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‘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.

Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG do you wish got a glow-up?

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No matter how much we love mechanics, even our most cerebral writers and readers still admit to being graphics snobs. It's human: We like...
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The Elder Scrolls Online kicks off the Murkmire Celebration on February 20

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Do you like lizards? Of course you do. Everyone likes lizards. The Elder Scrolls Online likes lizards so much that it's celebrating the most lizard-focused of...
Sure, that makes sense.

Failing to down Drakkar in Guild Wars 2 turns on free-for-all open PvP in the zone

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All right, so it's a little bit harder to beat Drakkar at this point in Guild Wars 2. That's fine. You kind of expect to...
Mounting problems, if you will? Probably not.

Guild Wars 2 will begin its first public Swiss tourney PvP test tomorrow

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Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet has been murmuring the words "Swiss tournaments" for months now, all the way back to Mike Z's big post...
Wow, positive.

Perfect Ten: MMOs I’m optimistic about in 2020

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I didn't actually plan to make this an annual feature or anything; I thought of it last year as a fun list, and then...

Destiny 2’s latest emergency outage resulted in a nasty rollback for players

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The Destiny 2 emergency outage yesterday that led to frustration across gaming sites and Reddit yesterday has been repaired, but it was not without...

NCsoft Q4 2019: It was a rough quarter for MMORPGs, especially Guild Wars 2

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NCsoft corporate had a solid financial quarter for the last three months of 2019, with increases in revenue quarter over quarter and year over...
And here we just keep going.

Guild Wars 2 just put an end to cheese mechanics in the Drakkar encounter

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It's patch day for Guild Wars 2, and that usually means one of two things: a tiny one-line bug tweak, or a major release....

Fight or Kite: Examining the state of Guild Wars 2 PvP ahead of the big balance patch

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About two weeks ago, ArenaNet dropped one of the largest - maybe the largest - balance patch previews for Guild Wars 2 to date....

Guild Wars 2 has lost a couple more devs in the last few months

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Another developer has exited the Guild Wars 2 franchise: This time it's Hugh Norfolk, whose final title with ArenaNet was Lead Systems Designer. Norfolk...

Jukebox Heroes: Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr soundtrack and music boxes

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While I wasn't that impressed with Elder Scrolls Online's launch soundtrack, the scores for both Morrowind and Summerset did much to win me over....

One Shots: Star Butts – The Next Generation

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I am sincerely glad that we have a mature and grown-up community here at Massively OP that does not abuse its posting power to...

The Game Archaeologist: The legacy of Guild Wars

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Last week on The Game Archaeologist, we examined the exciting beginnings of Guild Wars, thanks to a trio of ex-Blizzard developers who wanted to...

Destiny 2’s Crimson Days Valentine’s event arrives on February 11

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For one week, the Guardians of Destiny 2 are going to be celebrating love. Or, at least, "the bond that Guardians share on the...

The Elder Scrolls Online previews Harrowstorm DLC’s Icereach dungeon

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Frigid weather, an island of monsters, and a coven of witches trying to complete a terrible ritual. The Icereach dungeon coming to The Elder...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 258: Camelot Unchained and Colossus

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Justin and Bree discuss Camelot Unchained and Colossus, Star Trek Online, Guild Wars 2, Astellia Online, and Warcraft III Reforged, with adventures in Neverwinter, The Sims 4, and SWGL, and a mailbag entry on New World.

A popular YouTuber has released a 27-chapter Guild Wars 2 audiobook in video form

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The popular Guild Wars 2 YouTuber WoodenPotatoes has been quite busy lately. How busy? Try producing a 27 chapter-long audiobook that's set in the...

The Daily Grind: Do you avoid MMORPG raiding – and why?

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As part of the preview of upcoming Guild Wars 2 content for 2020 yesterday, ArenaNet's Andrew Gray made some comments on raiding I thought...
Minnesota is hard done by here.

Guild Wars 2 just gave the most far-reaching core content preview we’ve seen in ages

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ArenaNet heard you wanted more communication, and now, that's exactly what you're getting. Guild Wars 2's new-ish Content Design Lead, Andrew Gray, has chimed...

Temtem banned 900 cheaters, then changed its mind on granting appeals

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Apparently, Temtem has borrowed a bit more from Pokemon than just its overall vibe: It's also borrowing the elder franchise's reputation for attracting the...

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