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‘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 to restore Lion’s Arch in the next update

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It won't be long now, faithful Tyrians, before you will be walking down the streets of the shiny, reborn Lion's Arch in Guild Wars...
Let's go take ourselves a king, I guess?

Leaks indicate Destiny’s next expansion will launch September 15th

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You can never be sure if a leak is on the level or if it's just a bunch of speculation. But you can make...

Tamriel Infinium: The pros and cons of Elder Scrolls Online’s console versions

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As of today, you can now play Elder Scrolls Online on your consoles as well as your PC. Finally, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 gamers can play...

EU team disqualified from Guild Wars 2 world tournament

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One aspiring Guild Wars 2 PvP team will be sitting on the sidelines when the world tournament comes to a conclusion later this year. ArenaNet has...
Well, this is... not a good thing for the game, no...

Login issues plague The Elder Scrolls Online’s console launch

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Console players had a long wait time before they could get their hands on copies of The Elder Scrolls Online, but the game has...

Bethesda outlines your first five hours in Elder Scrolls Online

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Bethesda has published a new blog post that sums up a player's first five hours in Elder Scrolls Online. As you might expect, there's...

The Secret World shuts down accounts linked to unauthorized Steam key resellers

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Funcom is drawing a line for The Secret World players who attempt to use Steam keys from "unauthorized resellers" by shutting down accounts linked to...
The centaur iPad is really overpowered.

The healing Revenant was demoed in the Guild Wars 2 stream

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Just because you're a blindfolded warrior empowered by the Mists in Guild Wars 2 doesn't mean you can't support your allies. That's the big...

The Daily Grind: Did you do anything noteworthy in MMOland this weekend?

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I didn't game as much as I would have liked this weekend, but I did manage a smidge of Elite: Dangerous, a bit of...

One Shots: The infinite summons

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One of the stranger Final Fantasy tropes is that the more powerful a summoned creature is, the longer it would take for any given...

The Stream Team: Introducing The Secret World’s first motorcycle

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Oh happy day! MassivelyOP's MJ is finally getting her Secret World motorcycle, something she's wanted since her first days walking around Kingsmouth. Even better,...

The Daily Grind: Is swimming really that important in MMOs?

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One of the big brouhahas that arose back in Star Wars: The Old Republic's development was the game's lack of any type of swimming....

Destiny’s community helps to raise $1M for Nepal recovery

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When tragedy struck and the call went out to pitch in, let it be said that the Destiny community stepped up to help. As...
It's a miracle anything ever works.

Elite: Dangerous launches the Powerplay update

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The latest update for Elite: Dangerous does not allow players to personally claim big chunks of the galaxy, but it does allow players to...

Elder Scrolls Online’s new trailer lampoons ‘that guy’ in your group

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You know that guy who's always screwing around, fishing and reading books during raid boss encounters? His name is Tony, and he's the unwitting...

Revival devs talk character creation, whaling, and more

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Revival's latest newsletter is essential reading if you've missed any of the fantasy sandbox's developer updates over the past month. Illfonic links back to...

Ascent adds ‘full disembark’ to colonies, lots more

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Have you been keeping up with Ascent: The Space Game lately? I haven't, and shame on me because an interesting round of updates hit the...
Salad.

Guild Wars 2 unveils the leafy goodness of the Revenant’s Ventari legend

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After a few days of teases, another legend has been formally revealed for Guild Wars 2's upcoming Revenant profession, and it's all about healing. Yes,...

Leaderboard: Which mounts would you like to see in The Secret World?

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Funcom's mount patch for The Secret World went live earlier today, and while we've talked a lot about the motorcycle in recent days, the...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns beta

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My excitement for Guild Wars 2's first expansion has been no secret, so you can easily guess how much fun I had climbing the...

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