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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.

The Elder Scrolls Online’s Morrowind Warden will charm your heart

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Morag Tong assassin Naryu Virian is back at the helm of a new Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind video, this one focusing on the Warden. You...

Diablo III turns out to have lore, summarizable in a minute

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Confession time: I have spent an absurd amount of time in the Diablo universe over the years (ask me about that time a Best...

The Stream Team: Sabotaging The Secret World’s Egypt

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Massively OP's MJ has only completed one sabotage in The Secret World's Egypt, so she's heading there to work on more. That Unseen achievement...

Massively Overthinking: Is the MMO genre facing an identity crisis?

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MMORPG blogger and MOP commenter Isarii (@ethanmacfie) recently published an excellent video positing that the MMO industry is facing a "massive identity crisis." "The MMO...

Chaos Theory: Guide to Secret World’s Illuminati faction

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Kirsten Geary. That is almost all you have to say when talking about the Illuminati faction in The Secret World. That's because the infamous...

Elder Scrolls Online’s latest trailer reveals the true balance of power in Morrowind

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Over the past couple of weeks, ZeniMax has been releasing travelogues and trailers for The Elder Scrolls Online's Morrowind expansion, many of them voiced...

NCsoft Q1 2017: Tumbles for Lineage, Guild Wars 2, plus new leadership for Lineage Eternal

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NCsoft's first quarter financials for 2017 have released, and... well, let's get the bad news out of the way. While sales dropped only slightly...

See the differences between classic Morrowind and Elder Scrolls Online’s version

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Due to the reverential status given to 2002's Morrowind by many Elder Scrolls fans, interest in seeing what ZeniMax is doing with this June's...
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Perfect Ten: My MMO hate list

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One thing that I strive for in my professional career is basing things on sources more robust than my own biases. That's not to...

Elder Scrolls Online offers two-week early access head start for Morrowind

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ZeniMax has just announced that PC and Mac Elder Scrolls Online players who pick up the digital upgrade version of Morrowind will start in...

Massively OP Exclusive: Hard questions about Secret World Legends

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We sat down with Funcom to ask tough questions on The Secret World / Secret World Legends transition. (Video interview.)

The Stream Team: Continuing the Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series CMA

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After a few hiccups with voting (not to mention walking!), Massively OP's MJ figured things out and made it through the first part of...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 116: Bree’s virtual garage sale

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Justin and Bree discuss Ashes of Creation, Blizzard, Darkfall Rise of Agon, Guild Wars 2, Marvel Heroes, WildStar, Neverwinter, SWTOR, and Ultima Online, with a mailbag question on sandbox MMOs.

Global Chat: Die inventory management die!

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Do you have inventory management with the passion of a thousand burning suns? Have you lost most of the vision in your left eye...

Elder Scrolls Online teases Morrowind’s Great Houses in a new video

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Snarky Morag Tong assassin Naryu Virian returns in another Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind video today, this time about the upcoming expansion's Great Houses. Elder Scrolls...

Secret World Legends launches June 26; check out the new trailer

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When Funcom told everyone a few weeks ago that Secret World Legends was still on track for spring, MMO gamers were skeptical. Technically, they...

Elder Scrolls Online outlines Morrowind’s Clockwork City raid

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Listen up, raiders: The Elder Scrolls Online's Morrowind expansion is out in just a month, and you're going to want to be prepared for...

Listen to these brand-new Guild Wars 2 and EVE Online music tracks

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An odd but interesting connection between Guild Wars 2 and EVE Online is that both games use Soundcloud extensively to post their soundtrack pieces...
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Massively Overthinking: Competitive PvE in MMORPGs

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During last week's podcast, Justin and I bumped into a tangential topic about competitive PvE and how relatively rare it is in MMORPGs, which...

One Shots: Lonely hearts

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Are gamers really lonely? Do we flock to MMORPGs as a response to that? I'm pondering these thoughts today following the response of a...

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