‘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 takes to the skies with Secrets of the Obscure’s flight masteries
Who's ready to take off and soar into Guild Wars 2's wild blue yonder? When the MMO's Secrets of the Obscure arrives next week,...
Dungeons and Dragons Online releases its new Vecna Unleashed adventure DLC and Update 61
Today is the day when Dungeons and Dragons Online players can "experience the thrilling climax of the Codex of the Infinite Planes Saga" and...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs whose worlds were built from scratch
Maybe I'm the only one to have stopped to think about it, but a great deal of the MMOs that we enjoy are based...
Destiny 2 director promises more PvP maps and expanded PvP playlist modes after facing player backlash
The PvPers of Destiny 2 were not happy whatsoever with the latest state of the game letter from director Joe Blackburn, who says that...
The Daily Grind: How can MMOs make necromancy more interesting?
With RuneScape finally -- ahem -- unearthing necromancy for its fans, playing with dead things has never seemed so relevant. Or messy. I mean,...
The Stream Team: Wrapping up Guild Wars 2’s Living World Season 2
Does Massively OP's MJ have good timing (for once), or what? Tonight she's wrapping up Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 2 story --...
Elder Scrolls Online teases possible occult companions, plans EU Xbox hardware refresh tomorrowday
Elder Scrolls Online has two pieces of news this week. First, ZeniMax Online studios told players that the long-awaited hardware "refreshes" are continuing, and...
Guild Wars 2 explains the Wizard’s Vault seasonal content and rewards
If this morning's big infodump on Guild Wars 2's Secrets of the Obscure wasn't enough for you, then feast your eyeballs on ArenaNet's latest...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Secrets of the Obscure
It has been a weird time to be a Guild Wars 2 fan, with a lot of ups and downs lately. End of Dragons...
The Stream Team: One royal found, two to go in Elder Scrolls Online
Last time, Massively OP's MJ found and rescued Queen Ayrenn in Elder Scroll's Online's Ameros prison. That's one royal found, and two more to...
One Shots: Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got
At the end of a busy and exhausting day of clobbering kobolds and cleaning up after dragons, the need to crash at a comfy...
Destiny 2 outlines Season 22’s exotics buffs – and Arc Titan and Strand’s suspend effect nerfs
While last week brought a general overview of Season 22's updates for Destiny 2, this week has a more granular look at what's changing...
The Elder Scrolls Online is free-to-play right now thanks to QuakeCon
If you didn't snag a free copy of The Elder Scrolls Online last month when it was in promo mode on EGS, then you're...
Guild Wars 2 exhibits Secrets of the Obscure’s rift hunting in another new vid
When Secrets of the Obscure launches later this month, Guild Wars 2 isn't going to abandon old Tyria in favor of the new zones....
Massively Overthinking: Rescuing the worst economies in the MMO genre
As a hardcore economy player in most of the MMOs I play, I pay a whole lot of attention to the health of the...
Guild Wars 2 shows off the landscapes and points of interest in latest Secrets of the Obscure trailer
Time to get hyped for Secrets of the Obscure: The Guild Wars 2 team at ArenaNet has dropped a new flip-through trailer highlighting "some...
Destiny 2 has a new Commander Zavala following the untimely death of Lance Reddick
The tragic death of actor Lance Reddick hit the Destiny 2 community hard this past spring, as Reddick was not only a hardcore player...
Guild Wars 2 previews Secrets of the Obscure’s skyscale skills and implementation
One of the key highlights of Guild Wars 2's impending Secrets of the Obscure expansion is easily the overhaul of the skyscale mount, the...
NCsoft Q2 2023: Throne & Liberty delayed as revenues, mobile games, and MMOs decline
While we've already covered the major delay to Throne & Liberty revealed during NCsoft's investor call this week, there was more to the financial...
The Stream Team: Spelunking in Guild Wars 2
After Caithe's memory seeds lead to a sealed cave in Guild Wars 2, Massively OP's MJ knew it was time to go spelunking. But...
