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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.

Well, almost however you'd like, there are still no ways to gain experience through awesome roleplaying.

The Elder Scrolls Online’s 2016: DLC, housing are in; veteran ranks are out

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ZeniMax Game Director Matt Firor has just posted a dev blog outlining The Elder Scrolls Online's gameplan for 2016. "With the millions of players that...

Guild Wars 2 winter 2016 update, gliding confirmed for Central Tyria

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As part of Game Director Colin Johanson's Q1 state of play update, ArenaNet has confirmed that gliding is coming to the Guild Wars 2 zones...
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Buffs and nerfs are coming for Guild Wars 2’s classes

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ArenaNet's Karl McLain has a new Guild Wars 2 blog post today focused on the "high-level changes" on the way for the game's classes....
The world is full of dangerous stuff. Survive it all by not being there.

Revival plots the course of cartography

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If you have a lifelong vendetta against all things cartographical, be prepared for a lot of stumbling around while lost in Revival. The latest...
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The Daily Grind: Do you use Steam for MMOs?

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Massively OP reader Damonvile recently sent us a link to a Medium piece on Steam declaring 2015 the best year for Steam -- ever. Sales...

The Secret World on AEGIS plans, player perks, and city hubs

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Last fall, devs asked The Secret World players to submit their most burning questions about the game, and then the community voted on which...

Did Guild Wars 2 just tease gliding in vanilla Tyria?

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During today's Guild Wars 2 livestream, ArenaNet's Rubi Bayer demoed a video of a character flying... in what looks like Orr. Malchor's Leap, to...

Guild Wars 2 tweaks matchmaking, mechanics in new PvP League season

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ArenaNet has announced its plans to change up PvP mechanics as Guild Wars 2 enters the second season of its PvP League system. Matchmaking is...

The Stream Team: Rooftop hopping in The Secret World’s Issue #13

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Last week in The Secret World, MassivelyOP's MJ started bounding across Tokyo's rooftops at the request of Harumi, that brilliant little hacker with a...

Chaos Theory: Looking over your shoulder at The Secret World’s 2015

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We've finally left 2015 behind. And while it is perfectly natural to want to glance back in the rearview mirror over the last 12...
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Perfect Ten: Our favorite MMORPG articles from 2015

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The first year of Massively Overpowered had its ups and downs, like anything does, but I think we had some pretty great content in...

Jukebox Heroes: Six MMO soundtracks that need to be in your collection

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Lately, a friend was asking me where he should start with collecting MMO soundtracks. "Pretty much anywhere and everywhere" was my initial reaction, although...

Popular Guild Wars 2 YouTuber team banned for cheating

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Protip: Don't cheat in video games, especially always-online MMORPGs where the devs are actively seeking out cheaters and have a reputation for humiliating them...

Revival seeks more fans, plans investment into the game in 2016

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On the verge of getting the Stage 1 client of Revival released, IllFonic posted a start-of-the-year newsletter to rally the faithful and encourage them to...

One Shots: Every shot is awesome!

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Today's headlining picture is another debut for One Shots: Funcom's LEGO Minifigures Online. I don't know many people outside of MOP who have even...

The Stream Team: Ending the year in The Secret World’s Issue #13

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It's been really hard for MassivelyOP's MJ to resist diving into The Secret World's Issue #13 so she could share it with you all,...

Massively Overthinking: The MMO with the brightest future

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Imagine you have a friend who wants to play an MMO but doesn't want to get involved in a game that's in decline or...

MMO Year in Review: Star Citizen’s triumph (December 2015)

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This year, we're taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head...

Perfect Ten: The MMORPGs to watch in 2016

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A long time ago on another website far, far away, I held a tradition of kicking off the new year by listing the top...
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MMO Year in Review: Blizzard’s big plans (November 2015)

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This year, we're taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head...

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