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Flameseeker Chronicles: What could Guild Wars 2’s fourth expansion be about?
Ever since ArenaNet's studio leadership came out early in the year and confirmed that planning has begun on a fourth expansion, players have no...
Massively Overthinking: Solved problems in MMOs
One of the most annoying pet peeves this genre seems to spin up frequently is some companies' tendency to treat solved problems as unsolved...
Guild Wars 2 releases a guide to the basic mounts players can ride across Tyria
Guild Wars 2 has mounts. That's not exactly news to regular players of the game, especially since the feature has been in the MMORPG...
Blade and Soul’s Warden class gets a fire sword specialization
If you are already carrying around a sword large enough to cleave a building in twain, you might as well go whole-hog and light...
Aion EU swaps out PvP battlefields for the Hero Battle system and adds a button that grants a level 80 toon
How do you answer the problem of balance in PvP instances? If you're the EU version of Aion, you effectively remove player-built characters out...
Think you can balance skills in Guild Wars 2? Give it a shot!
So right now balance in Guild Wars 2 is a contentious issue, due to... well, some community feelings about contentious balance efforts, let's put...
The Stream Team: The tail end of Guild Wars 2’s Looking Back
After running through Guild Wars 2's Looking Back achievement, Massively OP's MJ ran into a roadblock at the very end preventing her from completing...
Battle Bards Episode 214: Thieves and rogues
You may never see them coming, but when the Battle Bards strike out of the shadows, you’ll either find your pocket picked, your fluffy...
One Shots: This griffin knows what you did last summer
Greetings! We'll kick off today with this Guild Wars 2 pic from reader Don, who said, "I took this screenshot of my Human Engineer...
Blade & Soul shares the patch notes for the upcoming Infinite Inferno update
Like clockwork, the devs of Blade & Soul have put forth the patch notes for that update's next update ahead of the game's release....
The Stream Team: Starting the long journey towards Elementalist mastery in Guild Wars 2
Normally, MOP's MJ is the Guild Wars 2 streamer supreme, but this time around, MOP's Chris is going to be starting off a journey...
Vague Patch Notes: A love letter to the people going above and beyond in the MMO genre
Let's just lead off with a very simple statement. Hey there, teams out there working on MMOs and doing more than you need to?...
Guild Wars 2 tweaks its latest balance patch: ‘The team wants to make it right’
Given all the fuss and fizzle over Guild Wars 2's balance patch this week, you might be surprised to see that ArenaNet has actually...
Massively Overthinking: Is MMO class balance achievable – or even desirable?
This past week, a chunk of the endgame-focused Guild Wars 2 community was up in arms over the profession balance update and the perception...
Blade & Soul is introducing a third Warden spec and a new dungeon in the July 6 Infinite Inferno update
"Wardens have been wielding massive weapons with devastating effects, but what if these weapons were, literally, engulfed in flames?" That's the question being posed...
Lineage II kicks off watermelon celebrations in all of its various incarnations
We know what you might be thinking. "Sure, I'm looking forward to summer events in Lineage II," you think, "but what if my preferred...
Perfect Ten: Abrupt MMO sunsets that shocked us
Not all MMO sunsets are equal, when you look at them. Sure, all impact players who made those games a home, but some titles...
The Stream Team: Looking Back in Guild Wars 2
Just because the main plot of End of Dragons has ended in Guild Wars 2 doesn't mean that the story is over! In fact,...
Guild Wars 2 adds emboldened raids, more rewarding strikes, and contentious balance changes in today’s update
The latest update for Guild Wars 2 has been rumbling forth with all of the noise of a herd of buffalo on the strength...
Guild Wars 2 team vows ‘better context’ for controversial class changes following death threats
Ideally, an MMO patch day should be filled with delight and exploration. Sometimes, however, there's a sense of dread, especially when the developers start...
