‘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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The Daily Grind: Do alternate and classic servers risk alienating existing MMO fans?
Back in December, Guild Wars 2 boss Josh Davis told fans that "alternate servers and hardcore modes aren’t a priority for ArenaNet," as the...
Massively Overthinking: MMOs and ‘fresh piece of gum’ syndrome
Back in March, MOP reader Exarch Cathedra posted a comment to a Daily Grind about daily logins and sticky MMOs that caught my attention,...
Skull & Bones is already on 50% discount two months after launch
After being delayed approximately four thousand times, to the point that we were even making jokes about it to the date it released, how...
Fractured adds new playable demon races and cash shop with its May 8th Invasion update
Dynamight Studios formally announced Fractured Online's next patch last night: Dubbed The Invasion, it heralds the arrival of two new player demon races, specifically...
Elder Scrolls Online *might* have all rolled-back accounts unlocked by the end of the week
Earlier this week, Elder Scrolls Online players were annoyed by a nasty bug that duplicated their efforts between the PTS and North American live...
Perfect Ten: The 10 types of MMO rotation
Rotations! They're not just just for your tires any more; they're in your MMORPGs, determining what order you should press the shiny buttons on...
The Stream Team: Fashion distractions and Super Adventure Box in Guild Wars 2
It's not as if Massively OP's MJ is using Guild Wars 2's introduction of a fashion view today to distract her from the SOTO...
Tower of Fantasy debuts a teaser trailer for its April 30 Celestial Destiny update
The hype machine is beginning to spool up in Tower of Fantasy, as the shared world RPG has started talking up the April 30th...
Guild Wars 2’s retro Super Adventure Box returns today with World 3 Test Zone updates
Retro music at the ready, folks: It's time to go back to Super Adventure Box in Guild Wars 2 as the one-time April Fools'...
Choose My Adventure: Battling New World tank builds, the wider meta, and personal stubbornness
New World is getting under my skin.
I'll better explain myself soon, but before I do, I want to point out that this sudden frustration with...
Fight or Kite: Gigantic is a fantastic MOBA, but it’s missing a bit of Q and A and TLC
Over the last couple of months, I’ve been keeping a cursory eye on the development and release of Gigantic: Rampage Edition - another resurrected...
Elder Scrolls Online is rolling back a ton of NA accounts after last night’s PTS database fiasco
If you happened to log into the PC NA server for Elder Scrolls Online last night, well, you couldn't log into Elder Scrolls Online...
Ubisoft pulls The Crew 1 from player libraries, encourages them to ‘check the store to pursue your adventures’
Last March was the final bell tolling for multiplayer racer The Crew 1, as Ubisoft completed an announced sunsetting of its servers, effectively making...
Guild Wars 2 teases next expansion, plans cosmetic inspection, and preps Super Adventure Box
Furbish up your "Fashion Wars" jokes, friends, because Guild Wars 2 is leaning hard into it. This morning, ArenaNet announced that this week's update...
Guild Wars 2 players can now ‘game, grow, and touch grass’ with officially licensed… plant seeds
There is a lot of plant life growing all over the world of Guild Wars 2 - and some of it even isn't trying...
Destiny 2 outlines April 30 Pantheon activity and The Final Shape’s HUD updates
While much of what's happening in Destiny 2 is naturally focused on the content release that is Into the Light, Bungie's weekly newsletter continues...
PSA: Elder Scrolls Online is handing out its Thieves Guild DLC for free starting April 15
Who doesn't love free DLC? If you're an Elder Scrolls Online player and an in-game thievery enjoyer, then an anniversary promotion has you covered,...
Diablo IV boss discusses whether season 4 constitutes a whole new game
If I had a nickel for every time a game dev or a gamer insisted that a patch to a game constituted a whole...
Into the Super-Verse: What to pick for your Incarnate powers in City of Heroes
Last week in Into the Super-Verse, I offered a quick explanation for how you can get started with the process of sorting out the...
Elder Scrolls Online deep-dives the scribing system arriving with Gold Road
Probably the most compelling content coming in Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road - and certainly the system that'll stick to the ribs long after...
