‘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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One Shots: Wonderful Bree drug
Despite what you may think, libraries can be fascinating places full of mysteries and delights. Even in MMOs, you never know what you'll find...
Gamescom: Elder Scrolls Online on lockboxes, the gold edition, and One Tamriel
A Redditor who attended The Elder Scrolls Online's tavern event at this year's Gamescom snagged over half an hour of shaky-cam footage and a...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best inventory system?
Video game packrats, obsessive compulsives, and that one guildie of mine whose MMO inventory literally has everything he's ever looted: Today's Daily Grind is...
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If all else fails -- die! That's my friend's new mantra when it comes to investigation missions. Why? Because in The Secret World, death...
Global Chat: Deaf gamers and MMO captioning
What is it like to play MMORPGs if you're deaf? Just ask Stars of the Spiral's Kelsey, who talks of her condition and why...
Gamescom 2016: The Crew releases a trailer for Calling All Units
You're kind of on the wrong side of the law in The Crew; illegal street races are sort of, well, illegal. It's right there...
Gamescom 2016: Bungie previews Destiny’s Rise of Iron DLC
Get ready, pseudo-MMO players: Destiny's Rise of Iron DLC-expansion lands on September 20th on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and Bungie's at Gamescom this...
The Elder Scrolls Online’s Shadows of the Hist DLC is live on console
The Shadows of the Hist DLCÂ released to Elder Scrolls Online players on PC earlier this month is live for console players on PS4 and...
The Daily Grind: Should MMORPGs have special areas for paying players?
I was poking around in the Guild Wars 2 cash shop this weekend when I realized that ArenaNet is selling teleports to Noble's Folly....
Destiny: The Collection announced, provides legacy consoles an upgrade path
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The Stream Team: Transylvanian sabotage with The Secret World’s Dr. Varias
MassivelyOP’s MJ and The Secret World crew have finally found everything needed to embark on Dr. Varias' sabotage mission. But what are they getting...
Chaos Theory: The 80s invade The Secret World
One of the best things about The Secret World is how it is set in the modern day. But that doesn't mean the game...
NCsoft Q2 2016: WildStar up, Guild Wars 2 down
NCsoft's second quarter financials are in, and it's pretty good news for MMORPGs on the whole. Operating profit and net income are up quarter-over-quarter and...
The Daily Grind: Who’s the most relatable NPC in an MMORPG?
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Jukebox Heroes: World of Warcraft’s main music themes
Inspired by a news post that a dashing Massively OP writer penned a few weeks back, I thought that it might be an interesting...
Guild Wars 2 kicks off the fourth PvP League season
To everything, there is a season, and this is the season for Guild Wars 2 players to resume beating the snot out of one...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking Guild Wars 2’s Out of the Shadows
I figure that it's been long enough for the majority of you to have run through Guild War's 2's first instalment of the Living...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 77: Improving your lockbox experience
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Diablo III, RIFT, Elder Scrolls Online, Blizzard, Black Desert, and TERA, with mailbag questions on new blood for MMOs and a lockbox rant.
