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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’s second Path of Fire preview weekend is about to begin

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Update: It's live! Didn't get a chance to jump into Guild Wars 2 during last weekend's Path of Fire preview weekend? You're getting another chance...

Massively Overthinking: Alone together vs. forced grouping in MMORPGs

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I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that everyone has at some point seen the xkcd called Isolation, but if not, there...

The Stream Team: Exploring Bloodroot Forge in Elder Scrolls Online’s Horns of the Reach

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What is lurking in Bloodroot Forge? Massively OP's MJ just got ESO's latest DLC Horns of the Reach and she is eager to explore...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire preview weekend experience

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I'm delighted to have found a moment to bring you an extra edition of Flameseeker Chronicles that outlines my thoughts on the first Guild Wars...

Global Chat: The MMO blogosphere’s reaction to Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire

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It seems like the entire MMO blogosphere wanted to chip in thoughts on the Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire announcement, whether or not...
Into the unknown.

Perfect Ten: MMOs obsessed with the floating islands trope

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One of the fun things about this hobby is that certain tropes repeat themselves constantly. And they're usually weirdly specific tropes, too. Poop quests,...
The club itself is not elite.

Elite: Dangerous has passed 2.75 million sales

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Good news for the Elite: Dangerous crew; according to the Frontier Developments Twitter account, Elite: Dangerous and the Horizons expansion have passed a grand...
H1Z1

Massively OP Podcast Episode 131: Just surviving

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Justin and Bree cover Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire, LOTRO's Mordor, Final Fantasy XIV's playerbase, Dual Universe's investment, and NCsoft's financials, then interview H1Z1: Just Survive Creative Director Ben Jones.

Destiny 2 teases PC open beta with sweet Nvidia trailer

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Hey, graphics junkies and PC fans. Are you hyped for Destiny 2's PC launch yet? In case you're not, Bungie and Nvidia have a...

Guild Wars 2 deep-dives Path of Fire’s elite specs for every class

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ArenaNet has a new dev vlog out today focusing on the development of Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire elite specs. Some of the...
yungman

PUBG and TERA dev house Bluehole denies that Tencent has invested in it

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Tencent is sprinkling more money around: Yicai Global and Gamasutra are reporting that the Chinese conglom has invested money into South Korea's Bluehole Studio....

The PAX West City of Heroes and Ashes of Creation panels are a go

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A few weeks back, we reported on the City of Heroes-themed panel coming to PAX West in Seattle at the beginning of September. With the...
You've got to be elite after all.

Elite: Dangerous is retiring its 32-bit client

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Despite the name, Elite: Dangerous has never required a particularly elite home computer to run. But it will be getting just a little bit...
Maybe here? Who knows.

Leaderboard: Did Guild Wars 2’s preview weekend convince you to buy Path of Fire?

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This past weekend, the gaming segment of my Twitter feed was positively dominated by chatter about Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire expansion free preview weekend. I...

The Elder Scrolls Online’s Horns of the Reach DLC is live

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Horns of the Reach is live in The Elder Scrolls Online today as ZeniMax's first major update since the Morrowind campaign/expansion rolled out in...
Vivid lore also allows for more nuanced silliness.

The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of Guild Wars 2’s non-traditional mounts?

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Mounts are the big new thing in Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire expansion, and as I've previously mentioned, I was initially concerned about...

The MOP Up: Portal Knights splits up the party (August 13, 2017)

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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...
It was a thing.

The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest Online Adventures

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In the pantheon of SOE's (now Daybreak) flagship EverQuest franchise, there used to be a whole family of MMOs gathered around the table every evening....

PSA: Guild Wars 2’s mounts may be causing motion sickness issues

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Longtime readers will know that we take motion sickness from games pretty darn seriously around here, given that we have a writer who's been...

Sea of Thieves team gathers around a pup for pirate parley

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Don't let the fluffy puppy distract you from what's truly important information in this week's Sea of Thieves Tales from the Tavern podcast! The...

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