‘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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Massively OP Podcast Episode 462: Awaiting Brighter Shores
Justin and Bree discuss EverQuest's 25th birthday, Brighter Shores' announcement, Star Citizen's 1.0 tease, SWTOR's date night patch, Elder Scrolls Online's DLC, and LOTRO's Update 39, with adventures in ESO and LOTRO, plus two mailbag topics relating to the crafting show.
Lost Ark’s Breaker and fresh catch-up mechanics arrive in tomorrow’s Break Through to Thaemine
"Break Through to Thaemine" may not exactly roll off the tongue, but it's rolling out to Lost Ark's live servers tomorrow anyway. And headlining...
The Crew Motorfest zooms into a free weekend and new season
If you're the type of frugal gamer who sits on things until that magic word "free" pops up, then pay attention: The Crew Motorfest...
Destiny 2’s next content drop, Into the Light, is set for April 9
When Bungie admitted it was delaying Destiny 2's The Final Shape all the way to June, that meant seven-month-long Season of the Wish -...
The Steam Spring Sale brings savings for The Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2, Final Fantasy XIV, and more
Spring is about to spring and be sprung in Spring with... look, it's time for the Steam Spring Sale, one of the many times...
Elite Dangerous plans adjustments to Thargoid Titan system effects as players focus on their next target
Now that Elite: Dangerous players have been emboldened by their first victory against a Thargoid Titan, the fight is moving on to a new...
The Stream Team: Confronting Queen Labris in Guild Wars 2
From the random introduction of an evil queen to the whiplash change of stance from the general, last week's adventure in Guild Wars 2's...
Guild Wars 2 adds the charmingly baggy cargo pants to the Black Lion Trading Company
Clothes make the man, as the old saying goes, and Guild Wars 2 is hoping that you want to make yourself look really cool...
Who is Destiny 2 gonna call for cosmetics? Ghostbusters!
When there's something strange in your online shooter, who's Destiny 2's marketing department gonna call? Transmedia synergy!
Or, y'know, the Ghostbusters. Because there's a movie...
First impressions: Final Stand Ragnarok is not Camelot Unchained, but it’s a fun romp anyway
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
The Crew 2 heads into maintenance mode with this week’s final update
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
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
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,...
