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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.

There has to be money here somewhere.

SuperData CEO discusses the money problem of e-sports

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Whether you're a big fan of the e-sports scene or you would be quite happy never hearing about it ever again, you are no...

The Stream Team: Racing to finish The Secret World’s Unseen achievement

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It's definitely a day for racing. Massively OP's MJ is running out of time to complete The Unseen achievement in The Secret World before...

Massively Overthinking: MMOs, from hardcore to casual and back again

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Massively OP reader Suikoden wrote this great question to the podcast -- too good to let just Justin and me answer it. It's a...

Elder Scrolls Online illustrates the Warden’s cold, nature, and summon abilities

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If you liked Tuesday's quickie video of The Elder Scrolls Online's Warden healing plant spell, you're going to like today's dev blog too. The...

Watch the Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns orchestral performance in its entirety

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A few weeks ago, we mentioned that Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns music would be featured in concert in Seattle -- not so...

Snag a Twin Saga key from Aeria and Massively OP in honor of the Monk patch!

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Twin Saga rolled out a truly massive patch this morning, introducing a brand-new Monk class to the cutesy Aeria MMORPG, along with a new story...
How hard is it to print and cut cardstock?

Guild Wars 2’s unofficial card game is now available on Tabletop Simulator

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Do you remember the unofficial Guild Wars 2 CCG? If you don't, you should, because it's absolutely awesome. In concept, anyway; while Luke Dowding...
This was a television show.

Perfect Ten: Conversations with anthropomorphic concepts of MMO studios

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Every so often, a man needs to have a conversation with some anthropomorphized concepts. I do that every few years. In the past, I've...

Tamriel Infinium: Am I playing Elder Scrolls Online wrong?

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Elder Scrolls Online and I have had an on-again-off-again relationship for the last several years. A lot of that relationship stemmed from my being...

The Stream Team: Having fun in Elder Scrolls Online’s free week

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The cake has been eaten and the jesters are gone, but the Elder Scrolls Online events are not over! Today kicks off one event...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 112: Heroic measures

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Justin and Bree discuss Marvel Heroes, Ship of Heroes, SWTOR, Secret World Legends, Black Desert, EVE Fanfest, LOTRO, WoW, and GW2, with reader mail on MMO dress-up and City of Heroes successors.

Elder Scrolls Online bets you’re gonna roll a Warden in Morrowind

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Even if you don't care a fig for the province of Morrowind or Elder Scrolls nostalgia -- in which case, what sort of alien...

Jukebox Heroes: Your top six favorite MMO music themes

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After over a month of voting and counting down, we've arrived at the final six picks for your favorite MMORPG theme songs of all...
Dropping an album.

PSA: The Elder Scrolls Online kicks off its free play week today

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If you don't yet own The Elder Scrolls Online but want to see if it's worth owning ahead of the Morrowind update, you'll get...

BioWare delays SWTOR 5.2 for a week, might be working on KOTOR 3 and a ‘semi-MMO’

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Let's rip off this band-aid quickly: There will be no SWTOR Update 5.2 today. BioWare announced on the forums that it is delaying the...
Homeward bound.

Play The Elder Scrolls Online for free for a week starting tomorrow

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Have you been itching to pop into The Elder Scrolls Online ahead of the launch of Morrowind in June? Good news for you: Bethsoft...

Elder Scrolls Legends’ new PvE expansion includes an Elder Scrolls Online mount

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It's been a big spring so far for The Elder Scrolls Legends, Bethsoft's Elder Scrolls franchise online collectible card game. Just a month ago,...

One Shots: Eight-bit vista

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One of my favorite MMO April Fools of all time is Guild Wars 2's playable Super Adventure Box. It's so brilliantly designed and executed...

Secret World Legends dev stream showcases tutorial, character creation changes, and combat

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With Secret World Legends in closed beta, many fans are unable to get in and see what is going on with the changes. For...

Massively Overthinking: It’s the end of The Secret World as we know it

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I think I can speak for most of our staff in saying that in November when Funcom first promised a "major upgrade to both retention and...

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