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

Perfect Ten: MMOs you forgot existed (but are still running)

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No MMO can be in the spotlight eternally. Even some of the biggest names out there -- your World of Warcrafts, your Guild Wars...

Guild Wars 2 had a five-hour Heart of Thorns launch megastream

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If you've got five-plus hours to kill and you're a fan of Guild Wars 2, you might enjoy checking in with the Heart of...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s enhanced Squad UI factsheet

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I've already brought you my initial impressions of the Gorseval raid encounter followed by a quickfire interview with Guild Wars 2 Associate Game Director Steven...
We had a bet running that it would take longer.

Guild Wars 2’s introduction of raids is followed shortly by the introduction of raid drama

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Guild Wars 2 introduced the first wing of its new raids to players yesterday. To make these new raids as good as they could...

The Daily Grind: What’s your preferred style of MMO combat?

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A passionate WildStar discussion-slash-debate in my guild the other day on the subject of MMO combat styles had us all taking sides on what was...

Global Chat: Gearing up in WildStar

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If you're anything like me, when you get to the max level in a game, there's a general flailing of hands and a feeling...

ArenaNet’s Steven Waller discusses Guild Wars 2’s raiding foundation

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Following my playtest of Guild Wars 2's raiding, which I chronicled earlier today, I had the opportunity to fire some quick questions across to Guild...

Hands-on with Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns’ first raid

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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, raiders of all professions: I'm delighted to finally be able to spill the beans about all things raiding...

One Shots: Slice ‘n’ dice

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New expansions across the MMO sphere are prompting many of us to take up a part-time job as in-game photographers. And why not? Eye...

Nexus Telegraph: Evaluating WildStar’s free-to-play model and special events

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It's been over a month since WildStar kicked its game -- and business model -- into high gear with the Reloaded update. Since then...

The Daily Grind: Is an MMORPG still an MMORPG without gear progression?

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A Massively OP commenter recently opined that "without gear progression, is a MOBA not an MMORPG," and I would really love to talk...

Ask Mo: The absurd advantages of MMO guilds

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A Massively OP reader named Ohnix recently sent us a question just perfect for Ask Mo. Let's debate guilds! I play EverQuest II quite a...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 38: BlizzCon strikes back

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Justin and Bree discuss BlizzCon -- WoW, Diablo III, Hearthstone, and the rest -- as well as NCsoft's Q3 and Funcom's reprieve, plus a mailbag question on cosmetic mounts.

Guild Wars 2’s first raid wing launches next week

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ArenaNet has just announced that Spirit Vale, the first wing of Guild Wars 2's first post-expansion raid, is launching next week on November 17th....

Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is coming to China on November 20

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Chinese news site 17173.com is reporting that Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns will be releasing in the country on November 20th. The launch of...

Guild Chat: Wrestling with guild permissions and controlling leaders

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Pull up a pew and get comfortable, dear readers: It's time for another advice-filled installment of Guild Chat, my own little corner of Massively...

Massively OP Podcast Epsiode 37: Heart of Thorns chat

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Justin and Tina team up for a special Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns podcast episode.

Trove announces the Revenant class

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It's the bloodiest (and blockiest) knight you'll ever see in an MMO: the Revenant. Trove announced its newest class in a post today, saying that...

Guild Wars 2 starts testing 64-bit client

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Your Guild Wars 2 client could be getting an upgrade in the near future, particularly if you have the hardware to handle it. ArenaNet Game...

Choose My Adventure: Into the Heart of Thorns

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Hello again friends, and welcome back to Choose My Adventure. November is upon us, and that means two things: It's time for another round...

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