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Global Chat: Which mobs do you love killing in MMOs?

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Everyone has mobs that they particularly enjoy offing in MMORPGs -- sometimes so much so that we go out of our way to get...

Guild Wars 2 is giving female Charr and Asura precursor breast armor

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While it's been safe to assume for most MMOs that a female character of any race would have a bosom, Guild Wars 2 challenged...

Battle Bards Episode 76: Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns

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“It’s high time that we talk about the Heart of Thorns expansion for Guild Wars 2!” Syl says, and we couldn’t agree more. The Battle...
And now, it's party time.

Guild Wars 2 players fume over new lockbox cosmetics

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Accompanying today's Guild Wars 2 raid wing patch is a cash shop update that has players pissed. New to the cash shop is the Privateer Weapon...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s third raid wing

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Forsaken Thicket is set to get much larger and... lanier... today: I was given the opportunity to test out the third wing of Guild Wars 2's...

Guild Wars 2 releases sound design video for latest raid wing

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Did you hear something? Oh, it was just the sound of a Guild Wars 2 boss making death-rattle noises. Carry on. ArenaNet's just posted its third...
Holy moly.

The Daily Grind: What would you do in your MMO if you were suddenly uber wealthy?

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Today's Daily Grind is inspired by a Reddit thread posed to Guild Wars 2 players asking them what they'd do if they suddenly had...

EVE Evolved: Four PvE improvements EVE needs

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EVE Online is typically thought of as being a heavily PvP-oriented game, and for good reason. Players can attack each other anywhere in the...

Here’s how Guild Wars 2 blends creature and environment art to build a raid boss

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ArenaNet has a fresh Guild Wars 2 video out today as part of its raid design series, this one focused on the art design...
Both hands!

Guild Wars 2’s Bobby Stein says raids won’t gate main story progress

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ArenaNet's Narrative Lead Bobby Stein has hit the Guild Wars 2 forums to address some of the concerns raised this week when a forum...

Raiding might be a component in Guild Wars 2’s living story season three

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If you were hoping that raiding will quietly disappear in Guild Wars 2 the way so many other features have over the years, you...

Guild Wars 2 devs discuss how the game’s latest raid wing was built

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ArenaNet is rolling out the hype machine for next week's Guild Wars 2 update, the star of which is the third wing of its...

Guild Wars 2 teases final wing of its first raid in new trailer

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ArenaNet has just dropped a teaser trailer for Stronghold of the Faithful, Guild Wars 2's next raid wing. "In the third and final wing of...

Here’s what’s going on with Guild Wars 2’s plot right now

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We wouldn't blame you if you have fallen behind in Guild Wars 2's complex mythology and exciting narrative. To help you get up to...

The MOP Up: EVE Online phases out DirectX 9 (June 5, 2016)

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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...

Massively Overthinking: Solving the MMORPG grouping problem

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Massively OP Patron Roger has another great question for the crew this week. "I have the hardest time pushing myself to join a group, but...
Asura are not cute. Why have we agreed to pretend they are?

Guild Wars 2 asks players to vote on lore

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ArenaNet has a fun new diversion for the Guild Wars 2 playerbase: You get to determine the lore name of the band living story heroes...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Why wave-ban Guild Wars 2 cheaters?

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Last week, our very own Bree Royce summed up a response given by ArenaNet's Chris Cleary to a self-confessed hacker on the game's subreddit...

Getting perspective on Chronicles of Elyria’s planned PvP and PvE featureset

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Anyone on the MassivelyOP team will probably tell you that I won't shut up about Chronicles of Elyria. There's so much to like about...

The Daily Grind: Are you MMOing on Memorial Day?

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It's Memorial Day here in the States, which means it's the first of three holidays this summer we'll spend with cookouts and patriotic parades and family...

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