‘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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Choose My Adventure: New tutorials and old habits see Destiny 2’s hooks set in
I'm going to admit it to myself: In spite of my misgivings about what awaits me at the endgame, I can feel myself getting...
The Daily Grind: What are the worst ‘noob traps’ in MMOs?
A while back, when discussing Classic Guild Wars with MOP's Chris, who was playing it for Choose My Adventure, I found myself explaining that...
The Stream Team: Quest log clearing in Elder Scrolls Online
Just because Massively OP's MJ has (finally) completed all of the prologue quests in Elder Scrolls Online doesn't mean there's nothing left for her...
Destiny 2 is going down for its 24-hour maintenance ahead of tomorrow’s Lightfall expansion launch
If you had plans to fire up Destiny 2 today, then you might have missed our earlier coverage or don't follow the game's Twitter...
One Shots: That moment when you missed your cruise ship’s departure
The day had started so promisingly. You had docked in a tropical port full of free-flowing wine, endless parties, numerous souvenir shops, and nary...
Diablo III welcomes Season 28 while Diablo Immortal goes fishin’
Resolutely ignoring the looming presence of Diablo IV on the horizon, the other Diablo titles are keeping pretty busy these days. In fact, Diablo...
Artifact Krewe, a Guild Wars 2 exploration fan game, is out now
Is your favorite part of Guild Wars 2 getting to explore maps, jump around, discover treasures, and generally just see what the world has...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO characters we want to love but don’t
A few weeks ago, MOP reader Neurotic pinged the MOP Podcast with a question about characters we want to love but just don't. He...
Guild Wars 2 activates Twitch drops to celebrate a new chapter of the End of Dragons story
Are you excited about the next chapter of Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons story? Are you so excited that even if you aren't...
Destiny 2: Lightfall raises the stakes with its launch trailer
"Not all of us have lives to spare."
As a new villain whose head certainly doesn't look like an adorable chef's hat looms over the...
Vague Patch Notes: MMO events are not for the high-level playerbase
Let me start with a statement of fact: I actually really like limited-time events in MMORPGs. I don't like them as a means of...
Elder Scrolls Online highlights some of the quality-of-life and accessibility features coming with Update 37
As usual, the next update to Elder Scrolls Online isn't only about the Necrom expansion and all of its gubbins; it's also about Update...
Vitae Aeternum: Previewing New World’s first season and updated 2023 roadmap
Last week, Amazon Games invited members of the press to a presentation where it unveiled its plans for a new seasonal content model for...
The Stream Team: Battling Aetherblades Guild Wars 2
After a rocky start in Guild Wars 2's Sky Pirates, Massively OP's MJ is ready to take the fight right to the Aetherblades. She'll...
Whatever happened to Creativerse? For starters, it went fully buy-to-play
It's been a terribly long time since we checked in on Creativerse, a cutesy multiplayer voxelbox that launched out of early access way back...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 410: Cyberpunk meets gaslamp
Justin and Bree discuss Corepunk, Diablo IV, Palia, Nightingale, Blizzard, NCsoft, Pearl Abyss, and EG7/Daybreak, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online, and SWG Legends.
Destiny 2’s Bungie is awarded $4.3M in arbitration against aimbot maker
It's a very good day for Bungie and a not-so-great day for AimJunkies, the maker of a popular Destiny 2 cheat software. Games Industry...
Choose My Adventure: Returning to Destiny 2 was both bumpy and engaging
As we close out this random whim of mine to enter shooter MMOs for this month's Choose My Adventure, we clear out our list...
Elite Dangerous seeks the ‘thoughts and feelings’ of players about the ongoing Thargoid War
How do you feel about the aliens that are attacking the galaxy of Elite: Dangerous? In a gameplay sense, not necessarily about the aliens...
Ubisoft’s third quarter report sees sales up, net bookings down, and live games ‘perform solidly’
The third quarter report for 2022-2023 from Ubisoft is out, and it has some interesting figures for armchair financial followers, as well as some...
