‘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 Secret World is on sale for 10 bucks this week
Steam has knocked 66% off The Secret World's asking price. Funcom's spooky modern-day horror thriller is currently $10.19 on Valve's storefront through April 27th.
Alternatively,...
Guild Wars 2 announces its third Tourney of Legends
Do you like Guild Wars 2? Do you like PvP? If you answered yes and yes, the fact that ArenaNet has announced its third Tournament...
Elder Scrolls Online advertises cash shop item in game
Nothing helps you get immersed in your favorite MMO like a gaudy multilingual cash shop advertisement pasted on your game screen, right? ZeniMax is...
The Stream Team: The joys of Elder Scrolls Online pickpocketing
Massively OP's Larry just can't keep his hands out of everyone's pockets in The Elder Scrolls Online. Luckily, MJ is there to chronicle the...
Elite: Dangerous ups the ante for mining
A big Elite: Dangerous update called Powerplay is on the way, and with it will come significant improvements to the space sim's mining game....
Guild Wars 2 explains the philosophy of Masteries
Players are not getting a level cap bump with Heart of Thorns; the apex of power in Guild Wars 2 will remain Level 80....
The Stream Team: Tackling The Secret World’s Issue #10
MassivelyOP's MJ was torn between starting over to highlight the new player experience or continuing the story with Issue #10. Ultimately the story won...
Guild Wars plans ‘huge bash’ for its 10th anniversary
The Guild Wars that started it all will turn 10 years old on April 26th, which means one thing: party time!
ArenaNet announced that Guild...
Chaos Theory: Six more tips for new Secret World players
You didn't seriously think that six tips could come close to encapsulating the knowledge needed to start in The Secret World, did you? Of...
The Elder Scrolls Online’s Welcome Back Weekend starts today
Were you a beta tester on The Elder Scrolls Online but declined to purchase the game? Would you like to see what the game...
The Secret World kicks off a powerful weekend early
The Secret World is kicking off a weekend of power early. What makes this weekend worthy of the nickname of "Power Weekend," exactly? Just...
Leaderboard: Which style of MMO PvP do you prefer?
MMO PvP comes in a lot of different flavors, and while all of them involve sticking the pointy end into the other man to...
The Secret World gets hyped for Issue 11
With Joel Bylos out of the picture as The Secret World's lead, the monthly update letter torch has been passed to other members of...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Exclusive Guild Wars 2 Maguuma Hylek interview
I had the pleasure of chatting with Scott McGough, a Guild Wars 2 narrative designer who is currently working hard on Heart of Thorns content, about...
Jukebox Heroes: The Crew’s soundtrack
Sometimes the best soundtracks are hiding where you least expect them.
Though perhaps I shouldn't be that surprised that The Crew has an impressive score....
Elder Scrolls Online’s welcome back weekend starts April 16
Elder Scrolls Online is officially welcoming back beta participants on April 16th at 10:00 am. EDT. The free trial lasts through Monday, April 20th...
Guild Wars 2’s Stronghold public beta is today; here’s a guide
You can play Guild Wars 2's upcoming expansion PvP mode right now! The Stronghold public beta is today! And then it closes up shop...
Destiny’s House of Wolves expansion launches May 19th
Destiny fans ready for a new expansion after last December's The Dark Below have to wait until only May 19th for the release of...
Make My MMO: April 11, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, we said goodbye to Descent Underground's fundraising campaign. It was a fond farewell, though, since the sci-fi space shooter reboot topped...
The Stream Team: Giving away more Guild Wars 2
What? Massively OP's MJ has another copy of Guild Wars 2 to give away, you say? And this is a deluxe edition? Well hot...
