‘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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Nothing says it's the holidays better than hopping around on brightly colored candy pieces like an over-caffeinated bunny while trying not to fall to...
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We gave out a lot of awards this month for things games did in 2015, and we talked about what we think will happen...
Perfect Ten: The 10 best MMORPG updates and expansions of 2015
There is no way we can list all of the great updates in a given year. It's not possible. We are always going to...
The most popular MMORPG articles of 2015
Earlier this week, we posted a rundown of the most popular MMORPG conversations of 2015, calculated by number of comments and then number of...
Ask Mo: Massively OP’s 2015 awards debrief
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The most popular MMORPG conversations of 2015
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The Division’s RPG experience is all about the gear
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New source claims 300 Elder Scrolls Online layoffs throughout 2015
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One Shots: Winter… is here!
A few weeks ago we put out a call for winter and holiday-themed screenshots. Two readers responded with multiple pictures each, so today's column...
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