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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.

Such meaning.

Vague Patch Notes: The meaning of ‘meaningful’ in MMORPGs

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Ironically, the term "meaningful" has a long history of not meaning much of anything with MMOs. Back in 2015 I did a Perfect Ten about...
Better homes and/or gardens

Here’s how The Elder Scrolls Online’s new home-building tools work

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Decorating houses in MMOs is serious business. It's extremely serious business. The Elder Scrolls Online knows this, which is why the recently released update...

Working As Intended: The gamification of the workification of games

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Last weekend, my husband made the bold choice to let our young son play The Stanley Parable. I am not entirely sure the kid...
This plan sure worked!

WoW Factor: When long-term progress in World of Warcraft isn’t

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"When even the vanishingly tiny playerbase of your game that you've been catering to for years is getting tired... what's going to happen to your game?"

Perfect Ten: Compliments to MMOs I don’t play

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Back in September, Bree posed a Daily Grind question that I thought was genuinely intriguing. You know, for once. Just kidding, Bree! She asked...
I'm alive! I promise.

Guild Wars 2’s legendary upgrade feature accidentally joins weekly patch as new RMT griefing trick emerges

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If, like our staff, you looked at yesterday's Guild Wars 2 patch notes and thought it was a "filler patch" with just a handful...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 194: It belongs in a museum!

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's progression server, Trion's travails, the Video Game Museum's big win, Hellgate London, ESO Murkmire, Wild West Online, and Just Survive, with mailbag entries on P2W in emulations and mainstream MMO condescension.

Elite Dangerous Beyond Chapter Four’s beta is live, or at least some of it is

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Beta for Elite Dangerous' Beyond Chapter Four's PC update is live now, or rather, the first wave is. "In tune with our vision for...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most important example of death spiral development in MMOs?

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A couple of weeks ago, Justin reminded me of a Guild Wars 2 panel from many years back where ArenaNet addressed Charr armor clipping. "A Charr...

SuperData: World of Warcraft’s expansion surge ends as Destiny 2’s expansion surge begins

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Dungeon Fighter Online is continuing its run raking in more money than League of Legends, but World of Warcraft's expansion blast seems to be...

The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online’s free update offerings

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When Elder Scrolls Online's Update 20 arrives, it will bring with it a free base patch that promises to spice up the alliance war...

One Shots: Pumpkins Online

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I know and you know that MMO developers love Halloween perhaps more than their own flesh-and-blood children. And as much as I enjoy how...
too lorg

The Elder Scrolls Online is just too large to get to Nintendo Switch

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We're sorry, fans of The Elder Scrolls Online who would like to play the game on the Nintendo Switch. As with many other games,...

Wings Over Atreia: Awakened Legacy is Aion’s NGE gut punch

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Woah! WOA is back! It's only fitting: Wings Over Atreia debuted when Aion launched as a new game, and now it is back for...

The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2 Halloween with the MOP ladies plus one

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Mad Kings and sinister clock towers, that's what Guild Wars 2's Shadow of the Mad King event is made of! But that won't stop...

Here’s how Elite Dangerous’ revamped states system function in Beyond – Chapter Four

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Frontier is continuing its info-dump of all the goodies coming in Elite Dangerous' Beyond - Chapter Four, which is currently in beta in prep...

Destiny leaker AnonTheNine dishes out potential Destiny 3 details

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According to a series of Reddit posts from Destiny leaker AnonTheNine, Bungie has already begun development on Destiny 3, and if the leaks are...
Spooooooopy

Massively OP Podcast Episode 192: Tricks and treats

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MJ, Justin, and Bree discuss Trion's acquisition, Aion's Awakened Legacy, MMO Halloween, Black Desert's Russian un-fiasco, SWTOR, MapleStory 2, and ZeniMax's new maybe-MMO.

Elder Scrolls Online’s Murkmire DLC and Update 20 are live

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Hope you've got a good pair of galoshes handy, 'cause things just got real swampy in The Elder Scrolls Online, where the Murkmire DLC content...

The Stream Team: Scaring up an Elder Scrolls Online Halloween

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Although Massively OP's MJ still has the prologue to go through, Elder Scrolls Online has started up its Halloween event, which you just knew...

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