buy to play

‘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.

First impressions: Final Stand Ragnarok is not Camelot Unchained, but it’s a fun romp anyway

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At the top of 2020, when City State Entertainment's Mark Jacobs first announced Final Stand Ragnarok - called Project Colossus back then - it...

The Stream Team: Obtaining free Orsinium goodies in Elder Scrolls Online

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Massively OP's MJ has the strangest luck. Shortly after she got Elder Scrolls Online's Orsinium DLC, it became a free gift for two March...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Scions of Ithelia DLC and update 41 are live on PC and Mac today

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And we're off: The first big update for Elder Scrolls Online has arrived today on PC and Mac in the form of the Scions...

The MOP Up: Myth of Empires pumps out even more servers

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The freshly released Myth of Empires rolled out yet another batch of New Era servers this past weekend with realms in Oceania, Asia, Europe,...

The newly recognized Activision QA United is now the biggest union in the US games industry

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Yet another group of Activision-Blizzard workers under Microsoft have voted to unionize: a reported 600 Activision central QA workers in Texas, Minnesota, and California...

Here’s how Elder Scrolls Online is compensating players for the Orsinium DLC freebie bug

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Elder Scrolls Online's big Orsinium DLC giveaway this past week hasn't gone off as smoothly as ZeniMax Online Studios hoped. The original plan was...

Vague Patch Notes: Sort your own MMO community, guy

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One of the things I note is that every so often - not all the time, but every so often - something will just...

Here’s what we know so far about Elder Scrolls Online’s 2024 roadmap

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Not quite two months ago, ZeniMax Online Studios released not just the plot of Elder Scrolls Online's latest yearly arc but also the basic...
IN CARS~

The Crew 2 heads into maintenance mode with this week’s final update

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We suspected it was coming, but we can still be sad about it: Ubisoft is putting The Crew 2 into maintenance mode following its...

Tamriel Infinium: Ranking Elder Scrolls Online’s 10 races from worst to best

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One thing that I appreciate about Elder Scrolls Online is that any race can be any class. None of that racial or gender-locking for...

The Stream Team: Searching for Nephus in Guild Wars 2

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The mists have cleared over the inner zone of Guild Wars 2's Nayos, and Massively OP's MJ gets to explore a new area! Well,...

So who wants hoverboards? Destiny 2’s Guardian Games is live with free stuff

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Who do you you love? Hover... boards. And by god, Destiny 2 is going to deliver them. Right now, in fact, as the much-touted...

Elder Scrolls Online previews Scions of Ithelia’s Bedlam Veil, launching on PC next week

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The Scions of Ithelia DLC has been on The Elder Scrolls Online's PTS since the end of January, so surely endgamers and dataminers have...

The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on ‘backfilling’ in instanced MMO content?

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My husband and son have been playing a lot of Destiny 2 again, and a few weekends back I overheard them complaining about backfilling....

Action MMORPG Vindictus unveils a standalone single-player action RPG Vindictus Defying Fate

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Are you a fan of Vindictus enough that you'd be willing to play a standalone single-player title cut from the MMO's cloth? Then you're...

Former Bungie composer announces he doesn’t want to enter politics but is running for Congress anyway

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Most people nowadays can only dream of being able to retire in general comfort and security, but it looks as if former Destiny and...
With strong eye contact.

Wisdom of Nym: What people don’t really get about the Warrior of Light in Final Fantasy XIV

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Not so long ago, I saw a very foolish comment complaining about Final Fantasy XIV from someone who did not play or think about...

Fight or Kite: Myth of Empires’ early gameplay is classic survival fare, but not as amazing as the trailer

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A title like Myth of Empires rolls off the tongue like a turtle running down a flight of stairs: You can’t imagine how that...

Elite Dangerous players successfully destroy the first Thargoid Titan

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Update 18 of Elite: Dangerous was subtitled Kill the Titans, so that headline is probably a foregone conclusion, but all the same it's worth...

Destiny 2’s Guardian Games event will give everyone a sweet hoverboard March 5

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The Guardian Games event in Destiny 2 is about a lot of things - medals, bragging rights, friendly competition - but this year's event...

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