‘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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Global Chat: Snap judgments of Overwatch
The talk of the blogger town has definitely been abuzz with impressions, thoughts, and snap judgments of Overwatch as it heads to release. Is...
The Elder Scrolls Online’s getting extra character slots and expanded crafting inventories
ZeniMax has a shortish dev piece out today running down the chief cash shop and sub changes coming when The Elder Scrolls Online's Dark Brotherhood...
Tamriel Infinium vs. Hyperspace Beacon: Elder Scrolls Online and SWTOR as storytelling giants
I think it’s all but obvious that Elder Scrolls Online and Star Wars: The Old Republic are enriched with lore. The Star Wars universe,...
Guild Wars 2 hacking post sheds light on 300 cheaters caught last April
If I had a dollar for every time someone wrote us a letter or comment about how he'd been unfairly banned from an MMORPG,...
The Secret World reveals the housing-esque Museum of the Occult
After hinting about a new Secret World feature with the monster T-shirt contest and letting players speculate for a week, devs finally revealed their plans...
Destiny poster leaks ‘Rise of Iron’ DLC
A photo of a promotional poster for Destiny popped up on Reddit last night, likely spoiling the name of the game's future DLC: Rise...
The Daily Grind: Is MMO ‘open’ development really good for the genre?
Massively OP's Andrew Ross and I were recently discussing how to approach an opinion piece on Chronicles of Elyria when he reminded me that...
Funcom’s Q1 2016 revenues, costs decline
Funcom's first quarter 2016 financial report is unlikely to shock anyone who read the 2015 annual report a few weeks ago. Revenue fell by...
Perfect Ten: My highlights from pre-launch MMO hype
Maybe the hype and anticipation of an upcoming MMORPG leaves you feeling burned out and turned off these days. Considering that some titles can...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Matt Firor on game population, not going F2P, and defining MMOs
ZeniMax Online’s Matt Firor told players back in April that the console versions of The Elder Scrolls Online had "opened the game up to...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking the proposed Guild Wars 2 WvW scoring improvements
In my last edition of Flameseeker Chronicles, I outlined ArenaNet's recent WvW player poll and discussed the possible implications of voting for each of...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Dark Brotherhood DLC buffs up the group finder
Are you into grouping in The Elder Scrolls Online? Good news for you: ZeniMax says today in a new dev blog that it's focused...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 65: Make yourself at home
Justin and Bree discuss Gigantic, NCsoft, WildStar, KingsIsle, Star Trek Online, Legion, and Crowfall, plus a mailbag question on media embargoes.
Guild Wars 2’s 64-bit client launches along with PvP Season 3
Guild Wars 2's 64-bit client is out of beta as of today, according to the patch notes released this morning. "The 32-bit client will...
The MOP Up: Blizzard’s mobile prospects (May 15, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
One Shots: You put a spell on me
One of the very few MMORPGs that my wife and I ever played together was Wizard101, and I think most of that time involved...
The Stream Team: Friday the 13th frolicking in The Secret World
When you play in The Secret World's filth too long, you're bound to get some on you! But that doesn't matter to MassivelyOP's MJ; she's...
NCsoft Q1 2016: Blade & Soul is booming, WildStar is tumbling
There are good pieces of news from NCsoft's first quarter financial report. For one thing, the company's year-on-year sales, profits, and net income are...
Chaos Theory: Making your (cosmetic) mark in The Secret World
When talking about The Secret World, one topic that can't help but come up is the contemporary setting. As far as MMOs go, TSW...
Global Chat: Which MMOs have the best quests?
For some players, quests are either those things that serve to annoy with reading (in a game!) or merely provide gussied-up reward packages. But...
