‘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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Guild Wars 2 players host LGBT pride march on June 26
Sometimes there just aren't enough pride parades in your area. Sometimes you don't feel safe being out in your local community. Heck, maybe you...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs for mature audiences only
As with mainstream movies, it seems that the MMORPG industry has settled comfortably into the PG-13 zone for its approach and themes. Sure, there's...
E3 2016: Perfect World’s Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Livelock
One thing that I see over and over in our comments sections when we cover Perfect World's MMOs is hatred for lockboxes and keys bought...
E3 2016: Check out The Elder Scrolls Online’s big presentation
There were big announcements for The Elder Scrolls Online at this year's E3, including the new universal level scaling system of One Tamriel. But...
Global Chat: Which mobs do you love killing in MMOs?
Everyone has mobs that they particularly enjoy offing in MMORPGs -- sometimes so much so that we go out of our way to get...
Guild Wars 2 is giving female Charr and Asura precursor breast armor
While it's been safe to assume for most MMOs that a female character of any race would have a bosom, Guild Wars 2 challenged...
The Secret World’s new video puts the Museum of the Occult on exhibition
If our exclusive preview of The Secret World's Museum of the Occult last week has you pumped for more, then good news -- Funcom's...
Tamriel Infinium: The pros and cons of Elder Scrolls Online’s ‘One Tamriel’ level-syncing
Despite being a two-year-old game, The Elder Scrolls Online has made a good showing at E3, which really shouldn't have surprised me -- but it...
E3 2016: Elder Scrolls Online’s player housing is coming in early 2017
Elder Scrolls Online players eager to move into their own dwellings will need to wait a bit longer to do so -- but the...
Battle Bards Episode 76: Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns
“It’s high time that we talk about the Heart of Thorns expansion for Guild Wars 2!” Syl says, and we couldn’t agree more. The Battle...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 69: WildSteam
Justin and Bree discuss ESO, WoW, WildStar, Nostalrius, TSW, Star Citizen, Landmark, and FFXIV, with a mailbag question on MMO dungeons.
Guild Wars 2 players fume over new lockbox cosmetics
Accompanying today's Guild Wars 2 raid wing patch is a cash shop update that has players pissed. New to the cash shop is the Privateer Weapon...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s third raid wing
Forsaken Thicket is set to get much larger and... lanier... today: I was given the opportunity to test out the third wing of Guild Wars 2's...
Elder Scrolls Online delays PS4 Dark Brotherhood DLC launch
You wake up in a cold sweat in the dead of night. "Honey," you say, "I just had the worst dream. I dreamt that...
The Daily Grind: What games are you pumped to see at E3 2016?
You wouldn't know it, what with most of its big announcements having already taken place over the weekend thereby rendering actual attendance a bit...
E3 2016: The Elder Scrolls VI is a long way away
The launch day of The Elder Scrolls VI shall not be seen by you, or your children, or your children's children. Not for a...
Guild Wars 2 releases sound design video for latest raid wing
Did you hear something?
Oh, it was just the sound of a Guild Wars 2 boss making death-rattle noises. Carry on.
ArenaNet's just posted its third...
E3 2016: Elder Scrolls Online accumulates 7M players, announces game-wide auto-scaling
Elder Scrolls Online took to its studio stage pre-E3 late last night to make a major announcement: The MMO will soon feature universal level-scaling for all players...
The Daily Grind: What would you do in your MMO if you were suddenly uber wealthy?
Today's Daily Grind is inspired by a Reddit thread posed to Guild Wars 2 players asking them what they'd do if they suddenly had...
EVE Evolved: Four PvE improvements EVE needs
EVE Online is typically thought of as being a heavily PvP-oriented game, and for good reason. Players can attack each other anywhere in the...
