‘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: Catching up with Guild Wars 2’s Keeper of Beasts
Massively OP's MJ had a very successful first mission in GW2's Order of Whispers. In fact, she was promoted and given a second mission...
Guild Wars 2 preps Shadow of the Mad King for next week
As promised in Guild Wars 2's final roadmap of 2022, Halloween returns to the MMO next week, along with the Mad King's Clock Tower...
Elder Scrolls Online players have made the Firesong DLC free thanks to their efforts in Heroes of High Isle event
Congratulations, Elder Scrolls Online players, you've gotten yourselves a free DLC. The end of September saw the MMORPG kick off the community-driven Heroes of...
The Stream Team: Storming the castle in Elder Scrolls Online
Massively OP's MJ may not be Dread Pirate Roberts, but she still gets to have fun storming the castle in Elder Scrolls Online! She...
One Shots: The Old Lion’s Arch Fan Club
While it was certainly gutsy for Guild Wars 2 to smash up and replace the main city hub of Lion's Arch back in the...
Bungie explains how cheat detection and human error led to bans for innocent Destiny 2 players
In a perfect world, cheat detection software and algorithms would be a bit more careful and selective in who it bans, but in the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most challenging boss fight you’ve ever attempted in an MMO?
If you're a PvP dungeoneer or raider, you probably have at least one good story about a seriously challenging boss. I don't mean the...
Massively Overthinking: Do you take vacation time to play MMOs?
Back when Amazon was busy merging several dozen Lost Ark servers, I saw a comment thread where people were grousing about being locked out...
Elder Scrolls Online players stuck on Stadia will be able to transfer to PC with all their stuff
Last week's abrupt announcement that Google will be sunsetting Stadia in January took a lot of gaming studios by surprise, including MMO studios. As...
Guild Wars 2 players are no longer seeing double in the Black Citadel thanks to hotfix
A hotfix applied to Guild Wars 2 has generated some discussions among the game's community, but maybe not for the reasons one might expect....
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming goes to Guild Wars
In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch...
The Stream Team: A Charr decoy in Guild Wars 2
In order to protect the informant, Massively OP's MJ continues her first big mission with the Order of Whispers by planning a bait and...
Guild Wars 2’s latest balance patch tackles spec tradeoffs and defensive passives
As promised, Guild Wars 2's latest balance update is live for players today, with tweaks for multiple specs and passive defensive traits.
"Many elite specializations...
Guild Wars 2 maps out dates for upcoming events and patch releases for the rest of 2022
There are not many months left in the Year of This Weird Algorithm 2022, and it looks like Guild Wars 2 is ready to...
Elder Scrolls Online kicks out a gameplay teaser trailer for the upcoming Firesong DLC
What sort of song would fire sing? What would it sound like? Would it be the most metal jam that ever rocked your face?...
The Daily Grind: How many MMO toons can you juggle at once?
I may have overdone it with the City of Heroes toons.
I'm currently working on a project to level several dozen characters up so I...
Myst Online introduces a new fan-made Age to its open-sourced world
The next Age of Myst Online is here -- but this time it's the players, rather than the development team, that's taking the community...
Destiny 2 dishes on creating Season of the Haunted’s story arc and prepares a few minor updates
Did you enjoy the story beats that came out of Destiny 2's Season of the Haunted? Would you like to learn more about how...
The Daily Grind: Do you engage in ‘mapping’ in explorable MMORPGs?
A while back, we did a Daily Grind on "vestigial organ" design in MMOs, and I mentioned Guild Wars 2's leveling system as being...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Firesong DLC launches November 1 with 15 hours of story
During this afternoon's livestream, ZeniMax Online Studios took the wraps off the last Elder Scrolls Online DLC of 2022: Firesong. Expect it out on...
