‘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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Elite: Dangerous offering Steam keys to game owners
Good news if you've purchased or are thinking of purchasing Elite: Dangerous from the game's website: Frontier said that it will be offering Steam...
Scope out the Guild Wars 2 Dragonhunter summary
You can't play a Dragonhunter Guardian in Guild Wars 2 right now no matter how much you might want to be wielding a bow...
Week in Review: WoW slips to 7.1M subs [May 10, 2015]
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMOÂ news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review!
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MMO Mechanics: Three favourite action combat systems
Virtually every MMO contains dangerous places that are filled with other players or NPCs that will attack characters on site, and many also feature...
Elite’s Mac client launches May 12, Powerplay beta on May 20
This week's Elite: Dangerous newsletter covers quite a bit of ground. Firstly, the game's Mac client will launch on May 12th. Mac and PC...
Echo of Soul trailer puts the spotlight on PvP
Don't worry, PvP people -- Echo of Soul isn't going to leave you high and dry. The now-in-closed-beta Korean MMO has released a new video...
Guild Wars 2 initially aims for a small desert borderlands WvW test
Even as Guild Wars 2 players are diligently farming zones in the hopes of obtaining a Heart of Thorns PvE beta key, ArenaNet is...
The Stream Team: Breaking into a Secret World safehouse
So close, and yet so far! Part of The Secret World's Issue #10 remains unfinished for Massively OP's MJ; after completing the clubhouse, she...
Blizzard still succeeding despite World of Warcraft slide
There's no doubt that Blizzard took a mighty hit this past quarter as it lost three million World of Warcraft subscribers in the post-expansion,...
Elder Scrolls Online video demonstrates freedom and choice
Do you like freedom? Do you like choices? Well, of course you do; you're a living person, not RoboTron 2010. Elder Scrolls Online purports...
Guild Wars 2 unveils the Guardian elite spec: Dragonhunter
Here we are in the wilds of Guild Wars 2 once again, and you can see we've got a big old dragon right there....
Destiny prepares to throw players into the Prison of Elders
The bad news: You've been sentenced to prison and are severely outnumbered by powerful, ancient beings. The good news: The warden has allowed you...
Chaos Theory: Reaping the Whirlwind in The Secret World’s Issue #11
To spoil or not to spoil; that is the question. When it comes to The Secret World, that's a very serious question indeed! As much...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking Guild Wars 2’s beta drop RNG
Never before have I seen Guild Wars 2's Dry Top and the Silverwastes hive with such activity as we've seen this week. In case...
Elder Scrolls Online hints at Imperial City, Orsinium DLC
The next major milestone for The Elder Scrolls Online is its console release, obviously. But what comes after that? When can players on the...
Plan out your Guild Wars 2 specializations with this tool
One of the big changes coming with Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is the revamp of the trait system into the new specializations....
Global Chat: What happens to original MMOs when they get sequels?
Telwyn at GamingSF asks a question that I've contemplated from time to time: When an MMO gets a sequel, what happens to the original...
There’s an ARG going on in Elite: Dangerous right now
Elite: Dangerous players are in the midst of an ARG based around in-game artifacts that were tracked down by a coordinated community effort. Producer...
ArenaNet strips, kills, deletes, and bans Guild Wars 2 cheater
Today's lesson is that you shouldn't cheat in online games. Alas, a Guild Wars 2 character had to die to provide this valuable information...
The Daily Grind: Should more MMOs include advanced classes?
One of the very first RPGs that I played was Final Fantasy for the NES. I remember pouring over the manual at my friend's...
