‘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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Design Mockument: Exploring alternatives to the typical MMO trinity
Here's a fun thing for you: I swear that way, way back before the game launched, there were documents from the Guild Wars 2...
Massively Overthinking: Have you ever been booted from an MMORPG group because your class wasn’t the meta?
Earlier this month, when some World of Warcraft players were protesting massive nerfs to specific classes, MOP reader Sloth explained the problem superbly: The...
Elite Dangerous launches its Ascendancy update and teases a brand-new player colonization system
While today marks the big release of Elite Dangerous’ oft-delayed and much-anticipated revamp to the powerplay system along with the early access for the...
Destiny 2’s Halloween-y Festival of the Lost brings new weapons and sells a witchypoo outfit
Wizards hate this one trick for becoming a magic-wielding powerhouse! All you need to do is put on a floppy hat and bam -...
Guild Wars 2’s new dev blog on the warclaw’s inspiration just makes me want another cat IRL
I wasn't entirely convinced that the warclaw mount re-introduced for Janthir Wilds would actually be a mount I used on the daily in Guild...
The Stream Team: Seeking out crash sites and settlements to loot in Elite Dangerous
MOP's Chris is once again heading out into the galaxy of Elite: Dangerous with his best friend to seek out trash! All right, maybe...
The Stream Team: Finding Balance in Guild Wars 2’s Janthir Wilds
After a Poky-crushing defeat, Massively OP's MJ learned that not only have multiple titans infiltrated Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds but that they can...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 491: World of Warcraft’s Buckosaurus problem
Justin and Bree discuss Halloween across the MMO world, DC Universe Online's Xbox X|S arrival, the World of Warcraft dino debacle, and the secret Guild Wars CCG, with adventures in DDO's 64-bit server, Wayfinder, and Guild Wars 2, plus a mailbag topic on how MMO player populations influence our play.
The Daily Grind: How much in-game money are you willing to spend on an MMORPG house?
A few weeks back, we did a piece rounding up some of the cool stuff Guild Wars 2 players have been building in Janthir...
Elder Scrolls Online’s U44 arrives to shake up the PvP meta and introduce two new companions
As promised, today is launch day for Elder Scrolls Online's update 44 - at least if you're on PC or Mac - and this...
Elder Scrolls Online showcases new features coming to the scribing system in Update 44
The focus on improving existing features with Elder Scrolls Online's Update 44 moves forward into the recently added scribing system, which will be getting...
ArenaNet, Standing Stone Games, and Daybreak all queue up Extra Life charity drives this weekend
With everything happening across our neck of the gaming woods this month, it's easy to lose sight of the more warm and fuzzy things...
The MOP Up: Fae Farm launches on PlayStation, Xbox, and Windows Store
The magical co-op realm of Fae Farm expanded to even more platforms this past week: "Phoenix Labs today celebrated the release of Fae Farm...
One Shots: The destiny of dragons
World of Warcraft may not be in the Dragonflight era any longer, but The War Within's first big content update had a lot of love for...
Throne and Liberty’s Halloween event, Haunted Harvest, is finally here
So there's some good news and bad news with Throne and Liberty's Halloween event. The bad news is that it was delayed a day;...
Classic Guild Wars baddies and bog mummies inspired Guild Wars 2’s Janthir Wilds boss design
If you, as a Guild Wars 2 player, have had your fill of candy corn and the Mad King wrecking your face in jumping...
Perfect Ten: 2024’s MMO soundtrack themes ranked from worst to best
Try not to whip your head around all suspicious-like to check out the past 10 months, but 2024 has been a bonanza for MMO...
The Stream Team: Planting lightning rods in Guild Wars 2
If there's one thing Massively OP's MJ has experience with, it's lightning. But in Guild Wars 2, she's planting lightning rods to capture lightning...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 490: What’s old is new again
Justin and Bree discuss New World, Wayfinder, Pax Dei, Tarisland, DDO, and Ultima Online, with adventures in Guild Wars 2, New World, WoW, and LOTRO, with a mailbag topic on solo vs. group MMO play.
Not So Massively: ZeroSpace is the last hope for multiplayer RTS fans
All right, that headline is a bit of hyperbole, but it does reflect how I'm feeling right now.
A bit over a year ago, I...
