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Jennifer Hale returns to Guild Wars 2 to voice a child character based on a real kid for Extra Life
As part of its Extra Life 2022 efforts, the Guild Wars 2 team is going all out to celebrate one of the children helped...
Massively Overthinking: Do gaming ‘tourists’ ruin MMOs?
Yes, I know that's a provocative title. Yes, we're gonna talk about it with some nuance. It's a topic inspired by a Reddit thread...
Guild Wars 2 promotes this weekend’s Pink Day in LA fundraiser for cancer charity
Long-time Guild Wars franchise fans know that Pink Day in LA is a staple of the community when it comes to charity, and this...
Here’s how to join in on Spellcraft’s next alpha preview event
Like many Guild Wars fans, we've had our eye on One More Game for a couple of years now, given that it was founded...
The Stream Team: Catching up with Guild Wars 2’s Keeper of Beasts
Massively OP's MJ had a very successful first mission in GW2's Order of Whispers. In fact, she was promoted and given a second mission...
Guild Wars 2 preps Shadow of the Mad King for next week
As promised in Guild Wars 2's final roadmap of 2022, Halloween returns to the MMO next week, along with the Mad King's Clock Tower...
MMO studios and publishers large and small come together to support Extra Life 2022
It's about that time of year when charitable drives are on the minds of many gamers, studios, and publishers, and just as last year...
One Shots: The Old Lion’s Arch Fan Club
While it was certainly gutsy for Guild Wars 2 to smash up and replace the main city hub of Lion's Arch back in the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most challenging boss fight you’ve ever attempted in an MMO?
If you're a PvP dungeoneer or raider, you probably have at least one good story about a seriously challenging boss. I don't mean the...
Massively Overthinking: Do you take vacation time to play MMOs?
Back when Amazon was busy merging several dozen Lost Ark servers, I saw a comment thread where people were grousing about being locked out...
Guild Wars 2 players are no longer seeing double in the Black Citadel thanks to hotfix
A hotfix applied to Guild Wars 2 has generated some discussions among the game's community, but maybe not for the reasons one might expect....
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming goes to Guild Wars
In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch...
The Stream Team: A Charr decoy in Guild Wars 2
In order to protect the informant, Massively OP's MJ continues her first big mission with the Order of Whispers by planning a bait and...
Guild Wars 2’s latest balance patch tackles spec tradeoffs and defensive passives
As promised, Guild Wars 2's latest balance update is live for players today, with tweaks for multiple specs and passive defensive traits.
"Many elite specializations...
Guild Wars 2 maps out dates for upcoming events and patch releases for the rest of 2022
There are not many months left in the Year of This Weird Algorithm 2022, and it looks like Guild Wars 2 is ready to...
The Daily Grind: How many MMO toons can you juggle at once?
I may have overdone it with the City of Heroes toons.
I'm currently working on a project to level several dozen characters up so I...
Myst Online introduces a new fan-made Age to its open-sourced world
The next Age of Myst Online is here -- but this time it's the players, rather than the development team, that's taking the community...
The Daily Grind: Do you engage in ‘mapping’ in explorable MMORPGs?
A while back, we did a Daily Grind on "vestigial organ" design in MMOs, and I mentioned Guild Wars 2's leveling system as being...
The Stream Team: Heading home to continue Guild Wars 2’s personal story
No, she doesn't get distracted at all. Nope. Not at all. Massively OP's MJ already started playing Guild Wars 2 by skipping all the...
The Stream Team: The ongoing leveling adventures of a Guild Wars 2 Elementalist
MOP's Chris is coming back to Tyria once again as he continues to slowly make his way through the levels of Guild Wars 2....
