‘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 Game Director Crystin Cox has departed ArenaNet
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Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2019
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Activision is transferring Destiny publishing rights back to Bungie
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Elite: Dangerous players embark on an eight-month voyage to the edge of the galaxy
It might well be the mother of all community-driven events.
A group of Elite: Dangerous players are attempting to voyage together to the very edge...
Elder Scrolls Online is hyping its next chapter with a clicky Stream
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Choose My Adventure: Fumbling through the stars of Elite Dangerous
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The Daily Grind: Should ArenaNet be working on Guild Wars 3?
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Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s All or Nothing
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Craig Zinkievich’s Aliens shooter is looking more and more like an MMOFPS after all
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The MOP Up: Diablo III’s anniversary dungeon returns
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Elder Scrolls Online plans chapter reveal for January 15 as dataminers suss out our next province
We'll be hiding spoilers in spoiler code for this piece, so don't panic. But maybe skip the comments if you want to stay unspoiled!...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2018
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The most popular MMORPG conversations of 2018
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Global Chat: How do we fight early access disasters?
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Massively OP’s Weirdest MMORPG Stories of 2018: Maintenance mode, shmaintenance mode
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