‘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 previews Update 15’s new ship tech, new Thargoid foes, and a new ground mission
Earlier this week we learned that Update 15 for Elite: Dangerous would be getting a May 9th release date but we didn't know anything...
Destiny 2 is raising its standalone season prices, players are naturally displeased
It's not just MMORPG subs that have gone up over the last year: Even season passes are creeping up in some online titles. The...
Elite Dangerous’ Update 15 is launching May 9, but we still don’t know what’s in it
Players of Elite: Dangerous have mostly known about Update 15 as the one that got pushed back into May, but now Frontier Developments is...
Requia Online Reborn brings an ‘accessible’ form of the mobile TCG RPG MMO to Steam early access on June 23
It's not just a TCG, and it's not quite an MMORPG, but it does have a little bit of all three of these acronyms...
Eden Eternal has relaunched with a side order of NFTs and a delay on Steam
It's re-launch day for Eden Eternal, and if you haven't been following along, well sit back because we're about to do a recap, and...
Destiny 2’s Guardian Games event returns with more rewards, activities, and class-based bragging rights
It's not too often that regular players of Destiny 2 would be surprised when events kick off in the looter shooter, but just in...
The Soapbox: MMO housing is so much more than a frivolous feature
When The Sims launched in 2000, what seemed like a dull and laughable concept on paper proved to be one of the most compelling...
The Stream Team: Going to town for the Master of Peace in Guild Wars 2
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 420: The New, Mad World of Warcraft
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2's content cadence, the Microsoft Activision-Blizzard buyout, Blizzard's messy financials, WoW's 10.1 patch, the end of forums for New World and Lost Ark, the death of a whole class in MapleStory, the messy launch of Mad World, and the surprise return of Fractured, plus adventures in LOTRO and Star Trek Online.
Guild Wars 2’s balance patch brings bugs, buffs, and boundaries on gambling
As promised, the next spring balance patch is upon Guild Wars 2 today, although it's apparently been a bit of a technical trainwreck thus...
Destiny 2 rips $12M out of yet another maker of cheating software in latest lawsuit win
The legal team of Destiny 2 is once again marking a notch in the win column, as a 2021 lawsuit against the creator of...
Guild Wars 2 teases next expansion and update and the plan for specs and balance in summer roadmap
Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet is kicking off May with a new dev blog and roadmap today. Game director Josh Davis and crew begin...
Original Guild Wars maps can be explored outside of the game thanks to a community project
Do you ever have a hankering to return to your old stomping grounds and poke around every nook and cranny without being annoyed by...
Destiny 2 readies for some Olympic-level competition as the Guardian Games return on May 2
The thrill of victory. The agony of defeat. The sound of sweatlord PvPers furiously typing their grievances on forums. It's the Guardian Games of...
One Shots: Gesundheit!
I can't imagine what it would be like to witness a T. Rex sneezing, but I can imagine that it wouldn't be a quiet,...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO studio that doesn’t even make a game you like?
I'm going to dip slightly outside of true MMOs to answer this one and pick Bungie as my choice. Destiny 2 is not a...
Massively Overthinking: The MMOs you know you’re done with
A few podcasts ago, Justin and I fell into a discussion about MMOs we knew we were done with. Not games we hate or...
Guild Wars 2 improves trading post speed thanks to a software upgrade
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The Stream Team: Starting Season 2 of Guild Wars 2’s Living World
Now that's she's finally experienced Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 1, Massively OP's MJ is excited to go through the rest of the...
The Stream Team: A dose of dailies in Destiny 2
MOP's Chris is back on the grind in Destiny 2 as he looks to clear out some missions, earn some gear (hopefully), and continue...
