ? Yes
No. of players No. of players per server / shards / worlds No. of servers / shards / worlds Common peak of players Contains Instances

Engine table [edit]

Game engine type Source code available? Fully customizable user interface Windowable[22] 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[23]
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 (Coming soon in RuneScape 3) Yes
Ryzom 3D Yes Partial Yes
Star Wars Galaxies 3D No No Yes
Star Wars The Old Republic 3D No Yes (update 1.2) 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 Yes
WonderKing Online 2D No No Yes
World of Warcraft 3D No Yes Yes Yes

Minimal system requirements [edit]

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[24] N/A N/A N/A 7 GB N/A 56k
Windows 2000[25] Intel Pentium III 800 MHz 128MB 32MB 6 GB DirectX 8.1 56k
Xbox 360[26] 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[27] 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[28] Java Platform 300 MHz 128 MB 32 MB 600 MB ( approximately ) Java Platform 56k
Ryzom[29] 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[30] 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
Star Wars: The Old Republic Windows Windows Vista|Windows 7 Intel Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better[31] Windows XP: 1.5GB RAM Windows Vista and Windows 7: 2GB RAM 256 MB minimum video RAM, shader model 3.0 20 GB ( approximately ) DirectX 9.0b Cable/DSL
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, Android 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[32] 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

Feature Set [edit]

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 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 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 Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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 No Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No ?
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 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Partial Yes No Yes No
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 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Partial No Yes
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

See also [edit]

Notes and references [edit]

  1. ^ Monthly subscriptions usually offer more content in the game
  2. ^ "Age of Conan Play for Free". AgeOfConan.com. Retrieved Jan. 3, 2013. 
  3. ^ Client is free with 14 day Trial. But you may buy client with 1 month prepaid if you want.
  4. ^ There is a "premium account" available with more additions to the game and gameplay for the players. This is a one-time fee.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Woodcock, Bruce Sterling. "Mmogchart.com". Retrieved Jan. 5, 2007. 
  6. ^ Dofus reaches the 10 million player threshold Ankama Games press release dated 2008-10-07
  7. ^ EVE ONLINE SURPASSES 500,000 SUBSCRIBERS WORLDWIDE
  8. ^ 60,453 pilots: the new eve pcu record
  9. ^ MMOGData.VOIG.com Online Data About Online Games
  10. ^ "Protecting Final Fantasy XI From the Gil-Sellers". Retrieved Sept. 7, 2007. 
  11. ^ "FINAL FANTASY XI ONLINE Server Status". Retrieved Jan. 9, 2007. 
  12. ^ "Guild Wars Surpasses Six Million Units Sold". Guild Wars. Retrieved Apr. 25, 2009. 
  13. ^ "Colin Johanson on Guild Wars 2 in the Months Ahead". Retrieved Jan. 15, 2013. 
  14. ^ "List Of Worlds". Guild Wars. Retrieved Sep. 14, 2012. 
  15. ^ "2007 warp up". Maple Story Global. Dec. 18, 2007. 
  16. ^ "Jagex's Runescape is one of the most popular MMOs in the world.". Adam Hartley. May 4, 2007. Retrieved Aug. 23, 2009. 
  17. ^ Wagner James Au (2008). "RuneScape Moves to Come Out of the Shadows". GigaOM. Retrieved Jul. 14, 2008. 
  18. ^ "From Ray and Greg: thank you for playing!". Retrieved 8 March 2012. "over one million people are now registered players of the game" 
  19. ^ a b http://www.tibia.com/statistics/?subtopic=serverload&period=week
  20. ^ "Axe drops at Warhammer dev as subs sink to 300K". Gamespot. Retrieved Feb. 5, 2009. 
  21. ^ "Activision Warns on 'World of Warcraft'". Wall Street Journal. May 8, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2013. 
  22. ^ Allows the game to be played in a window while running in a desktop environment.
  23. ^ 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.
  24. ^ "The Adventure Expands to PlayStation 2". Square-Enix. Retrieved Feb. 2, 2007. 
  25. ^ "Final Fantasy XI for Windows". Square-Enix. Retrieved Feb. 2, 2007. 
  26. ^ "Final Fantasy XI Startup Guide for Xbox 360". Square-Enix. Retrieved Feb. 2, 2007. 
  27. ^ "What are Pirates's system requirements?". Tarun Bhatia. Retrieved 03/20/2009 11:24 AM. 
  28. ^ "Getting started". Jagex. Retrieved Feb. 15, 2008. [dead link]
  29. ^ "Requirements". Winch Gate Property Ltd. Retrieved Jul. 16, 2009. 
  30. ^ http://secondlife.com/support/system-requirements/?lang=en-US
  31. ^ http://www.swtor.com/info/faq#171060
  32. ^ "What are the game's system requirements?". Blizzard. Retrieved Feb. 2, 2007. 
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