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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.

PAX East 2016: Elder Scrolls Online’s Dark Brotherhood DLC begins PTS testing this week

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From its community event at this year's PAX East, ZeniMax announced today that the recently teased Dark Brotherhood DLC lands on Elder Scrolls Online's...
Both hands!

Leaderboard: Will you be giving Guild Wars 2 another chance?

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This week's Guild Wars 2 update has been widely welcomed by both current and past players for its broad-sweeping quality-of-life adjustments (and rollbacks) for...

The Stream Team: A frigid foray into ARK’s ice cave

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Which is worse? ARK’s new swamp cave or the ice cave? MassivelyOP's MJ and the crew found death fairly quickly in the poisonous air...
I can see I'm going blind.

Guild Wars 2 begins testing WvW world linking today

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ArenaNet is kicking off the first stage of Guild Wars 2's WvW World Linking beta tonight beginning at 10 p.m. EDT for North American...

Perfect Ten: What I loved about Dungeons and Dragons Online

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Dungeons and Dragons Online was a very strange game at first glance. Ten years ago, I ventured into Stormreach with no more motivation than a longstanding...

The Daily Grind: Are we ever going to see a WoW-killer-killer?

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On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I tried to answer a question from a listener named Kenny, who proposed that we consider...

The Stream Team: It’s all about the Jinn in The Secret World

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It's all about the Jinn! MassivelyOP’s MJ is continuing her Secret World Issue #14 adventures by trying to earn more brownie points (and information) from...

Korean analysts believe Blade & Soul’s western launch generated $17M in new revenue

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Korean investment firm KDB Daewoo Securities has published its outlook on MMO giant NCsoft for the past and coming quarter. "We estimate Blade & Soul...

Guild Wars 2 now has an unofficial mobile app called GW2 Sidekick

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If you're still bummed because the once-promised official Guild Wars 2 companion app never materialized, how about a consolation prize in the form of...

Jukebox Heroes: Six cover songs of popular MMO tunes

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There's a dedicated subcommunity of video game music afficionados out there that love these soundtracks so much that they devote considerable effort to producing...
Here in my car, etc.

The Crew heads off to the stunt races

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The Crew isn't the sort of game that you want to give to first-week drivers ed students as a way to teach them responsible...

‘Blood will flow’: Elder Scrolls Online video previews Dark Brotherhood DLC

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Taking candy from babies is all well and good for you sneaky Thieves Guild ne'er-do-wells, but what if you're more the stabbin' type? Strap on...
Problems!

Guild Wars 2 isn’t selling level 80 boosts, might consider raid difficulty modes

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If you missed last night's Guild Wars 2 Ask Me Anything on Reddit because you were too busy actually playing the update, then you...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 61: Update-o-rama!

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW Legion, Ascent, Guild Wars 2, Star Trek Online, RIFT, and LOTRO, plus mailbag questions on The Secret World and WoW killers.
Who's dark now?

The Daily Grind: Is there an MMORPG class type you can’t stand playing?

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For me, it's rogues. Ug. It's bizarre because I adore rogues, thieves, and especially stealth archers in single-player roleplaying games. There's never been an Elder...

Elite: Dangerous’ Engineers tweaks starports, map filtering, and POIs

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As promised, Frontier has published the first of its Elite: Dangerous Countdown to Beta newsletters, each intended to flesh out its plans for the Engineers...

The Stream Team: Following the Issue #14 trail in The Secret World

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Last time in The Secret World, MassivelyOP's MJ investigated the Aten cultists and their drilling to try to discover the cause of the earthquakes...

Global Chat: An MMO to call home

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Home. It's what many MMO gamers are looking for in a title: to plant down roots and find a place that exudes belonging. What...

The beta for Elite: Dangerous’ long-awaited Engineers update arrives in May

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Frontier has just announced the beta for Elite: Dangerous 2.1, better known as The Engineers, will open for beta access players the week of...

Guild Wars 2’s spring update launches April 19; watch the teaser trailer

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We've just received an interesting little sneak peek at a teaser trailer for the upcoming Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns Spring Quarterly update that's now...

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