arenanet

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

Riot is working on something besides League of Legends

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League of Legends developer Riot has been a one-trick pony thus far, but that may change over the next little while according to the...
Sir, we've brought your baggage.

Guild Wars 2 designers tinker with the Scrapper

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None of the elite specializations in Guild Wars 2 has been received wholly without comment or objection, and the Scrapper is no exception. Designer...

Perfect Ten: Ten well-known voice actors behind SWTOR’s characters

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When it launched, Star Wars: The Old Republic was one of the biggest video game voice-over projects that BioWare or any studio had ever...

Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns has a full TwitchCon schedule

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TwitchCon 2015 is cranking up this Friday and Saturday in San Francisco, and you'd better believe that Guild Wars 2 will be there in...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Understanding Guild Wars 2’s Mordrem Guard

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If you pay attention to the images I use throughout my Flameseeker Chronicles articles, you'll notice that one of my favourite characters to include...

Guild Wars 2 teases the Ranger elite specialization

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It's not fun to be last. Someone has to be, sure, but if you're a Ranger in Guild Wars 2, not only do you...

The MOP Up: All news must go!

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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...

One Shots: Welcome to the party, pal!

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"You have to love randomly running across a band when you enter a building in Bree," reader Yrys said in conjunction with this picture...

The Daily Grind: Should MMO studios host their own forums and wikis?

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Massively OP Kickstarter donor DPandaren wants to talk about something every MMO player likely uses but most of us take for granted: forums and wikis. "Do...
On the other hand, you could just release this again.

Guild Wars 2 player finds himself trapped in the Super Adventure Box

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Players in Guild Wars 2 have been eagerly awaiting the return of the Super Adventure Box content more or less since the moment it...

Guild Wars 2’s Scrapper turns the Engineer into a tank

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Guild Wars 2's Engineer has long been the master of long-ranged attacks, using rifles, turrets, grenades, pistols, and other gadgets to bring the pain...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 30: Slumbering MMOs

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Justin and Bree discuss WildStar, SWTOR, UO, ArcheAge, Asheron's Call, Otherland, Elite, GW2, and RIFT, with mailbag questions on early access MMOs.

Guild Wars 2 teases another elite spec

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ArenaNet teased what appears to be another Guild Wars 2 elite spec via the game's Facebook page this afternoon. Oh, and this is probably...

Guild Wars 2 will end Mordrem invasion today with no further adjustments

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As we reported last week, Guild Wars 2's Mordrem invasion had a rough go of it as players experienced bugs and other issues with...

MMO Mechanics: Economic stagnation in MMO economies

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MMO economies are notoriously hard to balance, so most MMO players have seen the effects of stagnation and hyperinflation in an MMO economy for...

Guild Wars 2 Mordrem event stumbles

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A brief Guild Wars 2 pre-expansion event featuring new baddies Mordrem has stumbled right out of the gate. Players have reported numerous bugs, problems...

Massively Overthinking: NCsoft’s western autumn

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This week's Massively Overthinking is brought to you by a guildie of mine named Onyx, who donated to our Kickstarter campaign in this tier...
I know this hurts you, Caithe.

Guild Wars 2 shows off the Mordrem Guard

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The Sylvari of Guild Wars 2 were created by the elder dragon Mordremoth to serve him. That was a foreshadowed but still unpleasant development...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 raiding factsheet

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If you're anything like me, you'll have been bursting at the seams to find out what shape the promised "challenging group content" will take...

Global Chat: Money prison

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What kind of prison charges you money to stay there? An MMO prison, obviously! The Ancient Gaming Noob has a few insightful words to say...

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