‘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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Massively Overthinking: Why and how we mod our MMORPGs
Last week, the MOP team was sitting around in our virtual offices, talking about modding Elder Scrolls Online, all because some of our readers...
Tamriel Infinium: Four reasons you should stop sleeping on Elder Scrolls Online
The paradox of Elder Scrolls Online is that while it continues to be a Top 5 MMO thanks to the studio muscle and IP...
Vague Patch Notes: The problem with forever adding classes to MMOs
The second expansion for Final Fantasy XI, Chains of Promathia, launched to extremely mixed reception, and there was one overwhelming reason for that lack of...
Destiny 2 adds new PvP maps and makes most of its expansions temporarily free-to-play
Have you memorized pretty much every single PvP battlefield that Destiny 2 has to offer? Then make some room in your brain because there...
Perfect Ten: 10 favorite features that pairs of popular MMOs share
Even though all MMORPGs compete for our time, affection, and -- above all else -- money, it doesn't mean that they can't get along....
The Stream Team: Hopping back to Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns
Now that Massively OP's MJ has finally obtained her skyscale in Guild Wars 2, she can fly around all the zones. That means...
Elite Dangerous sells pre-built ship bundles featuring its newest internet spaceship in latest patch
The latest patch for Elite: Dangerous is a little bit less about content additions and more about the cash shop, which is now offering...
Microsoft shutters multiple studios, abandons Redfall, bolsters Elder Scrolls Online staffing
Microsoft continues laying waste to the gaming industry today with the closure of four Bethesda studios.
We can reassure MMO players right away that Elder...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the most generous login rewards?
Like probably everyone else paying even a tiny bit of attention to the MMO genre right now, I spent this past weekend logging into...
The Stream Team: Meln’s spirit and the Master’s Mouth in Elder Scrolls Online
Massively OP's MJ was speaking to Master Meln's spirit when his murderer, Master Shelreni, captured and stole him away right in front of her....
Elder Scrolls Online teases the regions and destinations of the Gold Road chapter
We're less than a month out from the PC launch of Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road chapter, and if you're still wondering what the...
The Daily Grind: What are the most underrated and underutilized weapon types in MMORPGs?
Before it came to a close this year, I did some Guild Wars 2 Super Adventure Box with my kid, and I swung by...
The MOP Up: Uncharted Waters Online wields cutthroat weapons
Uncharted Waters Online recently added its Chapter 4.2: Gemini update with better melee weapons, more navigational constellations, and an increase of the level cap...
One Shots: Resting up for the Dawntrail ahead
With a huge new storyline coming to Final Fantasy XIV, you know it's important to prepare your catdude for the journey ahead. I'm talking...
The Daily Grind: Are you a map completionist in MMOs?
A few weeks ago, my husband was playing Guild Wars 2, and suddenly he sat back and declared that he'd finally, after all these...
Skyforge is celebrating its ninth anniversary with the return of Aelion Day
Here's some happy news for your Thursday: Skyforge has made it to nine years of life here in North America, or close enough as...
PSA: Elder Scrolls Online is handing out a free house and crown crates this month
Friends, ZeniMax is not messing around with Elder Scrolls Online's 10th anniversary this year. We've seen some pretty big gifts already, including the Orsinium...
Destiny 2 opens the Pantheon boss rush mode for players in latest update
This week is opening the opportunity for Destiny 2 players to become Godslayers. That's the rather dramatic hook for the game's latest update, which...
The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2’s never-ending Nayos grind
Is Guild Wars 2's Nayos grind ever going to end? Massively OP's MJ sure hopes so. She's not sure how much more she can...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 467: The end of an ArcheAge
Justin and Bree discuss ArcheAge's sunset, the cancellation of BlizzCon 2024, Escape from Tarkov's no good very bad day, Age of Water's early access launch, and the 20th anniversary of City of Heroes, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, Fallout 4, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on defensive characters in MMOs and whether Crowfall has any kind of future.
