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Guild Wars 2’s August 23 balance patch diversifies power and support builds for several specs
Yet another balance pass is coming to Guild Wars 2 on Tuesday, August 23rd, and once again ArenaNet has decided to give players a...
The Stream Team: Taking the next personal story step in Guild Wars 2
MOP's Chris is once again continuing his journey through Guild Wars 2 as his Elementalist now takes on the next part of her personal...
Massively Overthinking: What’s so bad about comfort zones in MMOs?
If you've been following the MMORPG meta for a long time, particularly in World of Warcraft, you know there's corner of the industry convinced...
The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2’s Festival of the Four Winds
Summertime is a beautiful time for festivals, and Guild Wars 2 has the Festival of the Four Winds. With plenty of races (skiff races,...
Grab a new-player bonus pack key for IGG’s multiplayer Castle Clash
IGG's PC-and-mobile multiplayer battle royale Castle Clash has another blast of free keys for in-game items for our readers to kickstart play in the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best leveling curve?
Last weekend I logged into a City of Heroes rogue server to take my kids for a round of radio missions. I let my...
The Daily Grind: What’s your most overpowered easymode MMO character build?
A while back, we did a Daily Grind on playing MMO classes when you know they suck. Let's reverse that: I want to know...
Massively Overthinking: What endgame content keeps you in an MMORPG long-term?
A while back on the MassivelyOP Podcast, Justin and I were trying to sort through why New World's endgame hasn't had staying power with...
Guild Wars 2 marks 10 years of operation with special community events at Gamescom and PAX West
The significant milestone of 10 years of operation for Guild Wars 2 is going to be celebrated in-person at two different gaming convention events....
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs that let you talk to cats
Let's not mince words here: I am a cat person. I absolutely love cats. They are small furry idiots who make stupid yelling noises,...
Vague Patch Notes: Why sticking to one MMO is the smart thing to do
I have never been much of a roamer. Some people are, and that's fine; the world needs different sorts of people, and for some...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 383: New World strikes up the band
Justin and Bree discuss New World, Diablo Immortal, SWTOR, NCsoft Q1, and Guild Wars 3, with adventures in RIFT, LOTRO, and Glitch, plus a mailbag topic on better terms for MMOs.
Guild Wars 2 launches the Festival of the Four Winds, gives raptors to lowbies, and makes more class tweaks
There's a new update out today for Guild Wars 2 players, and it's got a little something for nearly everybody, whether you're a lowly...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs are better with fewer people playing?
In Tyler's longform piece on The Secret World a while back, he said something that leaped out at me: that the game isn't really...
One Shots: You’ll never be this exalted
For your average farmer or scribe in Guild Wars 2's world, they'll never find themselves in the presence of so much swirly, sparkly awesomeness...
Hands-on with Multiversus: How WB’s new brawler stacks up against Super Smash Bros.
Like most of the readers of this site, I spend the majority of my gaming time in MMORPGs, or I wouldn't be here. But...
Massively Overthinking: Is old-school MMO dungeon-camping ever coming back?
A while ago on the MOP Podcast, Justin and I randomly wound up on the topic of camping in MMOs - not pitching a...
Guild Wars 2’s ArenaNet posts hiring ad for yet another unannounced project
Veteran MMORPG players probably already knew that Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet is working on at least one unannounced project, but we've had a...
Vague Patch Notes: The many flavors of ‘boosting’ in the MMO genre
The other day MOP's Bree and I were having a discussion about boosting. This is not entirely unusual, but it was unusual insofar as...
Guild Wars 2 previews Mesmer weapon and Warrior banner changes coming August 2
Guild Wars 2 is continuing its efforts to correct some wildly unpopular balance changes made back in June, this time with another patch scheduled...
