‘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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PSA: The Elder Scrolls Online is half-price on Steam until June 5th
Are you a student just about to have a whole summer off with nothing to do but forget what you learned? Are you a...
Elite: Dangerous identifies issues with AI superweapons in the game
The most recent Elite: Dangerous patch had some issues, starting with the fact that AI ships were rocking impossibly powerful weapons that would destroy...
Guild Wars 2 asks players to vote on lore
ArenaNet has a fun new diversion for the Guild Wars 2 playerbase: You get to determine the lore name of the band living story heroes...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Why wave-ban Guild Wars 2 cheaters?
Last week, our very own Bree Royce summed up a response given by ArenaNet's Chris Cleary to a self-confessed hacker on the game's subreddit...
Elder Scrolls Online permabans scores of cheaters
There are few things more aggravating in online games than to clearly see people use hacks to cheat their way into riches and power,...
Getting perspective on Chronicles of Elyria’s planned PvP and PvE featureset
Anyone on the MassivelyOP team will probably tell you that I won't shut up about Chronicles of Elyria. There's so much to like about...
The Elder Scrolls Online launches the Dark Brotherhood DLC today
Rejoice, players of The Elder Scrolls Online, for today you can join in an elite confederation of ducks! Whether you feel that you're a...
The Stream Team: Hippity hoppity HEX is on its way!
Today, death comes upon the soft furry paws of a cuddly bunny as MassivelyOP's MJ dives back into the PvP campaign in HEX on...
The Daily Grind: Are you MMOing on Memorial Day?
It's Memorial Day here in the States, which means it's the first of three holidays this summer we'll spend with cookouts and patriotic parades and family...
One Shots: Bride of the comments section!
While I love any of you forever if you email in One Shots submissions, I think it's time once again to delve fully into...
Elite: Dangerous’ Engineers patch is now live
Fans of Elite: Dangerous have been waiting for the most recent patch for quite some time. The darn thing just seemed to keep getting...
Trinium Wars has gone free-to-play today
Trinium Wars has officially gone free-to-play today "due to many requests," says InselGames CEO Patrick Streppel.
"We have thought long and hard about this major...
Chronicles of Elyria AMA on alpha, middleware, griefing, and B2P
The Chronicles of Elyria team submitted itself to the wilds of an AMA on Reddit earlier this afternoon, allowing players to bombard the developers...
Elder Scrolls Online’s ‘personalities’ are a roleplayer’s dream
Roleplayers, today's Elder Scrolls Online blog post is going to make you super happy. ZeniMax is teasing a new feature called Personalities, the first...
The Crew boasts five million players
Would you believe that The Crew has five million players? Because apparently it has indeed just hit the five million mark, which is the...
Massively Overthinking: The stories inside MMORPGs
This week's topic comes to us from one of our dear Patrons, Roger.
"I love stories, and some games tell great stories. MMOs have trouble...
Analyst argues game devs are abandoning free-to-play in some genres
Red Fox Insights analyst Jake Parmley has another piece on Gamasutra this week, this one arguing that video game developers are "backing away from...
Funcom secures major private investments
If you're a fan of Funcom with a deep amount of concern for the company's long-term health, there's good news to be had today....
Aion’s Echoes of Eternity expansion bumps the level cap to 75
NCsoft announced this week that Aion's North American version is due to receive the 5.0 expansion, better known here as Echoes of Eternity. Here's...
The Daily Grind: What race are you dying to play in your MMORPG?
There are few things more aggravating than to see an awesome race in your MMO -- and then being told that you can't play...
