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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.

Elite Dangerous announces Beyond Chapter Four, beginning beta October 23

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If you point your brain back to August, you'll recall that players were a bit miffed over the Elite Dangerous' most recent Beyond chapter....

Lead programmer: ‘There is no hope for Greed Monger’

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The long-troubled Greed Monger, a Kickstarted sandbox MMO that produced a remarkable project implosion, took an interesting turn last week when its former lead...

One Shots: Filtered to perfection

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I don't usually spend a lot of time running pictures through filters, but it's pretty cool when I see someone doing this that knows...

MMO Business Roundup: Bethsoft Moscow, A:IR publishing, OSU esports, SpatialOS, and Square-Enix

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Business business business numbers, is this working?! Let's dip into some of the scattered online gaming business tidbits of the week that might otherwise...
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Destiny 2 announces Festival of the Lost Halloween event

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This Tuesday, October 16th, Destiny 2 will be getting in on the seasonal celebrations as it rolls out its Halloween event, Festival of the...

Grab a witchy house for completing Elder Scrolls Online’s Halloween events beginning October 18

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Just this morning we covered Elder Scrolls Online's new Indrik mount event reward, which requires players to play a bit in all four of...
It is not rude to rebuff rudeness.

Guild Wars 2 details this year’s Halloween festivities in Red Bull interview

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Halloween is coming to the lands of Tyria, and the folks over at Red Bull have sat down with ArenaNet Team Lead Joe Kimmes...

Tamriel Infinium: First impressions of Elder Scrolls Online’s Murkmire from the PTS

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As I said at the time of my ESO PAX experience, "I got to spend maybe 15 minutes in Murkmire while in a crowded,...

Elder Scrolls Online is giving away a free mount – if you can hang with its upcoming holiday events

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Massively OP's MJ took a tour of the gorgeous Elder Scrolls Online Summerset reward house last night, and it's a reminder that ZeniMax is...

The Stream Team: Huge houses and DLC prologues in Elder Scrolls Online

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Massively is so excited that the reward house for Elder Scrolls Online's Summerset event was delivered today! She can't wait to log in and...
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Perfect Ten: Ten MMO systems that encourage alts

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Here's how much I like having alts: I have alts in Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI. Two games which are built on...

Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King Halloween event returns next week

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His jokes always slay the audience: Yes, Mad King Thorn returns to Guild Wars 2 this year as the Shadow of the Mad King...
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Elder Scrolls Online’s Murkmire DLC launches October 22, but you can start questing early and get it for free through dailies

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October 22nd: That's when Murkmire will finally launch for The Elder Scrolls Online, at least for PC players. Consolers will be waiting another two...
If you keep up login issues long enough, you don't have congestion problems any longer.

Tamriel for Tatas: Elder Scrolls Online players host two-day charity stream to fight breast cancer

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Let's be honest: This post is getting written separately because the title of the stream is just too amazing to pass up, but it's...

One Shots: Mercury sunrise

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"Like many, when Destiny 2 launched late last year, I played it for a few weeks, then put it away," said Rees Racer. "I...

The Stream Team: Busting butt to get Guild Wars 2’s bunny mount

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Apparently Massively OP's MJ had a lot more work ahead of her to obtain her Guild Wars 2 bunny mount than she thought. That...

Global Chat: Does Guild Wars 2’s newest episode reach for the stars?

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Guild Wars 2's newest living world episode seems to be grabbing the MMO community's attention in a way that the season so far hasn't....

It’s Perfect World International’s birthday! Grab a 10th anny gift pack courtesy of PWE

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In celebration of Perfect World International's 10th birthday, PWE has kindly granted Massively OP a stack of keys for an anniversary bundle, including a...

Elder Scrolls Online is sending you to Blackrose Prison in the upcoming Murkmire DLC

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You're going to jail! OK, you're going to prison, but you're not exactly a prisoner; you're actually on a rescue mission. Such is the...
If you look to your left, you will see a sad person.

Massively OP Podcast episode 189: Time traveling to 2004

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic, WildStar, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Maplestory 2, Age of Conan, Fallout 76, Guild Wars 2, Star Wars Galaxies, and Trove, with mailbag questions on SWTOR, starting as a true newbie in WoW, and power imbalances in MMOs.

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