‘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.
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Guild Wars 2 has completely overhauled gathering tools with glyph upgrades and wardrobe implementation
A couple of weeks ago, a nasty patch bug borked up harvesting tools in Guild Wars 2. Hardest hit were the endless-use versions that...
Worlds Adrift heads into early access next month
Ready to take to the skies? All aboard Worlds Adrift's custom-made airships, then, because Bossa Studios is bringing its "community-crafted" MMORPG to Steam early...
PAX East 2018: Hands-on with the surprisingly solid combat of Ashes of Creation
This year's PAX East featured a lot of games early in their testing phase, but Ashes of Creation was one that had splurged for...
PAX East 2018: Hands-on with The Elder Scrolls Online’s Summerset
One of the fun parts of this job - or one of the odd parts, depending on how you prioritize things - is how...
PAX East 2018: Guild Wars 2 game director Mike Zadorojny on Path of Fire, monetization, and more
It's not every day that you walk into a building dominated by an enormous griffon, the enormous statue replicating the mount in Guild Wars...
The Daily Grind: Do you get grumpy over MMO events on repeat?
I'm a huge fan of Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box, even if I am not the best jumper in the world. My kid...
The MOP Up: Paladins’ newest hero will punch your head off (April 8, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Jukebox Heroes: Five great YouTube channels for MMO music
As a collector and reviewer of MMORPG soundtracks, I owe a great debt to fellow music lovers who take the time to somehow extract...
One Shots: Fun with filters
You know all of those weird filter effects that you have in your photo editing software? There always seems to be a stigma against...
Elder Scrolls Online is opening up PvP battlegrounds to everyone, whether you’ve bought Morrowind or not
With Summerset on the horizon, ZeniMax is shifting around just what goes into Elder Scrolls Online's base package, according to a dev post published...
The Daily Grind: How do you deal with muscle memory when playing multiple MMORPGs?
I've been playing two games that focus a lot on jumping lately: Trove and Guild Wars 2, specifically Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box...
Diablo’s Deckard Cain joins the cast of Heroes of the Storm
Don't skip this article -- stay a while and listen!
The big news for Heroes of the Storm this week is that Blizzard is bringing...
The Stream Team: Happy 4th birthday, Elder Scrolls Online!
Elder Scrolls Online turns four years old today, so Massively OP's Larry and MJ are heading in to celebrate. And what's a birthday party...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 164: Shroud of the Heroes
Justin and Bree discuss April Fools' Day across the MMO world, RIFT, DDO, Trove, Guild Wars 2, WoW, Sea of Thieves, Shroud of the Avatar, SWTOR, and FFXIV, with mailbag questions on MMO tourist modes and character customization.
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best ‘spiral’ gameplay?
Last week, in his Ready Player One piece from GDC, MOP's Andrew paraphrased something from Darewise's Randy Smith that stuck out to me.
"hemepark development...
Black Desert players overload servers in mass protest over ongoing connection problems
Back in March, Kakao issued a round of compensation for Black Desert players in North America affected by service interruptions in what the company...
More Elder Scrolls Online players play High Elves than anything else, and other fun fourth-birthday stats
Let's just pile on some more events in The Elder Scrolls Online, shall we? This latest round is in honor of the game's fourth...
GDC 2018: Depictions of violence and war in video games and Destiny’s Sword
I love stories. Maybe it's the teacher in me, but I love stories not just for their raw entertainment value, but for their ability...
Global Chat: RIFT Prime numbers
RIFT's new Prime progression server certainly has recaptured or recruited many MMO bloggers to the game as of late, and it is all anyone...
One Shots: Bleeding edge graphics
When you step back to think about it, it is amazing that we are living in a day and age in which we can...
