‘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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Massively Overthinking: What will be your three most played MMOs in 2025?
So here we are at the top of another year, looking ahead at what we think we're going to play. Consider this week's Massively...
Guild Wars 2 delays January’s balance update into February
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Elder Scrolls Online addresses DLC purchase confusion and ongoing DDOS attacks
ZeniMax Online Studios' Matt Firor swung by the Elder Scrolls Online forums last night with two updates for fans, one on the upcoming DPC...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 501: Moving, money, and modding
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's new server plan, Stars Reach's Kickstarter plan, PlanetSide 2's limbo, Elder Scrolls Online's new DLC, and roadmaps for EverQuest and EverQuest II, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, Guild Wars 2, SWG Legends, and a ton of smaller games, plus a mailbag topics on modding and MMOs.
Interview: NCsoft America’s new CEO, Jeonghee Jin, on awakening the ‘sleeping giant in the West’
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First Impressions: Multiplayer sandbox Aloft doesn’t revel in your misery – it relishes mystery
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The Elder Scrolls Online’s Fallen Banners DLC and update 45 hit the public test server
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The Stream Team: A night out at Elder Scrolls Online’s Outcast Inn
Massively OP's MJ has unmasked the true face of King Nantheriaon as the follower of the Prince of Paths who caused wildseed troubles in...
The MOP Up: Star Trek Online surprises fans with Spacedock revamp
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One Shots: Saddle up and play, pardner!
If and when you're hungry to saddle up and play a western online RPG, where do you go? The pickin's are a little slim,...
Chrono Odyssey is now taking newsletter signups that promise ‘early access to upcoming events’
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Elder Scrolls Online reveals the Fallen Banners DLC and update 45 with a starter zone revamp and console mods
ZeniMax Online Studios previewed two things for Elder Scrolls Online last night - and no, neither of them was a chapter, as the studio...
Elder Scrolls Online will preview it next update and dungeon DLC this week as part of its new content cadence
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Massively OP Podcast: The 500th episode and writer roundtable
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Fight or Kite: The PvP MMOs we’re watching in 2025
Today we arrive at the first Fight or Kite column of the newest quarter of the century, and while I can’t speak for other...
