‘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 Stream Team: Facing a fire cave in ARK: Survival Evolved
After nearly freezing in ARK: Survival Evolved's chilly caves, MassivelyOP's MJ is looking forward to basking in the heat of a lava cave. Hopefully no...
The Daily Grind: Do MMO studios discriminate against character races?
Call me silly if you like (or call me maybe), but I do believe that studios consciously discriminate against some of their very own...
Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns starts first public beta weekend
You won't need to head all the way out to Gamescom this week to see the latest and greatest in Guild Wars 2: Heart...
Shards Online: Proposing the ‘persistent online world’ game
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Perfect Ten: Clever features that should be in more MMOs
MMOs are built on the backs of many interlocking systems, some more crucial to the experience than others. While I have great appreciation for...
Get your Secret World currency conversion rates here
What is your money worth? Ever since The Secret World's currency conversion -- the one that will turn all the various tokens into Black Bullion...
The Stream Team: Cavorting through The Secret World’s The Cost of Magic mission
You asked for it, and now you're going to get it: MassivelyOP's MJ is tackling The Cost of Magic sabotage mission in The Secret...
Gamescom 2015: Guild Wars 2 confirms 2015 expansion launch
If you were worried that perhaps Guild Wars 2 was being a little too pokey with its Heart of Thorns testing and reveals, then...
Gamescom 2015: The Crew offers up a Wild Run trailer
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Reddit revolt erupts over Elite: Dangerous expansion price
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PSA: The Secret World is consolidating currencies, so spend yours soon
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Gamescom 2015: Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns gallery
Guild Wars 2Â heard you liked screenshots, so it made sure to bring a ton to Gamescom, all flavored with Heart of Thorns goodness.
Massively OP's...
Destiny shows off a new Taken King trailer, Bungie is hiring PC tester
10If you're still excited for Destiny's next expansion, The Taken King, you'll be happy to know that there is a new trailer available now....
Gamescom 2015: Elite Dangerous: Horizons is kicking off with planetary landing
The Elite: Dangerous gameplay is expanding downward. To the extent that "down" is a relevant direction in space, anyhow; the important part is that...
Bungie blows up Destiny’s progression system and Peter Dinklage
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Not So Massively: Dota 2’s $18m main event, Hearthstone’s expansion
This week, third-person MOBA SMITE revealed its new support character Khepri, the ancient Egyptian scarab god. League of Legends pushed its HUD overhaul to...
Children of Ur knocks out Alpha 1.1 update
Children of Ur, one of two main Glitch revival spin-offs, hit another milestone recently with its alpha 1.1 update.
With the new patch for the browser-based...
Ex-WoW lead Rob Pardo says industry devs are avoiding the ‘MMO’ label
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MMO Mechanics: Brilliant MMO boss mechanics
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One Shots: Abstract art
Every once in a while I receive a One Shots email that makes one of my eyebrows climb super-high while the other one dives...
