‘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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Here’s how to jury-rig a VR alternative for Elite: Dangerous
If you've had dreams of flying spaceships in the third dimension but were too poor to afford an Oculus Rift, then one clever gamer...
Beta players are welcomed back to a freebie Elder Scrolls Online weekend
The Elder Scrolls Online would like beta players who never bought the game to come back and see the game in its new buy-to-play...
Sanctions force World of Warcraft, Diablo III ban in Crimea
When gamers are caught in the crossfire of international politics, bad things can happen.
Due to US sanctions against Russia, World of Warcraft and Diablo...
Global Chat: Are MMO players too mean to game developers?
Is it too easy to forget that MMOs, like all video games, are made by people just like you and I? Belghast over at...
Guild Wars 2 hopes to reinspire interest in story
It's hard to be a Sylvari in Guild Wars 2 at the moment. After all, the plant people have an undeniable tie to the...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online sucked me in with werewolves
A couple of weeks ago in Massively Overthinking, we talked about making a game sticky without vertical progression. Although the question was a bit...
Guild Wars 2 memorializes a fallen mother
Last September, a Guild Wars 2 player shared a story about his departed wife. She died from complications during the birth of the couple's...
The Elder Scrolls Online celebrates its first anniversary with a video
It might be hard to believe, but it's been a whole year since The Elder Scrolls Online launched. Specifically, it was a year as...
Here are some cute Elder Scrolls Online cash shop doggies
"There's new stock coming to the Crown Store," ZeniMax says. "A cartful of friendly (and maybe a tad mischievous) new pets" will arrive in...
Destiny fixes raid bugs, balances strike difficulty
Both raids and strikes lie heavily upon the minds of Destiny's development team as it prepares a number of fixes in the coming Update...
The Stream Team: Two troublemakers take on The Elder Scrolls Online
Interesting things happen when MassivelyOP's MJ and Larry team up in The Elder Scrolls Online. Exploring the justice system was quite the experience last time,...
Ascent is MMO space simming done right
My favorite thing about Ascent: The Space Game is its planetary rotation. It's a small thing, granted, but the first time I sat still...
Have fun in Guild Wars 2’s ‘jungle playground’
Just because Guild Wars 2 is adding more zones with Heart of Thorns doesn't mean that these maps will be the same-old experiences with...
The Soapbox: The misguided quest for MMO stickiness
This guest Soapbox was originally commissioned in 2015 through Massively Overpowered's Kickstarter campaign and is authored by Tyler F.M. Edwards, who blogs at www.superior-realities.com....
The Stream Team: Tag-teaming The Secret World’s Tokyo story missions
With The Secret World's Issue #11 release creeping ever closer, MassivelyOP's MJ has to finish up the story missions from Issues #9 and #10...
Need a Guild Wars 2 story refresher? Here you go.
Whether you've played through Guild Wars 2's living story to date and haven't kept every detail straight or you need some help in untangling...
Elite: Dangerous is now available on Steam
Have you yearned to play Elite: Dangerous but could not due to arcane rituals preventing you from playing any game that is not readily...
Diablo III previews upcoming Season 3 rewards
Diablo III players who want to take part in a brand-new season of play don't have much longer to wait. The third season starts...
The Stream Team: Gallivanting through Guild Wars 2
It's no joke! MassivelyOP's MJ is indeed returning to Guild Wars 2 to prowl the land and take in some new sights. As beautiful...
Choose My Adventure: Torchlight, too
March is but a memory. April is here. And while a new month certainly brings new things to Choose My Adventure, we've got just...
