‘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 music video is nominated for a Best Original Song at the G.A.N.G. awards
Does praise for Guild Wars 2's soundtrack often go unsung in the gaming industry? That may well change this season thanks to an End...
Tamriel Infinium: How Elder Scrolls Online’s quests go above and beyond the MMO norm
There are some MMOs you play because of and some you play in spite of, if you catch my drift. These titles have great...
Perfect Ten: Ranking 10 MMORPG map designs from worst to best
When I was a kid, I loved poring over maps in our family's atlas when we went on road trips. Getting a kind of...
Bungie says it won’t promote AI-generated Destiny 2 fan art
Regular readers of Destiny 2's weekly newsletter know that one of the features is a highlight of player-created work, whether it's videos or fan...
NCsoft Q4 2022: Guild Wars 2 had a great 2022, Throne & Liberty is still launching by summer
There's good news and bad news in the Q4 2022 and FY 2022 financial report, and the bad news might help explain why NCsoft...
The Stream Team: Investigating Guild Wars 2’s Sky Pirates
Massively OP's MJ does things backwards. First she saw the end of Marjory Delaqua's story in Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons, and now...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 409: All aboard the Tyria train
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2's new roadmap, Blizzard's financials, the latest Microsoft ABK drama, and earthquake relief, with adventures in LOTRO and GW2, plus mailbag topics on Gloria Victis and our failed MMO character concepts.
Destiny 2 plots adjustments to seasons, challenge, and activities to fight against perceived predictability
According to game director Joe Blackburn, Destiny 2 updates have become a bit too consistent, leading to the sense that updates are predictable and...
Guild Wars 2’s patch adds WvW incentives, cosmetics randomizer, and class balancing
As promised, Guild Wars 2's class balancing update has arrived, and depending on which elite spec play you will love, hate, or love and...
Choose My Adventure: Slowly cracking the code of how Warframe works
For the longest time last week, the Choose My Adventure voting was extremely close - it was at a three-way tie at one point...
Elder Scrolls Online updates its 2023 roadmap with update 37 details, endless dungeon runner tease
ZeniMax Online Studios took the wraps off Elder Scrolls Online's 2023 roadmap back in December and then embellished it with the reveal of the...
The Stream Team: Securing a second Elder Scrolls Online companion
Massively OP's MJ has still not acquired her second companion in Elder Scrolls Online (no, not like the Firefly kind!), but it's time to...
Tamriel Infinium: 18 activities to do at max level in Elder Scrolls Online
As they say, absence makes the heart grow fonder, and so it's been with the past six months between me and Elder Scrolls Online....
Guild Wars 2 appears to be dropping living world structure in favor of larger, more consistent updates
As promised, Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet has issued its developer blog on long-term plans, and it's not just prattle: The studio is planning...
Global Chat: Where does WoW Classic go from here?
As Wrath Classic gets closer to its preordained expiration date, Priest with a Cause is asking a question that a lot of people are:...
Bungie and Destiny 2 players have raised $150,000 for earthquake aid in Turkiye and Syria
Bungie has joined the surprisingly short list of MMO companies lending their playerbases and pocketbooks in support of humanitarian aid for people affected the...
Massively Overthinking: That moment when you realize an MMO is truly something special
MOP commenter Bruno tweeted something the other that that I thought would make a fun topic. Here's what he said, printed with permission:
"Wanna know...
Destiny 2 outlines a wide swath of ability adjustments arriving in the Lightfall expansion
The abilities of the gun shooting space wizards that are Destiny 2's Guardians will see a whole lot of adjustment when the Lightfall expansion...
Vague Patch Notes: Diversions are what makes the MMO
I am going to put forth a theory today in the Vague Patch Notes column. It is potentially an odd theory, and as sometimes...
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming goes hunting for bounties in Elite Dangerous
There are bounty heads to be hunted in the galaxy of Elite: Dangerous, and MOP's MJ and Chris are riding shotgun! Tonight's episode of...
