MMO Week in Review: Guild Wars 2 celebrates four years (August 28, 2016)

    
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Guild Wars 2 had an interesting fourth anniversary week: A massive bug led to uncharacteristic downtime and a rollback for the game, punctuated by the arrival of birthday and anniversary gifts. Then, research firm Superdata sent the game back into the spotlight by including it on its list of top five premium PC games by revenue for the month of July, a good sign for the game after a disappointing spring. And Massively OP’s Tina delivered a smashing guide to what you ought to be doing in GW2 while awaiting the next episode of the living story.

Meanwhile? World of Warcraft: Legion launches Tuesday. It’s the deep breath before the plunge.

Read on for the very best of this week’s MMO news and opinions.

THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES
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Funcom warns of system-wide forum data breach - A blaze of Twitter messages has just erupted to inform Funcom's community that all of its game forums have been breached by hackers and user information should be considered compromised. The…
Overwatch spawns a mysterious ARG teasing Sombra - Overwatch fans have been chasing clues this month in what appears to be a Blizzard-backed viral ARG revolving around Sombra, the character teased earlier this month. The Overwatch forums played host…
Exploring Japan’s Pokemon Go culture - As some readers may know, I've spent the last few years in Japan trying to tackle the local gaming scene, online and off. While Japan may be the birthplace of…
THIS WEEK’S CASTS & STREAMS
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