‘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 begins Heart of Thorns countdown, announces ESL Pro League
It's a week until Guild Wars 2's first expansion launches (at 3:01 a.m. EDT on October 23rd, to be precise), and ArenaNet's Colin Johanson...
Massively Opinionated: Which is the best open-world PvP, WvW or FFA?
It's a real battle to the death when Larry Everett invites Tina Lauro and Brendan Drain to debate WvW and FFA PvP.
PSA: The Crew is discounted on Steam right now
Yesterday I implored the MOP chat room to talk me out of purchasing The Crew. Thankfully they did, because today it's on sale via Steam. Strangely,...
The Secret World continues Manufactory dungeon, increases gear cap
Hey, would you like a heap of The Secret World fixes and improvements today? Either way, you're going to get them.
Update 12.5 is out,...
Black Desert Online confirms early 2016 launch with buy-to-play model
The race for 2016 is officially on.
Daum Games confirmed this week that Black Desert Online will be coming out in North America and Europe in...
Funcom’s The Park coming out on October 27th
Funcom's The Secret World spin-off The Park finally has a release date that gets it out in time for Halloween: October 27th.
In addition to its...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 33: Ascent’s James Hicks
Justin and Bree fête Ascent's James Hicks discussing Star Citizen, Wurm Online, Ultima Online, WildStar, Daybreak's mystery game, Elite: Dangerous, RIFT, and Funcom.
ArenaNet isn’t ‘leafing’ us out of Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns hype
A mystery box arrived on my porch today containing a cryptic message...
... and a tree.
Unfortunately for this lovely tree, I don't have my Sylvari's green...
Tamriel Infinium: Orsinium makes me forget the things I don’t like about ESO leveling
Anyone reading this column regularly understands that I have a bit of a tiff with ZeniMax because of the way it's handled the leveling...
Guild Wars 2 dives back into Halloween on October 23rd
Expansion? Who is thinking about expansions when Halloween is prowling about? Guild Wars 2 players will have plenty with which to keep themselves occupied later...
The Crew’s expansion to feature monthly tourney, player-created missions
The Crew's first expansion is coming on November 17th, and Ubisoft has dropped a looooong post on its website that examines the various feature-adds....
The Daily Grind: What should Funcom do?
Man, every time we hear a Funcom report I get so incredibly depressed. I'm no financial expert, but it seems as though the studio...
Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns economy and legendary weapons
ArenaNet has published two Guild Wars 2 dev blogs today: one on the economy and one on legendary weapons. ANet economist John Smith begins by...
Elite: Dangerous shows off a planetary surface
Give people a game about flying around in space and the first question you hear is, "When can we walk around on a planet?"...
Funcom asks bondholders to defer company debts
As we've reported previously, Funcom's financials aren't in the best of shape, and as of this morning, the company is appealing to its bondholders to lend a hand...
The MOP Up: Skyforge’s new raid (October 11, 2015)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Chaos Theory: The Secret World’s Carter and Issue 12.5
It's pretty common knowledge by now that Lead Designer Romain Amiel really likes to give teasers and spoilers for The Secret World. Unlike Twitter,...
Elite: Dangerous asks players to stop exploring (for the moment)
One of the keenest parts of Elite: Dangerous is the fact that it's a game with a huge galaxy just begging to be explored....
Funcom explains The Park in a new video
Players of The Secret World already know the history of the eponymous amusement park in The Park, but there's a world of difference between...
The Stream Team: Requisitioning a rocket launcher in The Secret World
The Secret World has a number of auxiliary weapons, one of which is a spiffy rocket launcher! MassivelyOP's MJ already knows the joy of...
