‘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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Halo Infinite and Elder Scrolls Online teams were hit by Microsoft’s 10,000-person layoff
Yesterday's Microsoft layoffs were just as bad as anticipated - 10,000 jobs slashed in one day - and it gets worse for gamers, as...
The Stream Team: Starting Guild Wars 2’s Living World Season 1 for the first time
Now that Massively OP's MJ has finally completed Guild Wars 2's personal story, she's ready to dive into Living World Season 1. It's a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 405: Give me throne or give me liberty
Justin and Bree discuss Throne & Liberty, Skull & Bones' delay, roadmaps for the EverQuest MMOs, and John Smedley's departure from Amazon, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on the Wizards of the Coast D&D mess and reimagining alts in MMOs.
Destiny 2 teases Lightfall’s cyberpunk metropolis Neomuna, Lunar New Year events
Destiny 2 gamers gearing up for the launch of Lightfall next month are being treated to a brand-new trailer from Bungie today, resplendent in...
Choose My Adventure: Nightfall might end up being the superior classic Guild Wars starting experience
I was pretty sure I was going to go into Factions after last week's Choose My Adventure, but a final surge in voting saw...
Vitae Aeternum: New World should do more with its housing
I find the history of player housing in New World a strange one. Prior to launch, I had the impression housing was being treated...
One Shots: Looking forward to a rainy day
Is there anything as agonizingly tantalizing as receiving a gift that's for a very specific situation? You can't wait to use it, but it...
The Stream Team: Celebrating the Year of the Bunny in Guild Wars 2
It takes 12 long years to come around, but Massively OP's MJ finally gets to celebrate the year of the bunny! And she'll be...
The Stream Team: Blowing up space rocks for fun and profit in Elite Dangerous
There's gold in them thar asteroids! Or tritium, or void opals, or maybe just basic ore. Whatever is in them thar asteroids, MOP's Chris...
Destiny 2 gives you a doggo to pet, waves farewell to Stadia
Every game developer these days know that players will just about lose their minds if a cute dog makes an appearance, which is why...
Massively Overthinking: The biggest 2022 MMO trainwrecks (almost) nobody noticed
As we wrap up our end-of-the-year and turn-of-the-calendar content until next December, there's one more recurring Massively Overthinking I like to do - and...
Destiny 2 offers a brief preview of updates arriving in the next two weeks
Normally plans for the future of Destiny 2 are outlined in the game's weekly newsletter, but the devs at Bungie have decided to kick...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2023
Years ago, I did the first version of this yearly column in a one-off format in the middle of the year just because I...
The Elder Scrolls Online’s big 2023 reveal is set for January 25
If you're still wondering what exactly the dissolution of year-long story arcs will mean for the future of The Elder Scrolls Online, you won't...
Wayfinder’s second PC test and first PlayStation test kick off next week
Earlier this week, we reported that the newly introduced Wayfinder was already in the middle of its first wave of testing with another one...
Guild Wars 2’s Lunar New Year festival is live for the Year of the Rabbit
Lunar New Year doesn't technically begin until January 22nd, but try telling that to the MMO genre, which seldom misses an opportunity to party...
Choose My Adventure: How good advice led to some minor comfort with Classic Guild Wars
I have to admit, the Choose My Adventure voting did not fall the way I had expected it to last week. Apparently folks were...
Elite Dangerous will patch Update 14 issues late this month, schedules Updates 15 and 16 for this year
The new year has been met by the devs of Elite: Dangerous with its latest newsletter, which grants a general roadmap of update plans...
One Shots: There’s snow way I’m turning around
Psst. Hey. You. Come over here, but keep it quiet. Listen, Bel's in a lot of trouble with the snowman mafia, and it's uncertain...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online faces an uphill battle in 2023
Let me tell you, it is a strange time to be returning to Elder Scrolls Online. After a strong stint in the game last...
