‘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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Guild Wars 2 Quaggan holiday merch available to pre-order tomorrow
Every MMO seems to have its breakout race, and for many Guild Wars 2 players, it's the lovable and squishy Quaggan. So what if...
Perfect Ten: MMOs you forgot existed (but are still running)
No MMO can be in the spotlight eternally. Even some of the biggest names out there -- your World of Warcrafts, your Guild Wars...
Funcom to announce three new games in 2016
Watch out world:Â Funcom is cranking up its game factory for 2016.
In the studio's Q3 2015 report, Funcom said that it would be announcing the...
Guild Wars 2 had a five-hour Heart of Thorns launch megastream
If you've got five-plus hours to kill and you're a fan of Guild Wars 2, you might enjoy checking in with the Heart of...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s enhanced Squad UI factsheet
I've already brought you my initial impressions of the Gorseval raid encounter followed by a quickfire interview with Guild Wars 2 Associate Game Director Steven...
The Secret World welcomes new community manager
The Secret World has a new face in its community management team, as Funcom has promoted Andy "Odonoptera" Benditt up from GM to CM.
Benditt...
Guild Wars 2’s introduction of raids is followed shortly by the introduction of raid drama
Guild Wars 2 introduced the first wing of its new raids to players yesterday. To make these new raids as good as they could...
The Daily Grind: What’s your preferred style of MMO combat?
A passionate WildStar discussion-slash-debate in my guild the other day on the subject of MMO combat styles had us all taking sides on what was...
Global Chat: Gearing up in WildStar
If you're anything like me, when you get to the max level in a game, there's a general flailing of hands and a feeling...
The Elder Scrolls Online opens up Orsinium on consoles
It's been a long two weeks for console players of The Elder Scrolls Online, what with the Orsinium DLC having already launched for PC...
The Crew: Wild Run launches today
Ready to run wild? That's kind of the deal behind the first big expansion for The Crew: Wild Run, which is bringing new cars,...
ArenaNet’s Steven Waller discusses Guild Wars 2’s raiding foundation
Following my playtest of Guild Wars 2's raiding, which I chronicled earlier today, I had the opportunity to fire some quick questions across to Guild...
Hands-on with Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns’ first raid
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, raiders of all professions: I'm delighted to finally be able to spill the beans about all things raiding...
Black Desert is now available for pre-order
After an accidental peek at its store page earlier this month, Black Desert now has the full, correct, and permanent page up for pre-orders.
The pre-order...
The Park will be Funcom’s first console release in nearly 10 years
Was Funcom’s Secret World-inspired single-player experiment successful? It would seem so as The Park will now be released on console, the first non-PC release...
Elder Scrolls Online’s 2.2.6 patch fixes Orsinium issues and more
Elder Scrolls Online is getting a series of small patches this week, according to the notes on ZeniMax's official forums. The 2.2.6 update fixes...
One Shots: Slice ‘n’ dice
New expansions across the MMO sphere are prompting many of us to take up a part-time job as in-game photographers. And why not? Eye...
The Daily Grind: Would you want to play Fallout Online?
With Fallout 4's release this week, plenty of gamers have gone back into the wasteland with savage glee. I will be among that throng,...
The latest Elite newsletter features a pretty cool Imperial Cutter
Frontier has released the 99th newsletter for Elite: Dangerous, which coincides with initial availability of the 1.5 ship update beta. There's also a slick new video...
The Daily Grind: Is an MMORPG still an MMORPG without gear progression?
A Massively OP commenter recently opined that "without gear progression, is a MOBA not an MMORPG," and I would really love to talk...
