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

MMO Mechanics: Innovating mechanics to refresh Guild Wars 2

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I usually keep MMO Mechanics quite general by looking at several games as examples to highlight my point regarding the mechanics of choice in each article,...

One Shots: Jedi to the max

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Are you all the Jedi you could possibly be? If not, then subscribe to our exclusive six-week course, where we'll teach you such advanced...
Both hands!

Leaderboard: Will you be giving Guild Wars 2 another chance?

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This week's Guild Wars 2 update has been widely welcomed by both current and past players for its broad-sweeping quality-of-life adjustments (and rollbacks) for...
I can see I'm going blind.

Guild Wars 2 begins testing WvW world linking today

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ArenaNet is kicking off the first stage of Guild Wars 2's WvW World Linking beta tonight beginning at 10 p.m. EDT for North American...

Perfect Ten: What I loved about Dungeons and Dragons Online

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Dungeons and Dragons Online was a very strange game at first glance. Ten years ago, I ventured into Stormreach with no more motivation than a longstanding...

The Daily Grind: Are we ever going to see a WoW-killer-killer?

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On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I tried to answer a question from a listener named Kenny, who proposed that we consider...

Korean analysts believe Blade & Soul’s western launch generated $17M in new revenue

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Korean investment firm KDB Daewoo Securities has published its outlook on MMO giant NCsoft for the past and coming quarter. "We estimate Blade & Soul...

Guild Wars 2 now has an unofficial mobile app called GW2 Sidekick

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If you're still bummed because the once-promised official Guild Wars 2 companion app never materialized, how about a consolation prize in the form of...

Jukebox Heroes: Six cover songs of popular MMO tunes

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There's a dedicated subcommunity of video game music afficionados out there that love these soundtracks so much that they devote considerable effort to producing...
Problems!

Guild Wars 2 isn’t selling level 80 boosts, might consider raid difficulty modes

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If you missed last night's Guild Wars 2 Ask Me Anything on Reddit because you were too busy actually playing the update, then you...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 61: Update-o-rama!

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW Legion, Ascent, Guild Wars 2, Star Trek Online, RIFT, and LOTRO, plus mailbag questions on The Secret World and WoW killers.

Flameseeker Chronicles: Everything you need to know about Guild Wars 2’s April 2016 update

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Today is the day, people: I'm hoping you're all willing and able to log in and follow along with the Q2 update patch notes...
Who's dark now?

The Daily Grind: Is there an MMORPG class type you can’t stand playing?

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For me, it's rogues. Ug. It's bizarre because I adore rogues, thieves, and especially stealth archers in single-player roleplaying games. There's never been an Elder...

Guild Wars 2’s spring update launches April 19; watch the teaser trailer

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We've just received an interesting little sneak peek at a teaser trailer for the upcoming Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns Spring Quarterly update that's now...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 60: Nostalrius down

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Justin and Bree discuss Nostalrius, TERA, Black Desert, SWTOR, DDO, Guild Wars 2, and WoW, with mailbag questions on Kickstarters and Tabula Rasa.
We were the kings and queens of promise.

The Daily Grind: Does your guild or family govern which MMORPGs you play?

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A few podcasts ago, I lamented that my time in Black Desert would probably be brief, at least for now, because my guildies weren't...

The Daily Grind: How do you feel about being ‘run’ through MMORPG content?

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The news that Guild Wars 2 is nerfing player-led "runs" through Super Adventure Box made me sit back and ponder the whole concept. Power-leveling lowbies...

Guild Chat: Starting a raiding guild in Guild Wars 2

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Welcome along to Guild Chat, the place where we gather to discuss a reader submission on whatever guild-related topic is giving him or her...

One Shots: Farming at dawn

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You people and your Black Desert fetish! Yes, the game is drop-dead gorgeous. Yes, it's the new hotness. Yes, you like sending in screenshots...
See, that's the joke of the name.

The Game Archaeologist: Guild Wars Utopia

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Aztecs. Chronomancers. Mounts. Halberds. Golems. Dual wielding. These are all but a hint of what a fourth Guild Wars campaign could have been, a campaign...

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