‘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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The Stream Team: Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind’s launch and a collector’s edition giveaway
You are not seeing things: We have a copy of Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind to give away. Not just that, but it's the Digital...
Albion Online’s final pre-launch patch adds mammoths, destiny board, and more
The final pre-launch flight is boarding for Albion Online, and features are trying to cram through the door to get a seat on tomorrow's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 120: Steaming into summer
Justin and Bree discuss Marvel Heroes, FFXIV, Elder Scrolls Online, SWTOR, Ashes of Creation, Neverwinter, Shroud of the Avatar, and Black Desert, with a mailbag question on "don't give a fudge" gaming.
Destiny 2 unleashes a triple dose of gameplay featurettes, fan pieces together prequel album
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Guild Wars 2’s WvW update and the first chunk of the ‘Competitive Feature Pack’ are live
As announced at the tail end of May, ArenaNet is spending June upgrading Guild Wars 2's PvP scene, beginning with today's update, which patches up the...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Morrowind is finally here! Watch the new launch trailer
The Elder Scrolls Online's Morrowind not-an-expansion has formally launched today for PC and even on console, where those of you who couldn't participate in...
Elder Scrolls Online offers newbie tips ahead of tomorrow’s Morrowind launch
Does it seem to you as if The Elder Scrolls Online has been launching Morrowind for a very long time? At least half of...
The MOP Up: Revelation Online’s monthly challenges (June 4, 2017)
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...
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LOTRO Legendarium: Seven abandoned LOTRO features
One of the hallmarks and attractions of MMORPGs is growth. These games, much like the characters that inhabit them, grow and change over time....
The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind has a new trailer, and it’s all about bears
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Star Citizen’s Around the Verse on the new website and colossal ship migration
Big changes are coming to Star Citizen -- well, to its website. This week's episode of Around the Verse explains that the game's website...
Perfect Ten: My favorite MMO dungeons
It's hard to look at an MMORPG and imagine them without dungeons. For some people, these instances are the core of their game experience,...
Massively Overthinking: 2017’s MMORPG zeitgeist
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Elder Scrolls Online suspends hundreds of accounts over skill exploit
Elder Scrolls Online players who took liberties with an exploit that allowed them to easily skill up to their heart's content are facing a...
Check out Secret World Legends’ new combat revamp video
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Here’s how ArenaNet is improving Guild Wars 2’s WvW
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Guild Wars 2 signs on Wizards of the Coast dev as narrative designer
What is Wizards of the Coast's loss is ArenaNet's gain.
Michael Yichao announced on Twitter yesterday that he was leaving the Dungeons & Dragons company...