‘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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Diablo III’s rerun of the Light’s Calling for Season 34 releases following its scheduling delay
Diablo III fans who were ready to relive the Light's Calling theme for the OARPG's Season 34 had to sit and wait for a...
The MOP Up: Stardew Valley’s creator isn’t quite done with the game yet
Stardew Valley hasn't reached the end of its development cycle. So when will Stardew Valley's creator stop working on the game? "If I feel like it's...
One Shots: Prop painting is a contact sport
If you go to an art school where they teach the art of Pictomancy, you're going to want to stash those small, fine brushes...
Guild Wars 2, Overwatch 2 compensate players for recent tech and sale bungles
This is a tale of two MMO studios and how they handled recent fiascos competently. Happy Friday!
First, ArenaNet announced last night that it is...
Destiny 2 highlights new activity, new and returning weapons, and Star Wars cosmetics arriving with Heresy update
The devs of Destiny 2 have once again put together a look ahead to its February 4th Heresy episode release in both video and...
Elder Scrolls Legends has officially sunsetted after years of lingering in maintenance mode
Back in November, we covered the sad news that multiplayer CCG Elder Scrolls Legends was truly doomed. After siloing the game off under a...
The Daily Grind: The perfect MMO guild doesn’t exist… or does it?
I must admit right up front that this is not my guild. I have a guild of weirdos who live mostly on Discord now....
Massively Overthinking: The MMOs where suddenly you’re a different character now
I was recently thumbing through my Lord of the Rings Online screenshots when I stumbled into one I'd taken of a player's extremely smart...
Elite Dangerous dates the release of its colonization feature for February 26
Consider us surprised and perhaps a little bit confused - mostly because of the lack of details - but Elite: Dangerous devs have just...
Guild Wars 2 has finally updated its region transfer system, but it’s not gonna make anyone happy
Last March, following one of Guild Wars 2's world restructuring beta events, ArenaNet told players that it was planning to update its system for...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO’s February shows a little love
Pokemon Go's Dual Destiny season trudges on in February, though there is at least some reasonable progress being made in terms of "getting" the playerbase....
The Stream Team: The joys of Rising Flames in Guild Wars 2
What's the best way to get Massively OP's MJ pumped for a story chapter in Guild Wars 2? Name it Rising Flames! Having just...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 503: The Quinfail
Justin and Bree discuss The Quinfall's messy early access, Camelot Unchained's worrisome future, New World's broken servers, and Throne and Liberty's server merge, with adventures in LOTRO, Fallout 76, WoW Classic, Guild Wars 2, and Playnite, plus a mailbag topic on what kind of MMO character template we have IRL.
Guild Wars 2’s lunar new year festival is live with snake tail pants
As promised, Guild Wars 2's Lunar New Year event is officially live this afternoon. "Shed the old year and slither into the next -...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best small group content for 2-3 players?
One of the reasons my family keeps gravitating back to MMOs like Guild Wars 2 and City of Heroes is that they have an...
The Stream Team: Elder Scrolls Online’s Golden Pursuits and the final of Many Paths
After crossing two of the Many Paths to gather drink ingredients to help her realm's Ithelia regain clarity, Massively OP's MJ is set to...
Ubisoft is laying off another 185 game devs in Europe
The bad news for Ubisoft just keeps rolling this week as the company has admitted it's laying off another 185 people and closing down...
One Shots: Weird place for an AirBnB but OK
Listen. I know it had great reviews and a Super Host. I know that it offers wifi and a full granola bar. But there's...
Guild Wars 2 previews its PvP-focused class balancing arriving February 11
It's that time once again, Guild Wars 2 players - time to take a look at the balance adjustments coming to the MMO's classes...
Destiny 2 outlines Heresy episode’s updated content release cadence, Trials rework, and gear changes
We're just under two weeks away from the next episode release for Destiny 2, and that means Bungie is bursting at the seams with...
