Expanshalones are standalone expansions, expansions for which a base game is not required (but not because it’s been bundled with said base game). Classic Guild Wars is particularly well-known for this campaign-style update.
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Massively Overthinking: Would you pay for a Guild Wars 1 revival?
WoodenPotatoes had a fun video this past weekend about Classic Guild Wars 1, and I fully admit I clicked on it just to hear...
Perfect Ten: The 10 phases of MMORPG pre-launch hysteria
One of my private theories about MMO players -- one I'm now making public -- is that we all have the collective memories of...
Destiny 2 announces Halloween contests, outlines plans to make Sparrows faster in Season 23
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Flameseeker Chronicles: What we learned (and didn’t) from Guild Wars 2’s spring 2023 roadmap
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Choose My Adventure: Landing on a stable character in the original Guild Wars
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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...
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...
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...
Massively Overthinking: The best MMO music of 2022
Years ago, MOP's Justin listened to hundreds - no, probably more like thousands - of MMO music tracks to narrow this topic down to...
Massively Overthinking: Changing ‘mains’ in MMOs
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Vague Patch Notes: Yes, sandbox MMOs need tutorials and guidance, too
I'm going to make some sandbox fans a little miffed right here with my opening premise. Yes, your sandbox MMO needs tutorials and probably...
Flameseeker Chronicles: What could Guild Wars 2’s fourth expansion be about?
Ever since ArenaNet's studio leadership came out early in the year and confirmed that planning has begun on a fourth expansion, players have no...
Destiny 2 offers a deep dive into Witch Queen’s ‘Void 3.0’ and legendary difficulty campaign
With The Witch Queen expansion of Destiny 2 now just weeks away, Bungie seems eager to open the informational floodgates. One of the largest...
Eternal Magic, infamous for alleged plagiarism, has sunsetted as of today
If you can stretch your brain all the way back to the long, long ago of 2019, you might recall that we saw the...
Massively Overthinking: Should MMOs have endings – or at least end points?
I suspect most MMO players are going to read that question and immediately balk at it. We think of MMOs as being defined in...
Massively Overthinking: What class is missing from your favorite MMO?
I've been obsessed with Albion Online the last few weeks - it really feels so much like Ultima Online to me. Ultima Online but...
Warframe rolls out to the Xbox X|S with multiplatform Call of the Tempestarii, now live
If you love the railjack experience in Warframe, you're going to want to follow the Call of the Tempestarii, which is live on all...
Skyforge turns six years old this week as the Aelion Day celebrations begin
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Destiny 2 discusses adjustments to armor mod vendors and certain weapon perks coming in Season 14
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Destiny 2 outlines the return of Grandmaster Nightfalls and upcoming Stasis PvP adjustments
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