b2p

‘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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ZeniMax is getting only half of the amount originally awarded in the Oculus lawsuit

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Did you think that the Oculus vs. ZeniMax lawsuit was over when ZeniMax was awarded $500 million in its legal battle with the VR...

The Soapbox: The western port of Bless Online feels like a curse

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To say that the development of Neowiz’s high-fantasy MMO Bless has been somewhat beleaguered would be an understatement. Since the Korean import’s Western release...

Elite Dangerous’ Beyond: Chapter 2 arrives today; here’s the launch trailer!

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The second chapter in Elite Dangerous' Beyond content is due to land early this afternoon, with the Alliance Challenger as well as a "selection...
It bugs me.

Guild Wars 2 continues efforts to fix its living world episode issues

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When you deliberately add roller beetles to your game, you have to know that bugs are going to be an issue. Guild Wars 2's newest...

Battle Bards Episode 123: Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire

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With eagerness in their hearts, the Battle Bards rush toward another Guild Wars 2 soundtrack, ready to bask in the aural glory of this...

Perfect Ten: The best MMO debuts by year, 1997-2006

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By now, many of you probably know that I'm the curator of the MMO Timeline on my personal blog. On this page, I've attempted...
There are some gearing issues in GW2, but those are... different issues, let's leave it there.

Guild Wars 2 deals with disconnections and progress-killing bugs for its latest episode

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Finally! You can play the newest episode of Guild Wars 2's Living Story! And by "play" we of course mean "attempt to play before...

The Daily Grind: What are your ‘must have’ features for an MMO space sim?

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With Star Citizen on the way (eventually) and smaller efforts like Prosperous Universe, Starfighter Inc, and Dual Universe in the works and titles like...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 176: Guild Wars 2, The Crew 2, and Elder Scrolls too

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Justin and Bree discuss Fractured's Kickstarter, Trion Worlds' purchase of Gazillion, Guild Wars 2's new episode, The Crew 2's launch, drama in Elder Scrolls Online and Black Desert, The Sims, DDO, Trove, what we bought in the Steam sale, and pipedreams for Marvel Heroes.

SuperData’s May 2018 revenue report shows Fortnite slowing down, Pokemon Go picking up for summer

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May 2018 was good to Fortnite, again, SuperData's latest global revenue report shows, but its growth rate may be coming to a middle. "Fortnite...

Elite Dangerous drops new cinematic video with tantalizing ‘space legs’ tease

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Two more days until Beyond: Chapter Two arrives in Elite Dangerous, superfluous colons in tow! And other more interesting things, too, as Frontier dropped...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Our preview of Guild Wars 2’s Long Live the Lich, now live

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We've waited out the short delay, and today's the day when we get our hands on the third episode of Guild Wars 2's fourth Living...

ArenaNet on Guild Wars 2’s living story, Heart of Thorns vs. Path of Fire, security, and momentum

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Though ArenaNet was technically at E3 this year, the group representing Guild Wars 2 was chiefly a marketing and business one, so they carted our interview...

Elite Dangerous previews the redesigned Krait ahead of this week’s Beyond: Chapter Two launch

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Elite Dangerous is in the home stretch ahead of the launch of Beyond: Chapter Two later this week, and you know what that means:...
Mounting problems, if you will? Probably not.

The Daily Grind: Are you an impulse buyer in MMO cash shops?

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During last week's podcast, Justin and I were discussing MMOs that seem to make it hard for us to give them money, which led...

The Crew 2 jolts into open beta with the help of Red Bull as Steam reviews hit ‘mostly negative’

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There's the waving flag for The Crew 2's open beta test, so get out on the track this weekend and take the multiplayer's vehicles...

Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset added a new hour of music and 7,224 lines of dialogue

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You might be finding yourself enchanted with Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset's pretty visuals, but what about the delight that your ears are sampling? ZeniMax gave...

E3 2018: Hands-on with Funcom’s upcoming Mutant Year Zero

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Apparently, GDC was good to Funcom, The Bearded Ladies, and Mutant: Year Zero. The teams had originally thought to skip E3 this year, but...

Elder Scrolls Online offers Steam downtime compensation as review-bombing hits ‘mostly negative’

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Earlier this week, we covered the messy business between Elder Scrolls Online and Steam - specifically, that Steam logins for the game have been toast...

Global Chat: The fallout of Fallout 76

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Bethesda's E3 reveal of Fallout 76 had many gamers and franchise fans talking, no more so than out among MMO bloggers. After all, taking...

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