‘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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The Stream Team: Further adventures in Guild Wars’ old Ascalon
The CMA voting public has spoken! MOP's Chris is going to continue his adventure in the original Guild Wars base game, which means he's...
Guild Wars 2 is doing away with DX9 compatibility in April
If you're still using a computer running a DirectX 9 GPU to play Guild Wars 2, first of all, that's some serious dedication to...
End-of-Year Eleven: The top MMOs to watch in 2023
You know how some people like to push this narrative that "MMOs are dying?" If that were actually true, then my job to round...
Elite Dangerous lore post hints at an upcoming rise in the amount of anti-xeno weapons ships can field
If your answer to the Thargoid threat in Elite: Dangerous is to shoot them with anti-xeno weaponry, you're already very familiar with the hard...
Guild Wars 2’s Lunar New Year festival returns (to Tyria) next week
I hope you guys don't suffer from leporiphobia because you're about to see a whole lot of rabbits pretty much everywhere for the next...
Microsoft’s ZeniMax QA just formed the largest games industry union in the country
Just before the holiday break, workers at Microsoft's ZeniMax Media - including Elder Scrolls Online's ZeniMax Online Studios and Bethesda itself - announced their...
The Stream Team: Zapping Guild Wars 2’s Zhaitan
Although it has taken her years to finally even get to it, Massively OP's MJ is on the cusp of finishing the Guild Wars...
Choose My Adventure: Guild Wars delivers a shock to the system after months in the sequel
We're starting the new year of Choose My Adventure by hopping in to an older game, the original Guild Wars. I'm honestly not too...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v6.0
And that's a wrap on this year in history! While everyone says farewell to 2022, here at TGA we're always looking way back at...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the brightest future in 2023?
Howsabout a little positivity for the last weekday of the year? That's right, we've brought back 'round the "brightest future" topic, and I think...
Massively Overthinking: Our 2023 MMO resolutions
I know that not everyone does "resolutions," and that even most folks who make them don't actually stick with them. And when it comes...
End-of-Year Eleven: The best value MMOs going into 2023
Every year when I do this post, I muse about what "value" actually means for MMOs because it's actually a tricky proposition and that...
The Stream Team: Cleansing tombs with Trahearne in Guild Wars 2
After watching the ghosts of the past share the importance of the funeral rites of the Orr from Yore in Guild Wars 2, Massively...
Choose My Adventure: My time inside Guild Wars 2’s dungeons and Elon Riverlands
It was partially a letdown, partially a surprise in my trip through Guild Wars 2 this time around. The objectives were pretty clear: GO...
Fight or Kite: The many ways today’s MMOs are failing PvPers
Last week, the MassivelyOP writing crew released its award for the best PvP MMO of the year - yet I couldn’t bring myself to...
Massively Uplifting: A season of gains and losses in the MMO world
Where has the year gone? Fall has wrapped up, winter is beginning, and the end of the year draws nigh. Today, many will be...
One Shots: The best player-submitted MMO screenshots of 2022
For our very last One Shots column of 2022, we're going to take a break from the routine to hand out awards to our...
Battle Bards Episode 220: Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons
Whether or not you like dragons, you have to admit that Guild Wars 2 certainly ended them in style! Join Syl and Syp as...
Steam’s winter sale offers many deep discounts on FFXIV, Elder Scrolls Online, New World and more
If you're not already broke from buying presents this holiday season, why not treat yourself to the annual gamer gluttony that is the Steam...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2022
It's tradition for us to pick out one big story or narrative arc that defined the year and slap it with an award label,...
