‘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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Examining the skills and missions of Elder Scrolls Online’s Dark Brotherhood DLC
So let's say you're planning on joining the Dark Brotherhood once The Elder Scrolls Online's next DLC launches. How, exactly, do you plan on...
Surprise! The Secret World launches Issue #15
Eureka, I've got it! That's what The Secret World fans are saying about Issue #15 now that the servers are back up. If this...
How Guild Wars 2 will improve WvW scoring
The Guild Wars 2 community has been asking for improvements to scoring in the game's world-vs-world battles, and ArenaNet is moving swiftly to bring...
Atlas Reactor welcomes one and all this weekend
Atlas Reactor is working hard to make a name for itself as a unique twist in the multiplayer PvP space. One of its challenges...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 64: To boldly return
Justin and Bree discuss Star Trek Online, Chronicles of Elyria, Marvel Heroes, WildStar, TERA, and LOTRO, plus a mailbag question on metacritic for MMOs.
How Elder Scrolls Online converts veteran ranks to champion points
ZeniMax has just posted a deep-dive into the veteran rank system obliteration coming with The Elder Scrolls Online's Dark Brotherhood DLC. "The goal for...
The Daily Grind: What do you think about NPC party members in MMORPGs?
I've been thinking a lot about classic Guild Wars lately -- the anniversary always does this to me. And one of my favorite parts...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite type of grind in an MMORPG?
Grind is not a thing people generally love in MMORPGs, but what's actually considered to be grind varies wildly from player to player. You...
The MOP Up: Setting a VR world record (May 8, 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: Slipping between shadows
I'm not one of the stealthy types in MMOs, mostly because very few games give me the chance to hang upside-down from rafters and...
The Game Archaeologist: Myst Online Uru Live
The impact of Myst's launch in 1993 was akin to an atomic bomb going off in the PC gaming world. The leap forward in graphical...
Elite: Dangerous launches Engineers update beta
Elite: Dangerous' 1.6 and Engineers 2.1 update have finally arrived... in beta, that is.
Frontier Head of Community Zac Antonaci posted the patch notes to...
The Stream Team: Lost in The Secret World’s labyrinth
Although MassivelyOP's MJ thought for sure she could finish The Secret World's Issue #14 last week, when she finally got through the maze of the...
The Secret World works on revamping elite skills
Hope you're not too attached to your elite skills in The Secret World, because change is coming. Big change. Sweeping, epic reform that in...
Elite: Dangerous is pushing the Engineers beta out on May 5th
Eagerly awaiting the next update to Elite: Dangerous? It's been pushed back a fair bit, but it has been confirmed that the next update...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Weighing in on the Guild Wars 2 WvW poll
The first WvW poll is about to close and the votes have been flying in during the last few days, driving home that Guild Wars...
Diablo III adds its five-year sword as a transmog reward
How long do you have to work at your current job before you get a sword? If you worked for Blizzard Entertainment, the answer...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 63: Leisure suit Larry
Justin and Larry discuss pristine WoW servers, TSW, Trove, Champs Online, SWTOR, lockboxes, and birthdays in CoH, LOTRO, and Guild Wars.
Funcom launches The Park on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
In the mood for a bit of horror in May? If you passed on The Park (the single-player narrative spin-off from The Secret World)...
Elite: Dangerous features in a new Oculus Rift trailer
A new Oculus trailer this week is intent on reminding everyone that Elite: Dangerous is indeed available on the Oculus Rift VR platform.
"Frontier was...
