‘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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Tamriel Infinium: My favorite things in The Elder Scrolls Online
If you’ve been following the Tamriel Infinium column at least since my own arrival at Massively OP, you may have noticed my propensity for...
Guild Wars 2 launches its PvP League Season 20 and announces dates for the Lunar New Year
Short and sweet Guild Wars 2 news, this one. ArenaNet has officially kicked off its 20th season of the PvP League, which runs between...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 254: New year mysteries
Justin and Bree discuss Ashes of Creation, Camelot Unchained, Guild Wars, the Bless franchise, City of Heroes, LOTRO, SWG Legends, and The Witcher, with mailbag topics on CoH on console, PlanetSide's mismanagement, and a celebratory haiku that prompts some follow-up site discussion!
Guild wars come to Black Desert Mobile in today’s PvP-centric update
If Tuesday patch day feels weird to you for Black Desert Mobile still, then we get you - Wednesday's been the day for the...
Elite Dangerous’ latest update will launch ahead of schedule on January 14
Last fall, Frontier announced that in response to player feedback, it was holding off on Elite Dangerous' December fleet carriers update, bumping it to...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Things to do when Guild Wars 2 feels stale
It happens to every player in every MMO: Sooner or later, even our favorite games start to feel stale. It may be that you’re...
Massively Uplifting: Gaming studios and communities support kids, trees, cats, STEM, and gaming grandparents
While there are understandably many reasons folks may not want to look back on 2019 fondly, the year wasn't all bad. Massively Uplifting has...
Destiny 2’s Eververse cash shop begins to invade the game once again
There's just something about Destiny 2 repeating its own history. Think back to 2017, when the game's Dawning holiday event caused a furor over...
One Shots: Unlicensed fantasy motorists
I've been saying it for years, but just because these are fictional virtual worlds doesn't mean that MMOs should be free from regulations and...
Diablo III celebrates its anniversary with the return of the Darkening of Tristram event
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that those who are still happily playing Diablo III on the regular experienced the...
The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2019
Last year, I counted it up: The first Daily Grind on Massively was written on November 3rd, 2007, one day after Old Massively was...
Storyboard: The future of MMO roleplaying in the new decade
Here we are in a brand-new decade! (If you feel the urge to pedantically correct this, you are wrong, it's a new decade, hush...
Fun fact: Google search trends don’t tell you bupkis about MMO popularity
You know what the surest sign of an MMO's popularity is? Whether or not World of Warcraft fans are defensive about its popularity. That apparently...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2020
All right, 2019. We're done with you. We're moving on. We're in a whole new decade. We've got a brand-new year full of new...
Elite Dangerous clarifies a misunderstanding regarding its Arx cash shop currency
Cash shop currency purchases are always a pretty sensitive thing, understandably, so when an Elite Dangerous player reported that deleting a character wiped out...
Classic Guild Wars 1’s December patches are apparently still causing lag and crashes
Classic Guild Wars players know better than to look a gift horse in the mouth when it comes to patches. After getting some significant...
Leaderboard: Are you onboard with the online gaming industry’s new take on sequels?
Overwatch 2 and Path of Exile 2 being announced in such close proximity, plus rumors of an Anthem reboot in the weeks and the...
Perfect Ten: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2019
The down side of doing these columns at the end of the year every year is that there's a certain challenge of writing the...
The best Massively OP community polls of 2019
Time for another annual tradition here on Massively OP: the counting of the polls! Yes, we run a bunch of polls in our irregular...
MassivelyOP’s 2019 Golden Yachties: Schlag meme of the year
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards end today with our pick for Schlag meme of the year. For those who never dip down into the comments,...