‘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: Examining the features (and hype!) of Elder Scrolls Online’s Season of the Dragon
I have mixed feelings about dragons coming to Elder Scrolls Online. Originally, we knew that we would not see them because they were hibernating...
Elder Scrolls Online’s racial abilities are getting revamped in update 21
One of the things that the folks at Zenimax are focusing on in The Elder Scrolls Online's upcoming update 21 is balancing the passive...
The Stream Team: Talking about Elsweyr in Elder Scrolls Online
What's that? You don't want to stay in one place in Elder Scrolls Online? You want to go to Elsweyr? That's pretty understandable after...
Project Horseshoe’s design papers confirm decades of MMORPG lessons
Not everyone involved in game design is trying to squeeze every last penny out of you. Yes, a lot of them are, but many...
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2019
Working in this field has given me something of a sense of how a lot of the industry is going to play out. Take...
Elder Scrolls Online will launch Elsweyr and Necromancer in June, Wrathstone DLC in February
ZeniMax has just revealed that Elsweyr, homeland of the Khajiit, is indeed Elder Scrolls Online's next chapter. The devs kicked off their stream with...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 204: SpatialOS spasms
Justin and Bree discuss the Unity vs. SpatialOS showdown, the Destiny 2 Activision split and investigation, Elite's massive event, big updates for Guild Wars 2, FFXIV, and LOTRO, plus our adventures in ESO, LOTRO, SWG, and DDO, and reader mail on games that don't click with you, the MMOs we'd like to see built, and video game eyeballs.
Choose My Adventure: The lonesome job of star charting in Elite Dangerous
Today's edition of Choose My Adventure features results that were both a landslide and extremely close. On the one hand, most people suggested that...
Interview: Astellia’s western team on pay-to-win, themeparks, and dodging early access and battle royale
Yesterday we covered the news that South Korean born MMORPG Astellia is heading westward in 2019, with its holy trinity classes, solid PvE and...
The Bungie-Activision split could herald tough times ahead for Destiny 2
Following last week's announcement that Bungie would be cutting its business ties with Activision and taking sole control of Destiny 2, fans and players...
The Daily Grind: When was the last time an MMO actually lived up to its trailer hype?
The Guild Wars 2 subreddit was marveling this past weekend over the fact that the original Guild Wars 2 teaser trailer is coming up...
So many people showed up for Elite Dangerous’ Distant Worlds 2 event that the servers went boom
Elite Dangerous' massive Distant Worlds 2 expedition is officially underway.
Nearly 11,000 players - and developers! - ultimately signed up for the voyage, which set...
One Shots: 100% pure nightmare fuel
Oh hey! Nice to see you there! Do you think that you can stop screaming quite so loud? Yes, I know that our header...
Activision investors are now investigating whether the Bungie split involves securities fraud
Two days ago, Activision and Bungie announced an early split of their long-running partnership, a split that transferred publishing rights for the franchise back...
Guild Wars 2 Game Director Crystin Cox has departed ArenaNet
During research on an entirely unrelated article, we noticed that ArenaNet Game Director Crystin Cox has apparently moved on from her role on popular...
Activision is transferring Destiny publishing rights back to Bungie
Still more big changes are afoot at Activision: Bungie just announced that Activision is transferring publishing rights for Destiny back to Bungie.
"We have enjoyed...
What Destiny 2 could’ve learned about community puzzle gating… from Star Wars Galaxies
Say you're the developer of an online shooter, but you really want to add something that challenges the players in a world where they...
Tamriel Infinium: What teaser swag tells us about Elder Scrolls Online’s next chapter
I try to be as authentic as I can be. I believe it makes me more trustworthy as a reporter and reviewer. When a...
Elite: Dangerous players embark on an eight-month voyage to the edge of the galaxy
It might well be the mother of all community-driven events.
A group of Elite: Dangerous players are attempting to voyage together to the very edge...
Elder Scrolls Online is hyping its next chapter with a clicky Stream
Stoked for the Elder Scrolls Online chapter announcement next week? Already spoiled, or aiming to stay spoiler-free? Well, Bethsoft's promo right now on Twitch...
