‘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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Destiny charity stream raises over $500,000
Kudos to Destiny fans: They may be passionate about their game, but they are also big on helping others. A week-long charity stream organized...
Guild Wars 2 devs reminisce about launch night four years ago
ArenaNet has released a new video celebrating Guild Wars 2's fourth anniversary and thanking players for their participation. In it, devs and staffers reminisce...
Wayfarer’s Reverie returns to the original Guild Wars
Here's your public service announcement for the week: Guild Wars isn't dead -- not by a long shot. ArenaNet's first title continues to operate in...
Dark and Light confirms a buy-to-play, sub-free business model
Community confusion over Dark and Light's payment model was cleared up on Snail Games' Facebook page earlier this evening: The rereleased sandbox will indeed...
Here’s how to tame a passel of Guild Wars 2 kitties
For what very limited customization exists in Guild Wars 2's home instances, you'd expect that players would leap at any opportunity to add to...
Enter to win a Twin Saga Pioneer founder pack from Aeria and Massively OP
If you're eager to jump into Aeria's anime import Twin Saga and want to go in bedecked in all the game's fineries, then winning...
Superdata’s July 2016 data show Guild Wars 2 surging, Pokemon Go on top
Superdata's July report on online gaming revenues is in, and there are some predictable bits and some surprises. On the P2P MMO front, the...
Master X Master’s next alpha test includes minigames and Guild Wars 2 stage
Master X Master's third alpha playtest kicks off tomorrow, and according to the game's developers, it looks to be a significant milestone for the...
Ascent: The Space Game patches in terraforming
Move over, No Man's Sky and Star Citizen: The ever-plucky one-man dev team at Fluffy Kitten Studios beat you to it. Ascent: The Space...
Funcom warns of system-wide forum data breach
A blaze of Twitter messages has just erupted to inform Funcom's community that all of its game forums have been breached by hackers and...
Flameseeker Chronicles: What to do in Guild Wars 2 between season 3 episodes
Many MMOs, Guild Wars 2 included, face a well-documented but oft-unaddressed problem: What can players do to fill the time in between content gaps? The topic...
Get caught up on Elder Scrolls Online’s fall plans with this recap
If you've been aware that there is a lot going on with Elder Scrolls Online lately but are a little confused about the specifics,...
EverQuest II gives away free level 95 heroic characters and the Altar of Malice expansion
Fans of free stuff (and who isn't, really?) are going to really enjoy what's coming out of EverQuest II this week. Daybreak is running...
Guild Wars 2 suffers technical difficulties, pushes out gifts following rollback
If you're logging into Guild Wars 2 today, expect a bit of weirdness.
Yesterday's patch caused a soulbinding glitch that took the servers offline and...
The Daily Grind: What obstacles keep you from trying different MMOs?
While it is probably no big surprise, I've come to realize that even as I love MMOs and want to play them all, I...
Guild Wars 2’s servers suffer rollback, downtime
ArenaNet announced this afternoon that it must roll back Guild Wars 2's servers. Mike O'Brien broke the bad news on the forums:
"This is an...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 79: MOP goes to the opera
Justin and Bree discuss WoW, GW2, RIFT, Eternal Crusade, ESO, WildStar, Neverwinter, and Das Tal, with mailbag questions on armor scaling and better guild systems.
Worlds Adrift kicks off alpha signups with new trailer
Worlds Adrift has just announced that it's opening alpha signups.
"We’re really pleased to announce that we’re now recruiting LOTS of people for the next...
Snag a Hell hoverboard in The Secret World’s challenge event
Forget about going to Hell in a handbasket, you could go in style on The Secret World's new flaming hoverboard! Next Wednesday's patch introduces...
The MOP Up: EverQuest II says hello to Kunark (August 21, 2016)
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...
