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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 Podcast Episode 241: The MMO industry reshuffles its deck

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Justin and Bree are joined by Gamigo's Merv Lee Kwai aka Khrolan for a sponsored interview on ArcheAge Unchained, plus news on Guild Wars 2, Funcom's Tencent investment, Red Dead Online on PC, Raph Koster's new MMORPG, and adventures in WoW and City of Heroes.

Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King Halloween festivities return October 15

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Look, folks, as far as I'm concerned, Halloween season started September 1st. My porch pumpkins went up the instant August ended. So figure that...
We should really go somewhere specific.

Elder Scrolls Online’s Dragonhold DLC launches October 21 on PC, but the prologue questline is live now

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We are barreling on to Elder Scrolls Online's last big DLC of 2019, Dragonhold, and as of today, we have an official date for...

Former Guild Wars 2 designer opens a new studio and raises $3.3M in funding

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It seems that leaving Guild Wars 2 and forming your own studio is just the hip thing to do. Roy Cronacher, a former designer...

Massively Uplifting: From weddings to memorials, gamers celebrate life in AQ3D, GW2, BDO, LOTRO, WoW, and more

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It's an alphabet soup of good (MMO) vibes this month! While many may have returned to the school of hard knocks this fall, plenty...

Destiny 2: Shadowkeep’s raid was beaten in six hours, opening new events for all players

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The world first title for Destiny 2's newly released raid has already been claimed. The Garden of Salvation has gotten its first clear a...
Don't worry, something will happen any day now.

Jukebox Heroes: Exploring EverQuest’s official soundtrack

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It is fairly rare for an MMORPG to sell an official soundtrack these days unless the game is fairly prominent (i.e., Final Fantasy XIV...

One Shots: Getting all down and cozy

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I love a good cozy place in an MMO, moreso if it's got a fully stocked snack bar and some of my all-time favorite...

Computer science professor uses lessons he teaches to set a new flight record in Elite Dangerous

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Many times in a sandbox game, you have to make your own fun and set your own challenges. One such challenge in Elite: Dangerous...

Destiny 2 launches its next raid on October 5 and drops the ban hammer on cheaters

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Those in the know for Destiny 2 understand that the Black Garden isn't a place where one can smell the pretty posies. Unless you...

Leaderboard: Are you concerned for the future of Guild Wars 2?

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Yesterday, we learned that ArenaNet's Mike O'Brien, who'd run the company that ushered both Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 into the MMORPG genre...

Mike O’Brien is leaving ArenaNet and Guild Wars 2 to form a new studio

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ArenaNet President Mike O'Brien announced this afternoon that he is leaving ArenaNet, the studio behind MMORPG Guild Wars 2, to "join some of ...
I feel a lot better about exploding here.

Elite: Dangerous puts out a patch of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements

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The latest Elite: Dangerous patch out today is all about fixing issues with the game. Some of those are bugs; for example, console players have...

Here’s why the Guild Wars 2 community is grumpy over build templates

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If you've dropped by the Guild Wars 2 subreddit lately, you'll notice that pretty much everyone is talking about the build and equipment templates...

Elite Dangerous addresses community petition over development ‘grievances’

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It appears that a number of Elite: Dangerous players are unhappy with the state of things in the space sandbox. In fact, they've drafted...

Perfect Ten: Solo prequel games to MMORPGs

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When studios go about making MMORPGs, risk comes along with the effect as a matter of course. The only question is how to reduce...

Destiny 2’s servers got beaten up during the Shadowkeep and New Light launch

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Those of us who have been through several online and MMO game launches know that these things almost never go smoothly, so perhaps word...

Elder Scrolls Online players can slay fictional dragons to save literal cats in a unique charity event

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The Elsewyr chapter of The Elder Scrolls Online has been all about saving the cat-like Khajiit from the dragon threat. Now, players can slay...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 240: Hypergank!

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Justin and Bree discuss Star Citizen, Zenith, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, WoW, and SWG, with mailbag entries on true MMO difficulty and cyberpunk MMOs.

Guild Wars 2’s October balance update is live today, along with dismounting skills for the Warclaw

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You can look now: Guild Wars 2's latest balance patch is here today with tweaks for every class and most of the specs too....

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