‘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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Torchlight Frontiers’ time-limited contracts are its version of seasons
The crew over at Echtra Games isn't hellbent on reinventing the MMOARPG format, but instead it is concentrating on taking what works in similar...
Desert Oasis: Reframing player perceptions of Pearl Abyss’ MMO Black Desert
Hello and welcome to our revival of the Black Desert column! The Desert Nomad decided it was time to reroll for the new meta, and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 213: FFXIV’s first world problems
Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV's controversial reveals, WoW level squish, Albion Online F2P, Glitch, Age of Conan, and Google Stadia, with adventures in Trove, SWG, Starmourn, LOTRO, and Rock Band, and mailbag letter on feeling perpetually behind in MMOs.
Super Adventure Box is live this week in Guild Wars 2 with new racing adventures
When ArenaNet announced last week that Super Adventure Box was returning to Guild Wars 2 this week, it wasn't entirely clear that new content...
Guild Wars 2 begins return-to-Tyria initiative with free episode and big Path of Fire sale
At the end of last week, ArenaNet announced its plans for a new five-week Guild Wars 2 initiative that's intended to bring players back...
Fight or Kite: Clawing my way back into Guild Wars 2’s WvW
All aboard and welcome everyone to a brand-new series here on Massively Overpowered: Fight or Kite, our new column focusing on PvP across the...
Celebrate The Elder Scrolls’s 25th anniversary by playing ESO’s Elsweyr Prologue today (for free!)
Twenty-five years ago today, a relatively unknown game-development studio by the name of Bethesda Softworks released a little game called The Elder Scrolls: Arena,...
The Daily Grind: Is it possible for an MMO to make you feel like a kid again?
Last month on /r/mmorpg, there was a thread about finding MMOs that will make you feel like a kid again. You can probably guess...
The MOP Up: Ring of Elysium gives out free adventure passes
Ever eye an adventurer or season pass in a shooter but feel too cheap to buy it? Reader Pasha tipped us off that the...
One Shots: Selfish selfies
Hey! Hey man, what do you think you're doing? You're a bleeding Division agent, all right? You're the thin line that holds back anarchistic...
Guild Wars 2 wants to bring former players back to Tyria with new initiative
Every MMO player in existence has almost certainly, at one point or another, taken a break from a game and come back to it...
Elite: Dangerous prepares to move to new forums and announces a planetary expedition
The community of Elite: Dangerous is going to be pretty busy in the next few days. On the one hand, there are plans for...
Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box event returns next week
It's finally happening! Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box mode will return next week on March 28th through April 18th, bringing 8bit jumping puzzles...
Guild Wars 2 details next week’s adjustments to unidentified gear loot drops
Some major changes are coming to the way Guild Wars 2's loot drops function for level-80 characters, which the devs hope "will provide both...
The Daily Grind: Which ‘MMO-lite’ utilizes the best parts of the MMO genre?
One of the interesting twists and turns of the MMORPG market over the past decade is the rise of what we're starting to call...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that set themselves up as spiritual successors
As with the larger video game market, sequels aren't unknown in the MMO space. We've seen studios take a stab at following up successful...
Children of Ur and Eleven join forces to create the ultimate Glitch revival
The process of rebuilding the social and non-combat sandbox MMO Glitch has been a slow one. It's been one that attracted a deep well...
Tamriel Infinium: A conversation with The Elder Scrolls Online’s Abnur Tharn
For my first assignment at Massively Overpowered, I wanted to make a statement. No fluff piece or softball interview is good enough for our...
The Stream Team: Capturing Guild Wars 2’s combat kitty mount in WvW
You say there is a cool combat kitty mount in Guild Wars 2's WvW? Well I think you just found a way to get...
There’s pie! Elder Scrolls Online’s Jester Festival begins this week
I hope you're ready for this folks: In just two weeks, we're going to be deluged with April Fools' Day jokes all across the...
