‘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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Perfect Ten: My MMO hate list
One thing that I strive for in my professional career is basing things on sources more robust than my own biases. That's not to...
Elder Scrolls Online offers two-week early access head start for Morrowind
ZeniMax has just announced that PC and Mac Elder Scrolls Online players who pick up the digital upgrade version of Morrowind will start in...
Massively OP Exclusive: Hard questions about Secret World Legends
We sat down with Funcom to ask tough questions on The Secret World / Secret World Legends transition. (Video interview.)
The Stream Team: Continuing the Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series CMA
After a few hiccups with voting (not to mention walking!), Massively OP's MJ figured things out and made it through the first part of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 116: Bree’s virtual garage sale
Justin and Bree discuss Ashes of Creation, Blizzard, Darkfall Rise of Agon, Guild Wars 2, Marvel Heroes, WildStar, Neverwinter, SWTOR, and Ultima Online, with a mailbag question on sandbox MMOs.
Global Chat: Die inventory management die!
Do you have inventory management with the passion of a thousand burning suns? Have you lost most of the vision in your left eye...
Elder Scrolls Online teases Morrowind’s Great Houses in a new video
Snarky Morag Tong assassin Naryu Virian returns in another Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind video today, this time about the upcoming expansion's Great Houses.
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Secret World Legends launches June 26; check out the new trailer
When Funcom told everyone a few weeks ago that Secret World Legends was still on track for spring, MMO gamers were skeptical. Technically, they...
Elder Scrolls Online outlines Morrowind’s Clockwork City raid
Listen up, raiders: The Elder Scrolls Online's Morrowind expansion is out in just a month, and you're going to want to be prepared for...
Listen to these brand-new Guild Wars 2 and EVE Online music tracks
An odd but interesting connection between Guild Wars 2 and EVE Online is that both games use Soundcloud extensively to post their soundtrack pieces...
Massively Overthinking: Competitive PvE in MMORPGs
During last week's podcast, Justin and I bumped into a tangential topic about competitive PvE and how relatively rare it is in MMORPGs, which...
One Shots: Lonely hearts
Are gamers really lonely? Do we flock to MMORPGs as a response to that? I'm pondering these thoughts today following the response of a...
Dev stream highlights Secret World Legends’ weapon abilities
Fans are eager to see and learn more about Secret World Legends, and devs complied with a new livestream. While they couldn't answer all...
The Daily Grind: Do you seek out MMORPG leaks?
Over the past couple of months, the MMORPG community has worked its way through massive leaks of top-secret info: first for Elder Scrolls Online's...
Elder Scrolls Online previews Morrowind’s dwemer ruins
Remember Naryu Virian? She's the snarky assassin fronting Elder Scrolls Online's Morrowind tour videos, and she's back again today with a disdainful travelogue on...
Activision-Blizzard Q1 2017: Blizzard’s online games drove Activision-Blizzard profits last quarter
Activision-Blizzard can't claim "biggest quarter ever" for the quarter ending March 2017, but it continues to rake in huge sums of money, enough to at...
Guild Wars 2 players organize Pride March Tyria 2017 for June 24
Player advocates are organizing a pride march in Guild Wars 2 set for June 24th and 25th. The game is well-known in the MMORPG...
Chaos Theory: Which faction should you choose in Secret World?
While a spring launch of Secret World Legends is not a guarantee it's still a hope, so it's not too soon to be thinking...
Diablo III sums up why Necromancers are getting smaller sets and weaker cooldowns
Had you forgotten about the Diablo III Q&A stream about the Necromancer? Because that happened. Not to worry, though; there's a full summary available...
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Unlike some gamers, I actually like Star Wars: The Old Republic's Trooper storyline. In fact, one of the most meaningful choices in the whole game is made...