‘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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Blizzard sources dish on Warcraft Go, Diablo IV, Diablo Immortal, China, and Activision’s culture shift
Kotaku has a wild article up today ahead of the holiday with input from nearly a dozen anonymous current and former Blizzard employees spilling...
SuperData: Red Dead Redemption 2 and Call of Duty dominate October as Blizzard titles slip
Surprising absolutely no one, Red Dead Redemption 2 killed it (and the horse it rode in on) in October. According to SuperData's digital games...
MassivelyOP’s 2018 PC hardware gift guide
With the holidays coming up and Northern Hemisphere winter just getting started, you might be thinking about what PC upgrades will keep you cozy...
Elite: Dangerous drops a surprise Thargoid Incursion update for beta testing
Hello there, Elite: Dangerous testers! It's time for fighting off Thargoids in a surprise beta update with the inclusion of Thargoid Incursions and Conflict...
Diablo III PTS patch reworks class set bonuses, adds quality-of-life improvements
This Wednesday, November 21st, Blizzard will be bringing the Diablo III PTS up to give players the opportunity to preview and test the game's...
Massively OP’s 2018 gift guide for the MMO fan
Hello, readers! It's pre-holiday-shopping-season sale time again, and our sales team has put together a selection of artisanal hand-crafted MMOs and not-so-MMOs for the...
Guild Wars 2 bringing Roller Beetle races to Tyria next week
Ladies and gentlemen, take your starting positions and rev up your -- beetles? That's right: Next week, ArenaNet is bringing the high-speed thrills of...
Elite: Dangerous guild adopts sea cow, presumably plans to take it to space
The manatee, commonly known as a sea cow, are herbivorous marine animals known mainly for being so ugly that they're cute, coming into conflict...
One Shots: Take me home, country roads
I can't tell if Deekay Plus' headlining shot from Fallout 76 here is that of a gorgeous West Virginia sunrise -- or an in-progress...
Elite Dangerous adds two new ships, new scenarios to Beyond – Chapter Four beta server
Frontier Developments is continuing beta testing of Elite Dangerous's upcoming Beyond - Chapter Four update, which is now entering week three, and the beta...
Vague Patch Notes: When World of Warcraft breaks off your friendship
I spent a bunch of time post-BlizzCon thinking about why World of Warcraft personally bothered me. Not why its design pitfalls bothered me; that's...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that cater to the time-limited player
Every once in a while we receive emails here at Massively OP that share a similar sentiment. Usually that boils down to, "I love...
The Elder Scrolls Online slows down combat updates to focus on the shape of combat
There's been a lot of work done in The Elder Scrolls Online over the years to make combat feel better. Anyone who played the...
Destiny 2 encourages players to invite friends for exclusive loot
Is it just me, or does "refer your friend to the game and get stuff" sort of undercut the idea that the most fun...
Guild Wars 2’s latest update revamps runes and sigils
The folks at ArenaNet have released the latest game update for Guild Wars 2, and it brings an overhaul to the game's runes and...
Bungie contradicts Activision disappointment in Destiny 2: Forsaken
Players certainly seem to have been happy with Destiny 2: Forsaken, which many players have cited as a similar update in nature to the...
The MOP Up: Pagan Online slams ARPGs and MOBAs together
Tack this on your list of action-RPGs to watch. Mad Head Games announced that it is developing a blend of ARPG and MOBA with...
Fortnite hits 8.3 million concurrent players
Belaying any claims that it's last year's fad or on the way out, Fortnite has surged forward to cross the 8.3 million threshold. And...
The Stream Team: Enlisting some ARK enforcers
Massively OP's MJ has a tech stego and some monkeys, but she really wants her very own enforcer! So far it is the closest...
NCsoft Q3 2018: NCsoft sales continue downward slide while online PC sales trend up
Slides may be fun when you're a kid, but they're not something you want to see when you're a multinational games corporation that's operating...
