‘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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The Daily Grind: Is gliding a good compromise to flying in MMOs?
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The Stream Team: Cat chairs and Guild Wars 2’s Realm of Dreams
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 459: A Gigantic return
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Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s The Realm of Dreams, launching today
Can you believe it has been more than half a year since we took our first steps into the mysterious, long-teased Wizard's Tower in...
The Stream Team: Investigating Elder Scrolls Online’s Necrom by eeny, meeny, miny, Mo
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Elite Dangerous Update 18 adds new weapon, multiple bug fixes, and the ‘end game’ of the Thargoid War
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 458: PlanetSide 2 in limbo
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