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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 OP’s guide to MMO Thanksgiving 2019

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Pass the cranberry sauce, we're having mashed potatoes! Oh the turkey looks great! Thank you for loving me, thank you for being there, thank you...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Deep-diving Guild Wars 2’s Whisper in the Dark storyline

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The first episode of Guild Wars 2’s new Icebrood Saga, Whisper in the Dark, has been out for a week now. MOP's Tina has...
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MassivelyOP’s 2019 gift guide for the PC hardware aficionado

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With the holidays coming up - Black Friday chief among them! - you're surely thinking about what PC upgrades will keep you entertained through...
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Battleborn is shutting down for good in January 2021

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It's been about two years since Battleborn stopped receiving any updates, but at least it's still operational and playable. But not for all that...

The Elder Scrolls Online chimes in with another Activity Finder update

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Yep, the Activity Finder in The Elder Scrolls Online is still busted. Yep, the devs are still working on it. That's effectively the brass...
Those who fear darkness have never seen what the light can do.

The MOP Up: Destiny 2 worships the sun

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That glowing ball of thermonuclear radiation in the sky might just mean warmth and crispy tans for you, but for Destiny 2, it is...

One Shots: If it doesn’t have a tail, it’s not a monkey

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No lie, when I had pulled up this screenshot from reader Vincent, I happened to be listening to "Big Ape City" from Donkey Kong...

SuperData October 2019: League of Legends is back on top as console and PC trend downward

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SuperData's October 2019 global revenue report on the video game industry is up today, and if you were hoping the PC and console industry...

Elite Dangerous’ big bug-fixing update lands in January, with betas starting next week

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Remember back in October, when Frontier announced that it was listening to player feedback and bumping off Elite Dangerous' big December content update -...

Guild Wars 2 admits new fractals, raids, and even hairstyles are many months away

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As we're mulling over our own impressions of Guild Wars 2's latest content release, Whisper in the Dark, the players who've likely already finished...
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it.

Perfect Ten: When MMO lore is at odds with the game

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Lore is made up. We all know that. People who write the lore for games are not doing research into the real story and...

Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Whisper in the Dark

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ArenaNet has just dropped the first full installment of Guild Wars 2's the Icebrood Saga after a strong start with its prologue, and I'm...
Can you see me?

The Elder Scrolls Online disables a purchased costume due to an invisibility exploit

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If you bought the Dungeon Explorer costume in The Elder Scrolls Online, you may have noticed that it is now a bit less... visible than...

Guild Wars 2’s Whisper in the Dark saga chapter is live this afternoon

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At the tail end of this summer, ArenaNet revealed that it was changing up Guild Wars 2's content cadence by ditching the "seasonal" content...

Fight or Kite: MMORPG PvP is about competition, not combat

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Over the last month, Eliot has written a Daily Grind and Perfect Ten that really got me thinking about what PvP truly is. He...

The Daily Grind: What MMO do you wish you could play on the Switch?

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I love my Switch, but I feel starved for games to play on it, especially online games. Sure, there are a few out there,...

Battle Bards Episode 156: Feeling blue

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Is blue a color? An emotion? A song? An overused alien skin tone? One thing is for certain: Blue shows up an awful lot...

Global Chat: EverQuest II’s 15 years of being in WoW’s shadow

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For just a few short weeks of its now 15-year lifespan, EverQuest II existed apart from a launched World of Warcraft. Then late November...

One Shots: The miseries of camping

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Isn't camping wonderful? Reconnecting with nature, smelling like smoke, and sleeping with a canvas wall between you and predators? Obviously, it's not for everyone,...

Guild Wars 2 talks about Strike Mission bosses in Whisper in the Dark and confirms more Mastery Points

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Curious about the Whisper in the Dark episode coming to Guild Wars 2 next week? Do you have roughly 30 minutes of time to...

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