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The Daily Grind: If your MMO had difficulty modes, what mode would you play on?
A few weeks back, survival sandbox Enshrouded added a new update with multiple difficulty modes, including two hardcore ones, a normal one, a relaxed...
Vague Patch Notes: Is it time for MMORPGs to start embracing romance?
The other day, I was writing about Baldur's Gate 3 celebrating its anniversary with statistics about all the companions that people have smooched over...
Guild Wars 2 makes a lot of spear adjustments prior to Janthir Wilds
The spear was once described as the "king of the medieval battlefield," which makes its omission from many fantasy MMOs puzzling. This won't be...
The Stream Team: Frolicking in Guild Wars 2’s Festival of the Four Winds
Massively OP's MJ is at the last step of the whole Heart of Thorns saga in Guild Wars 2, so obviously it is time...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 479: The MMO that must not be named
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, World of Warcraft, Bungie, Ashes of Creation, and Guild Wars 2, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and SWG Legends.
The Daily Grind: What’s the best volcano zone in an MMORPG?
Today's Daily Grind is inspired by Neverwinter, whose last module revamped the volcanic Mount Hotenow and dropped a ton of Mountain of Flame screenshots...
One Shots: Only serious business allowed here
When the moon is crashing down onto the surface of your planet, do the following. First, blame Roland Emmerich. Second, don't panic. Third, summon...
Guild Wars 2 runs down the essentials of Homestead gameplay in the Janthir Wilds
Your house (in Guild Wars 2) can be a very very very fine house (fine house), with stray cats in the yard. Unlocking them...
Guild Wars 2 kicks off Festival of the Four Winds, preps PvP warclaw overhaul ahead of Janthir Wilds
When Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds launches at the end of August, the warclaw mount will undergo a major transformation as the journeykin, an...
The Stream Team: A Guild Wars 2 rescue Ranger
In order to investigate Rata Novus, Massively OP's MJ split up her Guild Wars 2 NPC team, heading off originally with Taimi and Braham....
Guild Wars 2 plans a community meetup of ‘food, drinks, and giveaways’ in Seattle August 30
What does Guild Wars 2 do when it decides to not be a part of PAX West but still wants to do something fun...
NCsoft president Songyee Yoon’s new book tackles the gaming industry’s lingering perception problems
I suppose with Throne & Liberty on the way, it only makes sense that NCsoft executives are granting interviews in western press - like...
Guild Wars 2’s Festival of the Four Winds blows into town next week
Guild Wars 2's Festival of the Four Winds -- or as I call it, "Festival of the Falling Off Stuff" -- is breezing back...
Guild Wars 2 is using Janthir Wilds’ raid and convergence to assess future raid content
With less than a month before Janthir Wilds opens up new zones and housing content, Guild Wars 2's devs are now turning their promotional...
The Stream Team: The return of Rata Novus in Guild Wars 2
Thankful that she obtained the Guild Wars 2 hunting mastery in just one night, Massively OP's MJ is more than ready to continue Heart...
MMO studio Daybreak is named 2023 Extra Life Partner of the Year, posts 2024 fundraising plans
Daybreak's charity work has paid off: This week, Extra Life and Children's Miracle Network named Daybreak Games its Extra Life Partner of the Year...
One Shots: Hey World of Warcraft has housing after all…
This just in, World of Warcraft beat Guild Wars 2 to the punch by instituting the most robust, flexible, and creative housing system ever...
Guild Wars 2 deep-dives Janthir Wilds’ enhanced warclaw mount aka journeykin
August is shaping up to be an interesting month here in MMO land, and a large part of that is the impending release of...
The Stream Team: Hunting the Nuhoch hunting mastery in Guild Wars 2
It figures: Shortly after Massively OP's MJ felt relief for conquering the gliding mastery to continue with Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns story,...
Albion Online previews its new journal-themed achievement system, Albion Journal
Are the hardcore PvP fans of Albion Online going to be entranced with a new feature called the Albion Journal? Probably not phrased that...
