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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.

Fractured adds new playable demon races and cash shop with its May 8th Invasion update

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Dynamight Studios formally announced Fractured Online's next patch last night: Dubbed The Invasion, it heralds the arrival of two new player demon races, specifically...

Elder Scrolls Online *might* have all rolled-back accounts unlocked by the end of the week

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Earlier this week, Elder Scrolls Online players were annoyed by a nasty bug that duplicated their efforts between the PTS and North American live...
Even-handed.

Perfect Ten: The 10 types of MMO rotation

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Rotations! They're not just just for your tires any more; they're in your MMORPGs, determining what order you should press the shiny buttons on...

The Stream Team: Fashion distractions and Super Adventure Box in Guild Wars 2

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It's not as if Massively OP's MJ is using Guild Wars 2's introduction of a fashion view today to distract her from the SOTO...

Tower of Fantasy debuts a teaser trailer for its April 30 Celestial Destiny update

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The hype machine is beginning to spool up in Tower of Fantasy, as the shared world RPG has started talking up the April 30th...

Guild Wars 2’s retro Super Adventure Box returns today with World 3 Test Zone updates

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Retro music at the ready, folks: It's time to go back to Super Adventure Box in Guild Wars 2 as the one-time April Fools'...

Choose My Adventure: Battling New World tank builds, the wider meta, and personal stubbornness

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New World is getting under my skin. I'll better explain myself soon, but before I do, I want to point out that this sudden frustration with...

Fight or Kite: Gigantic is a fantastic MOBA, but it’s missing a bit of Q and A and TLC

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Over the last couple of months, I’ve been keeping a cursory eye on the development and release of Gigantic: Rampage Edition - another resurrected...

Elder Scrolls Online is rolling back a ton of NA accounts after last night’s PTS database fiasco

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If you happened to log into the PC NA server for Elder Scrolls Online last night, well, you couldn't log into Elder Scrolls Online...
A bit of a message disconnect.

Ubisoft pulls The Crew 1 from player libraries, encourages them to ‘check the store to pursue your adventures’

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Last March was the final bell tolling for multiplayer racer The Crew 1, as Ubisoft completed an announced sunsetting of its servers, effectively making...

Guild Wars 2 teases next expansion, plans cosmetic inspection, and preps Super Adventure Box

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Furbish up your "Fashion Wars" jokes, friends, because Guild Wars 2 is leaning hard into it. This morning, ArenaNet announced that this week's update...

Guild Wars 2 players can now ‘game, grow, and touch grass’ with officially licensed… plant seeds

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There is a lot of plant life growing all over the world of Guild Wars 2 - and some of it even isn't trying...

Destiny 2 outlines April 30 Pantheon activity and The Final Shape’s HUD updates

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While much of what's happening in Destiny 2 is naturally focused on the content release that is Into the Light, Bungie's weekly newsletter continues...

PSA: Elder Scrolls Online is handing out its Thieves Guild DLC for free starting April 15

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Who doesn't love free DLC? If you're an Elder Scrolls Online player and an in-game thievery enjoyer, then an anniversary promotion has you covered,...
Hang on, I'm reading.

Into the Super-Verse: What to pick for your Incarnate powers in City of Heroes

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Last week in Into the Super-Verse, I offered a quick explanation for how you can get started with the process of sorting out the...

Elder Scrolls Online deep-dives the scribing system arriving with Gold Road

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Probably the most compelling content coming in Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road - and certainly the system that'll stick to the ribs long after...

Elder Scrolls Online returns to the Netherlands for the Elfia fantasy fair later this month

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Elder Scrolls Online has gone all out for its 10th anniversary with a year-long celebration touring multiple countries and continents in its quest to...

Rumor: Bungie is (or at least was?) supposedly working on Destiny 3

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According to reporting on multiple websites this morning, Bungie wasn't just blowing hot air during yesterday's The Final Shape stream when the studio's Luke...

Elite Dangerous patches in a supercruise overcharge feature for its internet spaceships

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If you assume that the word "supercruise" in Elite: Dangerous means "something that makes your ship go fast," you'd be correct. But what if...

The Stream Team: Achievement junkie mode unlocked in Guild Wars 2

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With so many achievements left to nab in Guild Wars 2's Astral Ward and Nayos areas, Massively OP's MJ is on the prowl. She...

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