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.

Guild Chat Special Edition: Interviewing Guild Wars 2 guild POOF

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Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column through which we examine all things guild-related and solve problems faced by fellow members of the Massively...

Guild Wars 1 programmer answers fan questions, affirms the game’s continued existence

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Do you have any burning questions about Guild Wars? No, not Guild Wars 2 -- the original, the one that has long fallen out...

Albion Online launches Lancelot with fishing and guild updates, grants everyone a week of sub play

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Albion Online's Lancelot update, its third major release since launch, is officially live this morning. The star of the update, as we've previously covered,...
There's not a lot of nice things to say about ArenaNet lately, so I'm glad to find things.

Guild Wars 2 living season AMA covers maps, PvP, API, bugs, avocado smoothies, the Olmakhan, and more

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With Guild Wars 2's latest living story episode out of the gate, ArenaNet's devs sat for another Reddit AMA. They don't talk much future...
hooray sorta

Anonymous sources confirm that Diablo III is headed to the Nintendo Switch

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You currently cannot play Diablo III on as many different platforms as you can play, say, Skyrim. But it looks like the number of...

Albion Online’s upcoming fishing system hopes to reel in casuals and hardcores alike

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Fishing has become a hot topic in MMOs this week, thanks to the likes of RuneScape and Albion Online. The latter will see the...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 160: Defiance ’till the end

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Justin and Bree discuss Sea of Thieves, Defiance 2050, Funcom, Secret World, Guild Wars 2, and Villagers & Heroes, plus new updates in Neverwinter, WoW, Black Desert, and Path of Exile, with a mailbag question on all the MMOs we're looking forward to.

Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s A Bug in the System

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Today is the day we've been waiting for: After a short delay, episode 2 of Guild Wars 2's fourth Living World season, A Bug in...

The MOP Up: Closers chooses its next character (March 4, 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...

Global Chat: Elder Scrolls Online’s disguised gameplay

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It seems as though some players' attention has shifted back to Elder Scrolls Online this spring, especially with the recent Dragon Bones DLC drop. Telwyn...

Rumor: Diablo III might be heading to Nintendo Switch

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Let us see if you are bright enough to crack this clue. Blizzard Entertainment sent out a tweet earlier this week in which it...
Cursing.

Destiny 2 adds in Nightfall strike scoring and text chat for PC

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After reading through the most recent Destiny 2 patch notes, you can join us in a sigh of relief at the fact that the...
Impressive!

Elder Scrolls Online kicks off Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood celebration events and sales

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First Guild Wars 2, now Elder Scrolls Online: It's heist week in MMORPGs. ZeniMax announced this morning that it's repromoting the shadowy corners of...

Battle Bards Episode 116: There be dragons

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Mighty and majestic, scaly in hide and shrewd of mind, smoking with fury unabated… these are the Battle Bards! Also, dragons. Yes, in today’s...

Neocron’s latest build is more stable and better looking

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The community team behind Neocron's current development should be lauded for how much it works to both keep the game operating and improve upon...

Enter to win a copy of Wild Terra from Juvty and Massively OP!

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February was a big month for MMORPG sandbox Wild Terra. Developer Juvty Worlds heavily overhauled the taming and mount system in the game as of...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 159: Panda punching

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Justin and Bree discuss all the new stuff coming in March, plus news from TERA, RIFT Prime, H1Z1, Black Desert, Guild Wars 2, and secret projects, with mailbag questions on the fast pace of the site and MMO terminology.
I own two books about this game's lore, for reference.

The Soapbox: Six responses to the ‘gaming is wrong/evil/an addiction’ argument

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I recently went on a rant about gaming, but it wasn't directed at gaming. It was in defense of gaming. I am so weary...

Elite Dangerous’ Beyond – Chapter One launches today

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Commanders, today is your day: Elite Dangerous' Beyond - Chapter One goes live this afternoon after today's lengthy downtime. As we've previously noted, the...

Guild Wars 2’s next living story episode, A Bug in the System, launches March 6

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After just a week's delay, ArenaNet has rolled out the teaser trailer for Guild Wars 2's next living story episode. Dubbed A Bug in the...

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