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Seattle-based studio responsible for Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2.

Guild Wars 1 fans petition ArenaNet for HD remake

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Here's some food for thought on an October morning: Would you be interested and/or willing to play a high definition remake of the original...

Jennifer Hale argues in favor of voice actor strike

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If you play video games with sound on, you've probably heard Jennifer Hale's voice more than once: She's a voice actress with countless credits...

One Shots: Devil’s Night

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We had a tremendous response to last week's call for Halloween screenshots from MMOs, and I'd like to encourage you to keep sending them...

The Stream Team: Guild War 2’s evil Halloween jumping puzzle

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Lots of games have Halloween events, but how many have features that can truly be billed as evil? Guild Wars 2 does! The Mad...

Guild Wars 2 heard you liked Halloween farming, so…

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Last night, ArenaNet end boss Mike O'Brien gave the Guild Wars 2 farming meta one step forward and one step back by announcing the team...
Losing in a way that's incidentally the same as not in fact losing at all.

Massively Overthinking: Real solutions to the MMO toxicity problem

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Toxicity. It's plagued online spaces since long before there were MMORPGs and other online video games, as any old school BBS user can attest....

Here’s a first look at Guild Wars 2’s animated legendary armor

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ArenaNet has this afternoon released a brief look at the legendary armor -- or at least, the heavy armor version of it -- promised...

Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King is live

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Candy corn litters the streets of Lion's Arch today and the super creepy grinning moon has returned: Yes, the Shadow of the Mad King...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Gaming playstyles, science, and Guild Wars 2

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I was curious recently about what specific personality traits or personal qualities lead to my enjoyment of MMOs in general and Guild Wars 2 in particular,...

Fan project remasters the original Guild Wars Prophecies trailer

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The Guild Wars franchise has been known for terrific art style and some rather cinematic cutscenes over the years, dating all of the way...
Remember, if we meet any primitive cultures on this planet, I'm the god. Unless they're one of those cultures that kills their gods, in which case Bradley is the god.

Video game voice actors to strike on October 21st

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Voice acting, increasingly, is a big part of MMOs; while Star Wars: The Old Republic puts it forth as a core feature, games like...

Global Chat: Is Destiny’s Rise of Iron any good?

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If you don't have a console but were still interested in hearing whether or not Destiny: Rise of Iron was any good, fret not:...
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Guild Wars 2 warns of incoming balance adjustments

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Will Guild Wars 2 ever attain perfect balance with all of its classes and skills? Probably not, but such is the way of all...
SWTOR

Massively Overthinking: The classes MMORPGs never do

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No one wants to play Uncle Owen, a certain MMORPG exec famously said -- except, you know, for all the people who really, really...
This isn't how it had to be.

Perfect Ten: Incompetent leaders in MMORPGs

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Leadership is difficult. You have to get a group of people to work together when they may or may not be naturally inclined to...
shoot until you win

Guild Wars 2: PvP poll and legendary (weapon) tournament

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Are you and your friends good enough at Guild Wars 2 to earn legendary weapons? On November 5th and 6th, ArenaNet and Academy Gaming...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 86: One Tamriel, two voices, three expansions

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Ultima Online, RIFT, Meridian 59, SWTOR, the EQ franchise, ESO One Tamriel, WoW's subs, and Crowfall's SWG tendencies, with mailbag letters on dealing with character boosts and Guild Wars 2's new cadence.

Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King Halloween events begin October 18

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If candy corn elementals are your thing, get ready for the return of Guild Wars 2's annual Halloween festivities. ArenaNet posted the date this...
And now, it's party time.

The Daily Grind: Does your MMO playstyle track with your age and gender?

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Gaming research firm Quantic Foundry posted a new blog last week revealing the results of its surveys cross-referencing gender, age, and playstyle in video...
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Vikki and Momo meet the tengu in Guild Wars 2’s latest lore piece

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Still following the adventures of bespectackled Asuran gal Vikki and her not-really-a-pink-moa Momo? Guild Wars 2's writers have delivered another installment of her story...

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