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.

How the best devs are ‘fleeing in droves’ to escape the abusive games industry

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My only nephew is something of a math prodigy, and the fact that he wants to be a game designer when he grows up...

Destiny 2 hints at fall expansion, wastes players’ time with glitched strike drops

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The future of Destiny 2 will be revealed next week, as Bungie takes the stage on June 5th at noon EST to talk about...

ZeniMax apologizes for Elder Scrolls Online spyware, says it was ‘erroneously added’ and will be removed

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Hey who here loves - nay, adores - officially sanctioned spyware? Lots of hands staying in laps, we see. You all sure? You aren't...
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How a server explosion – and two epic devs – help keep Classic Guild Wars alive

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Sometimes things going wrong lead in good directions. According to a new interview on Kotaku, there are actually two developers keeping Guild Wars afloat...
I'm sure it's fine.

Chapter two of Elite Dangerous’ Beyond content lands June 28 with new missions and Thargoid developments

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Elite Dangerous fans, hope you got all your grinding in during last weekend's event because the next big thing is just on the other...

The next episode of Guild Wars 2’s living world season has apparently been delayed

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You might have noticed it's Tuesday, and there's been no big trailer drop for the next Guild Wars 2 living world episode. That's behind...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Deep-diving Guild Wars 2’s A Bug in the System (part 2)

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I have had plenty of time to digest the rest of Guild Wars 2's  A Bug in the System since the first part of my...

ArenaNet answers a slew of classic Guild Wars questions

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Guild Wars 1 may have been supplanted and largely deemed obsolete by its sequel, but rest assured, there still exists a multitude of fans...

The MOP Up: Hyper Universe is heading to Xbox One (May 27, 2018)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

Elite: Dangerous closes credit exploit, resulting in space saltiness

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Dealing with either a broken system, a credit exploit, or both, Frontier announced to its community this week that it was going to have...

Massively Overthinking: The case for rarity and randomness in MMO monetization

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Last week, Guild Wars 2's Crystin Cox gave a monetization interview to Gamasutra during which she made one specific argument I wanted to pull...

Grab a key for Wild Terra ahead of the holiday weekend courtesy of Juvty and MOP

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Itching for something to play this Memorial Day weekend? How about Wild Terra? The isometric sandbox recently celebrated the first anniversary of its release with...

PlayStation 4 heads into the end of its life cycle, making console MMOs nervous

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No console lives forever, although it seems like the more recent generations have enjoyed lengthy runs. Sony delivered some disconcerting news to fans this...
Now imagine you're dragging a sack.

Guild Wars 2 posts small patch, plans Classic Guild Wars retrospective Q&A

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Guild Wars 2's patch this week isn't a whopper like the balancing patch, but it does fix the nasty event bug in Bugtide Coast...

Tamriel Infinium: Eight things you need to know before jumping into Elder Scrolls Online’s Summerset

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Monday, the Elder Scrolls Online's Summerset chapter went live for early access accounts. For the first time since 1994, players can visit the island...
Pictured: Deep hurting.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 171: Bless you, my subscriber

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, Bless Online, Elder Scrolls Online Summerset, Worlds Adrift, Pantheon, Skull & Bones, and The Division 2, with mailbag questions on the Eastern MMO stigma and Sea of Thieves' new MMO paradigm.

Global Chat: Dipping back into MMO underwater combat

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Guild Wars 2's recent renovation of underwater combat has brought back some interest to this oft-neglected sphere of gameplay. Inventory Full's Bhagpuss used this...
Elite Dangerous

Elite Dangerous has big plans for a Memorial Day weekend bonus event

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Frontier isn't exactly known for running bonus weekends, but it's doing just that in Elite Dangerous as it joins the throng of online games...
Grotesque.

The Elder Scrolls Online shares Summerset patch notes, trailer ahead of PC launch

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You've heard all about the many, many features arriving in The Elder Scrolls Online when Summerset arrives, and it's arriving in force today. (For...

One Shots: A sense of place

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Why do you play MMORPGs? What keeps you questing through these ever-growing worlds? I think a lot of us might answer like Zyrusticae in...

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