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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.

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Guild Wars 2 tweaks class balance, adds buyable stools and resource contracts

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Guild Wars 2's promised mini-balance-patch has arrived on schedule, and it... sure is a pile of class tweaks. Even Reddit doesn't know quite what...

Ubisoft previews The Division 2’s overhauled weapons systems

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In all the buzz around Destiny 2 and Anthem, you'd be forgiven for having forgotten that The Division 2 is still on the way,...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Deep-diving Guild Wars 2’s A Star to Guide Us, part one

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Season 4 of Guild Wars 2 Living World has been a solid addition to the episodic narrative that drives the game's content development in between...
Well, that sounds fun.

Anthem will have matchmaking for raids but no loot trading

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It's hard not to compare Anthem to Destiny 2 just by the nature of what both games are trying to be. More to the...
Goes boom and stuff.

The Daily Grind: What MMO still needs legacy servers?

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2018 has seemed like the year of the legacy/vanilla MMO server, thanks to not just World of Warcraft but RIFT and Age of Conan...

Torchlight Frontiers gets inspired by Guild Wars 2 for horizontal progression

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If there is one thing that your average MMORPG player is familiar with, it is vertical progression. This comes from characters on a track...

The Daily Grind: What abandoned content in your favortite MMO do you want to see return?

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I miss Guild Wars 2's dungeons. I was trawling Reddit the other day when I saw someone raise a half-hearted complaint about the fact that...

One Shots: Concept art showcase

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In last week's edition of One Shots, I issued perhaps my most peculiar challenge yet. I asked readers (for once) not to submit any...
ExPLOsions! Overpowerin'

Activision knows the power of cross-play, but it will need some time to implement it

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Blizzard is very familiar with the advantages of cross-platform play, because Hearthstone exists and does quite well for it with exactly that. But there...
Dead in the water.

Vague Patch Notes: World of Warcraft, math, and making choices ‘interesting’ in MMOs

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So if you somehow managed to miss it, let me recap: World of Warcraft's community manager Lore recently gave some feedback on the many complaints...

Guild Wars 2 plans balance patch, addresses lockbox regulation as armor crafting woes continue

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We've got a bunch of scattered Guild Wars 2 news to cap off the week! First up: the balance patch. Unfortunately, in typical recent...

The Stream Team: Exploring Elder Scrolls Online’s Summerset

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It's been hard for Massively OP's MJ to resist exploring Elder Scrolls Online's new lands, so she's finally broken down and nabbed a copy...

The Survivalist: Can ROKH’s transparency help it survive?

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Is it too late for ROKH? The Mars-based survival game has definitely been having a rough go of things for a while. And now,...
gotta keep 'em separated

The Elder Scrolls Online meets with class reps, rolls back Sorc changes as community maxes out Summerfall event

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Good news for Sorcerer players in The Elder Scrolls Online. If you hated the thought of having a cast time on your shielding spells,...

Battle Bards Episode 129: Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind

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In today’s episode, the Battle Bards crew row their dinghy to the island of Vvardenfell, where there is a rumor of the legend of the...

The Stream Team: Rooting for ROKH

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The survival game ROKH has been weathering some tough storms, trying to survive itself. The studio seems to want to keep going and is...

Elder Scrolls Online explores Argonian culture for Murkmire as the free house promo deadline approaches

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You folks all geared up for a trek into the swamps of Tamriel? I hope so because Murkmire is coming for The Elder Scrolls...
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Perfect Ten: The big book of MMORPG death mechanics

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Video games will kill your characters. It's inevitable. I still faintly remember my younger brother's first video game death, when he ran full-tilt into...
swank

Guild Wars 2’s community debates the (unintentionally?) high cost of new living world armor

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Hey economy fiends. Got a fun one for you over in Guild Wars 2 this week. You'll recall that last week's living world update...

ArenaNet confirms Belgian Guild Wars 2 gem-purchasing blockade

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Remember how players raised the alarm in Guild Wars 2 that Belgian players were being blocked from purchases in Guild Wars 2? Like most...

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