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Flameseeker Chronicles: Wrapping up Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire story ahead of season 4

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The launch of Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 4 will be upon us today, so it's all the more pressing that I wrap up...
Maybe here? Who knows.

Guild Wars 2 teases the next Fractal arriving with season 4

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There's another Fractal arriving with the next portion of Guild Wars 2's Living Story tomorrow, but where will it take you? What will it...

The Daily Grind: Did you take advantage of any Black Friday sales in MMOs this weekend?

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I did a ton of shopping - all online, mind you, as I'm not so far gone as to actually put on pants or...
If I recant this recommendation later, bury me with my money.

MassivelyOP’s 2017 PC hardware gift guide

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Since you're reading this, there's a good chance that you own a PC that you at least occasionally use for gaming, and there's an...
What can I say except ''you're welcome''

Perfect Ten: MMO things to be thankful about this year

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It's kind of hard to be thankful this year. Sure, some good things have happened this year, but we also have some things that,...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 145: Farewell Marvel Heroes and Master X Master

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Justin and Bree discuss the sunsets of Marvel Heroes and Master X Master, NCsoft's and Funcom's quarterly financials, EA's Star Wars Battlefront 2 business model fiasco, and Path of Exile's upcoming expansion, with a mailbag question on slowing down for classic WoW.

Jukebox Heroes: Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire’s soundtrack

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I feel comfortable in saying that I hold the Guild Wars franchise's soundtrack in high regard. There's excellent music across the board from a...

Check out Guild Wars 2’s ‘Daybreak’ living story season 4 trailer

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If you were excited about last week's Guild Wars 2 living story season 4 announcement but found the recap trailer wanting, welp, you're going...

MMO Mechanics: What can be learned from Guild Wars 2 Mountgate?

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Most often, MMO Mechanics articles focus on the gameplay mechanics that both make the MMO genre unique and those that diversify MMOs from one...

Global Chat: Why you need to be playing Warframe

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You know what's one MMO that seems to be capturing the interest of a lot of gamers these days? Warframe. It seems to be...

One Shots: Gassy and bloated

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I do think that we, as a culture, have become disturbingly obsessed with selfies, but I will always make an exception for anyone who...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 144: Harry Potter and the Deathly ARG

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Justin and Bree talk Guild Wars 2 mounts, the Harry Potter ARG, SWTOR's merge, WoW, LOTRO, Pocket Legends Adventures, Android games, and Bluehole's Ascent: Infinite Realm, with mailbag questions on GW2 marketing, visual effect shenanigans, and MMOs as escapism.

Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking more of Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire story

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As promised, Flameseeker Chronicles is back with a continuation of the Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire story deep-dive I've been crafting over the last few...

NCsoft Q3 2017: Lineage M drives record profits, Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire isn’t too shabby either

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NCsoft had an exceptionally good third financial quarter this year, reaching a record high in sales and operating profit for the company, and it's...
Where now?

Guild Wars 2’s fourth living story season is set to begin November 28

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ArenaNet just announced that the fourth season of living world content will kick off in Guild Wars 2 on November 28th. The teaser provides...
Too hot (hot damn)

Here’s how Guild Wars 2 players will go broke on Black Friday

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You know it's coming. When the turkey and pumpkin pie meet their demise, the Black Friday sales will start. Guild Wars 2 fans will...

Divining the details of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite from a Pokemon Go player’s perspective

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When we first heard rumors about a Harry Potter version of Pokemon Go, I said I could barely imagine what the game might be like before...
Wow, positive.

Perfect Ten: A list of all the MMORPGs I supposedly hate

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Did you know about all the MMOs I hate? I sure as heck didn't! I mean, I knew there were a few games I...
Reed.

Working As Intended: Guild Wars 2’s new mount licenses are still lockboxes, but they’re not the worst lockboxes

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Pretty much everyone assumed that back when Guild Wars 2 planned out mounts, it did so with its cash shop in mind. The game...
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Guild Wars 2 balances classes and adds spectacular new mounts – for a price

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Guild Wars 2 patched in new mounts today, and they're gorgeous. But don't get too excited; they're in gated behind a weird new RNG...

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