buy to play

‘Buy-to-play’ is a term that refers to games that have box or download fees associated with them but do not incur a mandatory subscription. Some have optional subscriptions and are more properly referred to as hybrid B2P. Most have cash shops and microtransactions.

Choose My Adventure: Battling New World tank builds, the wider meta, and personal stubbornness

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New World is getting under my skin. I'll better explain myself soon, but before I do, I want to point out that this sudden frustration with...

Fight or Kite: Gigantic is a fantastic MOBA, but it’s missing a bit of Q and A and TLC

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Over the last couple of months, I’ve been keeping a cursory eye on the development and release of Gigantic: Rampage Edition - another resurrected...

Elder Scrolls Online is rolling back a ton of NA accounts after last night’s PTS database fiasco

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If you happened to log into the PC NA server for Elder Scrolls Online last night, well, you couldn't log into Elder Scrolls Online...
A bit of a message disconnect.

Ubisoft pulls The Crew 1 from player libraries, encourages them to ‘check the store to pursue your adventures’

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Last March was the final bell tolling for multiplayer racer The Crew 1, as Ubisoft completed an announced sunsetting of its servers, effectively making...

Guild Wars 2 teases next expansion, plans cosmetic inspection, and preps Super Adventure Box

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Furbish up your "Fashion Wars" jokes, friends, because Guild Wars 2 is leaning hard into it. This morning, ArenaNet announced that this week's update...

Guild Wars 2 players can now ‘game, grow, and touch grass’ with officially licensed… plant seeds

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There is a lot of plant life growing all over the world of Guild Wars 2 - and some of it even isn't trying...

Destiny 2 outlines April 30 Pantheon activity and The Final Shape’s HUD updates

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While much of what's happening in Destiny 2 is naturally focused on the content release that is Into the Light, Bungie's weekly newsletter continues...

PSA: Elder Scrolls Online is handing out its Thieves Guild DLC for free starting April 15

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Who doesn't love free DLC? If you're an Elder Scrolls Online player and an in-game thievery enjoyer, then an anniversary promotion has you covered,...

Diablo IV boss discusses whether season 4 constitutes a whole new game

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If I had a nickel for every time a game dev or a gamer insisted that a patch to a game constituted a whole...
Hang on, I'm reading.

Into the Super-Verse: What to pick for your Incarnate powers in City of Heroes

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Last week in Into the Super-Verse, I offered a quick explanation for how you can get started with the process of sorting out the...

Elder Scrolls Online deep-dives the scribing system arriving with Gold Road

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Probably the most compelling content coming in Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road - and certainly the system that'll stick to the ribs long after...

Elder Scrolls Online returns to the Netherlands for the Elfia fantasy fair later this month

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Elder Scrolls Online has gone all out for its 10th anniversary with a year-long celebration touring multiple countries and continents in its quest to...

Rumor: Bungie is (or at least was?) supposedly working on Destiny 3

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According to reporting on multiple websites this morning, Bungie wasn't just blowing hot air during yesterday's The Final Shape stream when the studio's Luke...

Elite Dangerous patches in a supercruise overcharge feature for its internet spaceships

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If you assume that the word "supercruise" in Elite: Dangerous means "something that makes your ship go fast," you'd be correct. But what if...

The Stream Team: Achievement junkie mode unlocked in Guild Wars 2

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With so many achievements left to nab in Guild Wars 2's Astral Ward and Nayos areas, Massively OP's MJ is on the prowl. She...

Mythic vets at Loric Games unveil Echoes of Elysium, a new co-op skyship survival sandbox

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Way back in 2022, we first caught wind of Loric Games, a new studio founded by Mythic vets Rob Denton, Brian Johnson, and Ray...

Destiny 2 releases Into the Light and teases The Final Shape with two new trailers

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During its preview stream this afternoon, the Destiny 2 team had two tasks: peel back more layers of The Final Shape and launch Into...

EverQuest II’s GU 125 Darkpaw Rising revives ‘the spirit of Fippy’ this afternoon

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Happy launch day to EverQuest II players, who are reliving some nostalgia today in the form of GU 125 Darkpaw Rising. (A moment of...

The Stream Team: A new way to make cake for Elder Scrolls Online’s 10th birthday

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Rumor has it, not only is there a new cake for Elder Scrolls Online's 10th birthday celebration, but there's also a new way to...

The Elder Scrolls Online updates its 2024 roadmap as its 10th anniversary rolls on

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ZeniMax Online Studios is understandably making the 10th anniversary of Elder Scrolls Online a memorable one. Hot on the heels of a March celebration...

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