‘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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Destiny 2’s Season 10 ushers in the end of Bright Engram lootboxes
With all of the things that were packed into the first 2020 Director's Cut post from Destiny 2 director Luke Smith, it was maybe...
Massively Uplifting: DragonCon announces official charity, more studios support Australian wildfire relief
This past month has been filled with its share of dark news, not the least of which is the coronavirus that is plaguing the...
Diablo III previews its 20th season, arriving on March 13
Ready for another season in Diablo III? You've only got about two weeks to be ready, because it's due to land on Friday, March...
Not So Massively: First impressions of Wolcen, a familiar but fun ARPG
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem isn't a game whose development I followed super closely, but I'd seen it on Steam aways back and thought it...
One Shots: The Mo Army marches on
Has there ever been a figure as majestic, as inspiring, as armor-plated as Massively OP mascot Mo? Probably, but that didn't stop our antsy...
The Elder Scrolls Online outlines work to improve server stability in future updates
Now that Update 25 of The Elder Scrolls Online is out the door, the seemingly perpetual work on making the game more optimized from...
PAX East 2020: Guild Wars 2 teases Visions of the Past: Steel and Fire video
Blink and you'll miss it: Guild Wars 2's next big thing just got teased at the tail end of a PAX promo post, complete...
Vague Patch Notes: Contemplating MMORPG exit barriers
In episode 13 of season 9 of The Simpsons, after having spent far more time than she wants in the Movementarian cult, Marge angrily...
The Stream Team: Elder Scrolls Online, post reinstall or post apocalypse?
The big reinstall has happened, and Massively OP's MJ is ready to check out how Elder Scrolls Online fared. Did the world collapse in...
Destiny 2 brings back Trials of Osiris on March 13, talks about changes to Seasons and weapon longevity
Destiny 2 is moving ever onward with the new and now, though some of its newest is actually a bit old. Remember when datamining...
Desert Oasis: Understanding Black Desert’s Black Spirit
When Black Desert first released stateside back in 2016, I wasn't interested. At the time, I was deeply invested in running Guild Wars 2's fractals,...
Xbox Series X offers a look at ‘the next generation of gaming’
The Xbox Series X, Microsoft's latest entry in the popular Xbox line of consoles, is heading our way later this year. Despite a name...
Guild Wars 2’s Call to Glory balancing update and newbie onboarding patch have arrived
Happy patch day, Guild Wars 2 players. Time to test out your nerfs and buffs in the flesh. The pixel flesh. You know what...
The Elder Scrolls Online kicks off the Dark Heart of Skyrim with the Harrowstorm DLC launch on PC
Today begins the new year of adventure and yet another nod to Skyrim in The Elder Scrolls Online as the Harrowstorm DLC and Update...
First impressions of Elder Scrolls Online’s Harrowstorm and Unhallowed Grave
As longtime Elder Scrolls Online players well know, ZeniMax is launching the first chunk of content for the Dark Heart of Skyrim today for...
The Daily Grind: What untapped folklore would you like to see more of in MMOs?
A week or two ago, I got a random PR in my inbox about Operencia: The Stolen Sun, a game we will probably never...
Jukebox Heroes: Ten MMOs that strongly support their soundtracks
It's one thing to put a lot of music in your MMORPG or even to release that launch-day album. It's another thing entirely to...
Peek at Guild Wars 2’s notes for next week’s balance patch to see whether you’ve been buffed or nerfed
Is it a proper balance patch if anyone walks away from the list of changes completely happy? ArenaNet is putting that question to the...
Massively Overthinking: How essential are hardcore gamers to an MMO’s health?
Last week, there was a positively eyebrow-raising thread on the Guild Wars 2 subreddit that tied neatly into the overall MMORPG meta discussion many...
New World details its semi-instanced player housing system
Amazon knows the best way to make me set aside my worries about New World: a dev blog on player housing. Will it work?...
