‘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: Ten well-known voice actors behind SWTOR’s characters
When it launched, Star Wars: The Old Republic was one of the biggest video game voice-over projects that BioWare or any studio had ever...
Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns has a full TwitchCon schedule
TwitchCon 2015 is cranking up this Friday and Saturday in San Francisco, and you'd better believe that Guild Wars 2 will be there in...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Understanding Guild Wars 2’s Mordrem Guard
If you pay attention to the images I use throughout my Flameseeker Chronicles articles, you'll notice that one of my favourite characters to include...
Battle Bards podcast debates The Crew’s soundtrack
Battle Bards, the world's first and only MMO music podcast, is back this week with a look at The Crew's soundtrack. The album was...
Here’s a longer look at The Secret World’s hoverboard
Last week Funcom teased the upcoming hoverboard mount in The Secret World. That was just a 9-second clip, though. Today, the firm has posted...
Guild Wars 2 teases the Ranger elite specialization
It's not fun to be last. Someone has to be, sure, but if you're a Ranger in Guild Wars 2, not only do you...
Destiny’s new expansion creates a headache for non-buyers
Destiny players are flocking by droves to upgrade to the new Taken King expansion... but what about those who decided not to jump on...
The MOP Up: All news must go!
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: Welcome to the party, pal!
"You have to love randomly running across a band when you enter a building in Bree," reader Yrys said in conjunction with this picture...
The Game Archaeologist: Anarchy Online
"The future in your hands."
This was Funcom's promise to gamers in the early days of the 2000s. Even as the MMORPG genre slowly took...
The Daily Grind: What are your favorite MMO NPC quotes?
"You are wrinkly manager man. It's your job to be old and die so we can learn and be sad. Also you pay for...
The Secret World introduces hoverboards and lucky coins
Recently, Lead Designer Romain Amiel went to the forums to explain The Secret World’s new currency and gift bag in more detail, but it was...
Elder Scrolls Online is coming to Japan in 2016
Can Elder Scrolls Online take root in an eastern country such as Japan? That's what we're going to find out, as ESO will be...
Elite producer talks updates, events, and CQC testing
Frontier's latest website update talks up Elite's CQC beta and stress testing. The firm will throw Xbox and PC/Mac players together into one testing...
Destiny: The Taken King breaks PlayStation records
If you had any doubt that Destiny is a huge force in the online world right now, Activision's announcement that the game is smashing...
Guild Wars 2 player finds himself trapped in the Super Adventure Box
Players in Guild Wars 2 have been eagerly awaiting the return of the Super Adventure Box content more or less since the moment it...
Guild Wars 2’s Scrapper turns the Engineer into a tank
Guild Wars 2's Engineer has long been the master of long-ranged attacks, using rifles, turrets, grenades, pistols, and other gadgets to bring the pain...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Imperial City DLC is now on consoles
Cyrodiil's capital district is now available on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 systems. Elder Scrolls Online's Imperial City DLC pack includes new PvE and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 30: Slumbering MMOs
Justin and Bree discuss WildStar, SWTOR, UO, ArcheAge, Asheron's Call, Otherland, Elite, GW2, and RIFT, with mailbag questions on early access MMOs.
Tamriel Infinium: Six great things to do in Elder Scrolls Online that aren’t endgame
Two weeks ago, ZeniMax launched the Imperial City DLC for Elder Scrolls Online, and yet I have little desire to check the new content...
