‘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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The Elder Scrolls Online details the monsters of Moon Hunter Keep
The inhabitants of Moon Hunter Keep in The Elder Scrolls Online do not, in fact, hunt the moon. They hunt werewolves, which is also...
Destiny 2 is offering a $60 ‘Legendary Collection’ all-in-one bundle for Forsaken’s launch
We already knew that Destiny 2's Forsaken expansion is dropping on September 4th, but yesterday, Bungie announced that it's putting out a "Legendary Collection"...
Global Chat: The ‘We Don’t Play World of Warcraft’ Club
What do you do when you don't play World of Warcraft but everyone else all around you does and won't stop talking about it...
The MOP Up: Citadel gets reignited (July 29, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Global Chat: Getting a handle on Legends of Aria
One of the great benefits of reading the wealth of MMO blogs out there is that you can touch base on a huge variety...
Space survival game ROKH has suspended development
Following ROKH's early access debut in May 2017, the space survival game faced significant obstacles. It got bogged down in a legal dispute last fall...
The Daily Grind: Do you tilt toward sci-fi or fantasy in your MMOs?
I always found it weird that bookstores always shoved science fiction and fantasy subgenres together, kind of like a "here's a general section for...
The Elder Scrolls Online encourages players to visit Orsinium with its August event
It's currently Midyear Mayhem in The Elder Scrolls Online, an event running until August 6th encouraging you to go hog wild on PvP. But...
Destiny 2 previews expansion gear, plans PvP changes, investigates streaky RNG
Still got your eye on Destiny 2's Forsaken expansion coming out at the tail end of summer? Prepare your trigger finger too, as yesterday...
Massively Overthinking: Random acts of MMORPG kindness
Last week, down in the comments of an innocuous post about gamers being nice in Fortnite, a couple of MOP commenters requested a column...
PUBG had a great June thanks to the Steam sale, SuperData says in its latest revenue ranking
SuperData's global revenue report for June 2018 is out, and it's actually not particularly exciting for the summer months as not that much has...
The Stream Team: Frivolity in Guild Wars 2’s Festival of the Four Winds
Feel like racing as a dolyak? You can in Guild Wars 2's latest festival! Although Festival of the Four Winds isn't new (it has...
Perfect Ten: The best expansions for specific MMOs
Looking over the past two decades or so, MMORPGs have grown by leaps and bounds with regular releases, events, and (of course) expansion packs....
The Daily Grind: Rank the top three housing MMOs ever made
WildStar. RIFT. EverQuest II.
If I had to choose three MMORPGs that contained the best housing systems and then rank them, that list up there...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 179: MMO parenting fails
Justin and Bree discuss Star Wars Galaxies Legends, World of Warcraft, Elite Dangerous, LOTRO's Weatherstock, Trion's layoffs, No Man's Sky's multiplayer, DDO, and Wizard 101 updates, with mailbag entries on how to start an MMO blog and spooky stuff in Guild Wars 2.
Guild Wars 2’s Festival of the Four Winds has launched after four years asleep
Guild Wars 2 is going old school today with the return of the Festival of the Four Winds, a festival players haven't seen in...
Elder Scrolls Online brings back the ‘Midyear Mayhem’ PvP event next week
ZeniMax is gearing up for a big PvP showdown in The Elder Scrolls Online next week with what it's dubbed the Midyear Mayhem PvP...
One Shots: Party animals
Apologies for the disruption in the normal One Shots schedule over the past couple of weeks, but we're back and freakishly abnormal! Everyone behave...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite non-awful gaming subreddit?
I want to flip the tables on the whole toxicity/Reddit thing a bit. Earlier this week, we talked about some of the problems Reddit...
Tamriel Infinium: The bizarre lore of the Hist in Elder Scrolls Online – and how it could matter in Murkmire
Although our next Elder Scrolls Online venture into Black Marsh is still many months away, I thought I would take a moment to talk...
