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MMO Mechanics: Enhancing MMORPGs with experiential learning mechanics
Ever since I considered the responses to a Massively Overthinking article in which a developer asked if a prestige system to encourage replaying an...
Guild Wars 2 changes course on its economy and PvP
Guild Wars 2's resident economist John Smith made an announcement on the official forums yesterday, and no, it wasn't about butter, but it was...
Guild Wars 2 quietly inserts world-hopping event into this week’s patch
"Something unusual is happening at Gillscale Pond."
With this mysterious line in yesterday's Guild Wars 2 patch notes, players set off to investigate what this...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Fully unpacking Guild Wars 2’s Rising Flames
I've been aching to share more of my thoughts about Guild Wars 2's second Living World instalment for Season 3 and am finally convinced that enough...
Rumor: Possible Guild Wars 2 leak teases future content destination
An image that may show a map where Guild Wars 2 players might be headed in a future update for the game has been...
Guild Wars 2 devs on strange rocks, hatching eggs, and the making of Rising Flames
Now that Guild Wars 2 players have had an opportunity to play the Rising Flames update, they can learn a little more about the...
One Shots: The Guild Wars franchise, then and now
Any time I see someone post an MMO screenshot from older games, I feel like it benefits the historical record by adding another visible...
So one of Amazon’s new games is an MMORPG sandbox, and it’s called New World
Those ex-ArenaNet folks won't be going to waste at Amazon Game Studios after all: One of the three games the company is working on...
Battle Bards Episode 83: Triumphant Victory!
Triumph and victory — are they the same thing? Sometimes, but not always. On today’s breathtaking episode of Battle Bards, the team tackles triumphant...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 84: Rise of Irony
Justin, Eliot, and MJ discuss World of Fishing, WoW, RIFT, ARK, TSW, SWTOR, H&G, FFXIV, Destiny, TERA, DDO, LOTRO, Icarus, and GW2, with mailbag letters on MMO swag and art styles.
MMO publisher gPotato suffered a major account data breach in 2007
Think back to 2007: Statistically, you were probably playing World of Warcraft's The Burning Crusade, or maybe even Lord of the Rings, Vanguard, or...
Hear the stirring tunes of Guild Wars 2’s Living World Season 3
Still swooning over Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorn's soundtrack? That's so 2015, my friends. It's time to live in the now, and that...
The MOP Up: The Division opens its public test server (September 25, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
The Daily Grind: Are MMOs better the second time you play them?
Whenever someone makes a statement like "video games are better the second time you play them," my gut reaction is "nuh-uh!" That's exactly the...
Guild Wars 2 AMA covers maps, hearts, raids, and insider trading
Following the launch of the Rising Flames episode in Guild Wars 2 yesterday -- and the announcement that legendary weapons have returned to the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 83: The joy of cooking (in MMOs)
Justin and Bree discuss MMO cooking, WoW, GW2, Marvel Heroes, Atlas Reactor, Bless, and Trove, with a mailbag question on comment negativity.
Guild Wars 2 resumes development of legendary weapons
Guild Wars 2 players might recall that back in March, ArenaNet President and Game Director Mike O'Brien announced that he was instructing the team...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Rising Flames
Logging into your Guild Wars 2 account right now will grant you access to an absolute treat in the form of episode 2 of the...
Amazon Game Studios’ Breakaway might be a Norse-themed game
The clock is ticking down to September 29th, a date that will witness the reveal of at least one major project that Amazon Game...
Guild Wars 2: Eternal Coliseum PvP and the original Ring of Fire
Who's ready for Guild Wars 2 to open up a whole new landmass for us tomorrow? Yep, the Ring of Fire maps -- well,...
