buy to play

‘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.

NCsoft president Songyee Yoon’s new book tackles the gaming industry’s lingering perception problems

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I suppose with Throne & Liberty on the way, it only makes sense that NCsoft executives are granting interviews in western press - like...

Destiny 2’s August patch seeks to address Crucible problems and the ‘epidemic’ of PvP quitters

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If you're a PvP player of Destiny 2, then this week's newsletter is almost exclusively for you, as Bungie's PvP strike team is checking...

Massively Overthinking: How much research do you do before playing a new MMORPG?

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On this week's MOP Podcast, Justin and I discussed our experiences in No Man's Sky (again), and both of us came to the conclusion...

Guild Wars 2’s Festival of the Four Winds blows into town next week

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Guild Wars 2's Festival of the Four Winds -- or as I call it, "Festival of the Falling Off Stuff" -- is breezing back...

Guild Wars 2 is using Janthir Wilds’ raid and convergence to assess future raid content

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With less than a month before Janthir Wilds opens up new zones and housing content, Guild Wars 2's devs are now turning their promotional...

Here’s what to expect from New World’s two-phase Aeternum console beta tomorrow

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All right finally here we go: Amazon has just pushed out a big post on what exactly gamers can expect from New World's first...

The Stream Team: The return of Rata Novus in Guild Wars 2

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Thankful that she obtained the Guild Wars 2 hunting mastery in just one night, Massively OP's MJ is more than ready to continue Heart...

Choose My Adventure: Gleeful space truckin’ through Elite Dangerous

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This is, for all intents and purposes, going to be a very simple, laid back, and perhaps obnoxiously serene edition of Choose My Adventure....

MMO studio Daybreak is named 2023 Extra Life Partner of the Year, posts 2024 fundraising plans

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Daybreak's charity work has paid off: This week, Extra Life and Children's Miracle Network named Daybreak Games its Extra Life Partner of the Year...

The MOP Up: Grim Dawn spices up the endgame with a new mode

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OARPG Grim Dawn's third expansion is on the way with a brand-new game mode that should inject some extended life for its playerbase: "Ascendant Mode...

One Shots: Hey World of Warcraft has housing after all…

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This just in, World of Warcraft beat Guild Wars 2 to the punch by instituting the most robust, flexible, and creative housing system ever...

Elder Scrolls Online has tweaked the Whitestrake’s Mayhem PvP event for its return next week

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Hey, PvPers! Elder Scrolls Online is rerunning the Whitestrake's Mayhem PvP event just for you starting July 25th - and it's got a bit...

Guild Wars 2 deep-dives Janthir Wilds’ enhanced warclaw mount aka journeykin

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August is shaping up to be an interesting month here in MMO land, and a large part of that is the impending release of...

The Stream Team: Hunting the Nuhoch hunting mastery in Guild Wars 2

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It figures: Shortly after Massively OP's MJ felt relief for conquering the gliding mastery to continue with Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns story,...

Destiny 2 releases Echoes act two with more storyline and battleground play

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Destiny 2 players are in for a treat today as Bungie has dropped the second chunk of the Echoes episode. "Today, Act 2 of Destiny...

Choose My Adventure: Slipping back in to the simple pleasures of Elite Dangerous

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Last week's original Choose My Adventure plans took a backseat to my Soapbox on Dawntrail, so thank you for bearing with me on that,...

The Stream Team: Aiding Scruut in Elder Scrolls Online

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The ever opposite-of-effervescent Scruut is easily the favorite character of Massively OP's MJ in Elder Scrolls Online's Necrom. And the next part of the...

Albion Online previews its new journal-themed achievement system, Albion Journal

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Are the hardcore PvP fans of Albion Online going to be entranced with a new feature called the Albion Journal? Probably not phrased that...

EverQuest II’s Varsoon progression server will see extra expansions and content through May 2025

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The problem with any progression server is that, sooner or later, the progression will hit a stopping point and that server will close. It's...

War Thunder nerds once again use classified military documents in a forum discussion

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Reset the timer, everyone: The forums of War Thunder have once again seen another set of classified military documents used as a cudgel to...

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