‘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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Why I Play: How NCsoft’s Fafurion update saved Lineage 2 in 2019
I don't know what it is about Asian MMOs, but I'm inexplicably drawn to them. Maybe it has something to do with my background;...
The Elder Scrolls Online wraps up its fifth year of live operation
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The best Massively OP streams of 2019
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MassivelyOP’s 2019 Golden Yachties: Best MMO mod
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for Best MMO mod in 2019. If you're wondering what the heck a Golden Yachtie...
Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2019
When I was handed the reins of Choose My Adventure by the incomparably awesome Eliot, I had bare little idea what sort of things...
The Stream Team: Another year, another New Life Festival in Elder Scrolls Online
For Massively OP's MJ, it isn't the holidays without a Snow Bear Plunge! The new Life holiday festival is back in Elder Scrolls Online,...
Not So Massively: A wishlist for MMO-adjacent online games in 2020
With the year drawing to a close, my thoughts turn ahead to 2020 and what new gaming experiences it may bring. I am an...
Global Chat: Is WoW Classic a mixed blessing?
Now that World of Warcraft Classic has been out for a few months and established itself, what's the verdict? Telwyn over at GamingSF said...
One Shots: Our favorite MMORPG screenshots of 2019
Occasionally in the past, I've taken the last week or two of the year and featured my personal favorite screenshots that One Shots posters...
The Stream Team: MOP tackles Guild Wars 2’s Wintersday jumping puzzle challenge
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Guild Wars 2 previews early 2020 plans, promises Shadow in the Ice saga episode on January 28
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Members of Guild Wars 2’s narrative team discuss an ArenaNet narrative mentorship program
To hear Guild Wars 2 narrative designer Novera King and associate narrative director Bobby Stein tell it, getting into video game narrative work is...
Tamriel Infinium: A 2019 Elder Scrolls Online retrospective
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Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2020
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Desert Oasis: A few improvements I’d like to see in Black Desert for 2020
Part of the reason it's been so easy to write for the Black Desert Desert Oasis column is that I really love this game....
Vague Patch Notes: Why don’t we have more MMO psionics?
Seized by what I can only describe as an incomprehensible fit of pique, I've spent a decent chunk of my free time over the...
The Massively Overpowered 2019 winter holiday MMO roundup
The holidays are here! Well, most of them are. Some of them might not be. And as is tradition here at Massively Overpowered, we...
Mysterious parchment teases next chapter of the Elder Scrolls Online
Yesterday, members of the Elder Scrolls Online community began receiving mysterious packages in the mail. Despite likely instructions for the items to remain "for...
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Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO news stories of 2019
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