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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.

Guild Wars 2 preps automated tournaments

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Guild Wars 2 seems to never lack in assigning players a long list of activities to be completed on any given day. With the...
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E3 2017: Dark and Light touts graphics tech in new trailer

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Snail Games has released a fresh Dark and Light trailer at this week's E3, demonstrating the company's NVIDIA Ansel tech. "With NVIDIA Ansel, players can take...

Battle Bards Episode 100: Centennial spectacular!

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After four years and over 700 MMORPG music tracks, the Battle Bards have arrived at their 100th show! For this centennial spectacular, Syl, Steff,...

Tamriel Infinium: The major flaw in Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind’s PvP

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When I spoke to ZeniMax Lead PvP Designer Brian Wheeler a few months back, I was intrigued by the PvP that Morrowind was offering...

E3 2017: SMITE and Paladins are coming to the Xbox One X on day one

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Hi-Rez has just announced this morning that both its MOBA SMITE and its MOBA Paladins will launch for the Xbox One X on November...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO housing system disappointed you?

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We've had many chats here on Massively OP concerning the best and most flexible player housing systems in MMORPGs -- and lamented games that...

Bethsoft says Elder Scrolls VI ‘is not in dev,’ gamers spurn Creation Club modding plans

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Get comfy in The Elder Scrolls Online, TES franchise fans: While there will eventually be another single-player game in the Elder Scrolls series, it's...

Global Chat: Why FFXIV is the most newbie-friendly MMO

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What's the most newbie-friendly MMO? According to Pete at Dragonchasers, it's Final Fantasy XIV. He's been pretty impressed by the support structure that the...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Surviving the Guild Wars 2 WvW invasion

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I've been asked several times for my opinion on how best to handle the influx of non-WvW Guild Wars 2 players to the game mode...

E3 2017: Ubisoft officially reveals The Crew 2

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Ubisoft is undoubtedly pleased with the sales and performance of The Crew because as previously teased, the developer has invested in a full-fledged sequel that's even...

E3 2017: Destiny 2 is launching September 6 on consoles, October 24 on PC

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The launch dates for Bungie's highly anticipated Destiny 2 have been revealed, and PC players are going to need an extra-large dose of patience...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG most deserves a sequel?

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I was writing a post earlier this week with a pair of screenshots labeled sequentially -- "eso1.jpg" and "eso2.jpg" -- which mentally startled me...

E3 2017: Survival sandbox Ashen boasts ‘passive multiplayer’

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One of the indie highlights of this weekend's pre-E3 show was Ashen, a beautiful survival sandbox with a former Guild Wars 2 artist on board...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Matt Firor on Morrowind, Dark Age of Camelot, and the old days of MMOs

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Ahead of E3, ZeniMax's Matt Firor sat down with Gamasutra for a streamed interview on The Elder Scrolls Online, focused chiefly on Morrowind. It's...

E3 2017: Elder Scrolls Online announces Horns of the Reach and Clockwork City DLC

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The Elder Scrolls Online already spent its big ammo last week when Morrowind actually launched, but it's part of Bethsoft's E3 production all the...
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E3 2017: EA BioWare reveals Anthem, a shared-world Destiny clone

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Move over Destiny; BioWare is about to take a shot at your market share with its newly revealed Anthem. Anthem is a "shared-world action-RPG" in...

Global Chat: Getting a hit of that EverQuest nostalgia

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Ahh... smell that? Smells like a new batch of EverQuest nostalgia, served up to us as a fresh progression server. For some of the...

One Shots: Walk of shame

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From Zulika Mi-Nam's Adventures in Tale of Toast: Log into a game to do some play testing. "Hey, look at these cutsie graphics and...

The Game Archaeologist: Phantasy Star Online

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The Dreamcast was a brief but shining aberration in the gaming world. Coming along years after Sega had fallen out of its position as...

Secret World Legends offers up ‘deep dive’ on weapons

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After a week or so of teasing the different weapon specialties on Twitter for Secret World Legends, the crew at Funcom has finally released...

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