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The Daily Grind: Should more MMOs include a ‘comeback’ system from defeat?
We've seen this in so many action movies and television shows: Our hero is on the razor's edge of defeat, only to employ a...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs make more effort to corral likeminded gamers?
I've mentioned before that my husband has been playing a lot of Destiny 2 lately (fillin' the ol' Overwatch void), and it's led to...
Massively Overthinking: ‘Every MMO inconvenience is someone else’s game’
A while back, someone in our comments (I can't find it again, so I can't remember who!) dug up a quote from Raph Koster...
The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2’s big fight to end the dragon in End of Dragons
Prepare ye, prepare ye, for the big battle to end the End of Dragons! Massively OP's MJ is heading to Arborstone to get everything...
Guild Wars 2 kicks off Dragon Bash 2022, retools classic dungeon rewards
As promised, Guild Wars 2's Dragon Bash is live this afternoon in the game's latest patch. Bring your ale mugs and your finest Norn...
Global Chat: DC Universe Online lacks that ‘wow factor’
Are you heading into the summer season with the intent of sampling MMOs that you've never touched before? If so, then you'll find Virtual...
Massively Overthinking: Making money in MMOs – easy, hard, or in-between?
A few days ago, I was hanging out in a certain MMORPG's Discord when an age-old class fight broke out - and I don't...
Guild Wars 2 delays Harvest Temple strike mission challenge mode to June 28
If you were anxiously awaiting the release of Guild Wars 2's challenge mode for End of Dragons' Harvest Temple Strike mission next week, well,...
Guild Wars 2’s Dragon Bash returns to Hoelbrak on June 7
You may have missed the news when Sky Pirates came out, but Guild Wars 2 is gearing up for its early summer festival: Dragon...
The Stream Team: Rebuilding the dragon extractor in Guild Wars 2
With her name now cleared with the law and her foe Ankka dead, Massively OP's MJ needs to turn her Guild Wars 2 eyes...
Guild Wars 2 will release a fix for the Zhaitan legendary skin completion problem on June 7
Yesterday, we reported on a community kerfuffle in Guild Wars 2 all about a step needed to earn Zhaitan variants of legendary weapon skins,...
Former Guild Wars 2 cinematic animator calls out NCsoft for withholding owed back pay
Apparently, NCSoft has a policy in place that withholds owed back pay even if an employee has the courtesy to put in a notice...
Guild Wars 2 trolls are blocking others’ access to new legendary weapon skins… by causing events to succeed
Guild Wars 2 players are failing to succeed at failing because other players are trolling them by forcing them to succeed. Hang on, let's...
Global Chat: Is it a good idea for EVE Online to go back to expansions?
With traditional expansions back on the table for EVE Online, the question of whether it'll ultimately help the MMO looms in the galactic foreground.
The...
Vague Patch Notes: The specter of MMO persistence in single-player games
Recently, we got a great letter from a listener asking about an issue that he'd been having with single-player games compared to MMOs. Essentially,...
Four Winds: Remembering TERA’s wild start and in-game politics
Well, the TERA sunset thing caught me off guard. I don't play TERA, but I was always under the impression that the game was...
Perfect Ten: 10 great ways to lose new players from your MMO
MMOs require new blood. Not exclusively or anything; you can keep an MMO going for quite some time on existing happy players. But existing...
The Stream Team: Setting a trap in the scrapyard in Guild Wars 2
Having found the perfect bait to lure Ankka of the Aetherblades out in Guild War's 2's End of Dragons (hey, Canach's party boat has...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 374: Star Citizen, one decade later
Justin and Bree discuss the state of Star Citizen, Final Fantasy XI's 20th birthday, Guild Wars 2's Sky Pirates, DDO's Isle of Dread, and EVE Online's EVE Anywhere, plus a mailbag topic on struggling with single-player games in the wake of MMOs.
Flameseeker Chronicles: Touring Guild Wars 2’s restored living world S1E2 Sky Pirates
Ready for another trip down Guild Wars 2's memory lane, or, perhaps, to experience more of the game's long-lost stories for the first time?...
