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Guild Wars 2 player builds Super Adventure Box guild hall in tribute to designer Josh Foreman

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My kid has already started pestering me about Super Adventure Box this year. It's almost April 1st. Is it open yet? Will there be...
I still love you, robot.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 211: Carrying the Torchlight

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Justin and Bree deep-dive Torchlight Frontiers and discuss Path of Exile's Synthesis, the great LOTRO and DDO outage of 2019, the impending end of Kritika Online and the Foundry system in Star Trek Online and Neverwinter, Guild Wars 2's warclaw, Alganon, and a mailbag topic about housing in MMOs.

Guild Wars 2 has already launched five new skins for the warclaw mount

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Well, that didn't take long! ArenaNet announced today a cash shop update for Guild Wars 2 that includes five new skins for the Warclaw...
But seriously, what's Damien's deal this week?

The Division 2’s early access begins as Ubisoft details the living world endgame

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Early access is officially underway for The Division 2 for preorder buyers ahead of the formal launch this weekend. If you're in, you're already...
oh, wait, you're serious

Here’s what The Division 2’s ‘living world’ endgame is going to look like

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If your body is ready for The Division 2's launch, better get your mind right too: Ubisoft ran a state-of-the-game stream this week, and...

Try out level 60 PvE characters with Black Desert’s new trial toons system

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Black Desert's western anniversary celebrations continue this week with the rollout of trial characters. If you've ever hated the idea of spending tons of...

Perfect Ten: Totally rad ’80s cartoons that would make bodacious MMORPGs

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In another reality where our passion for MMORPGs is matched only by the power of nostalgia for the greatest era of cartoons, we would...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 210: The spice must flow

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Justin and Bree discuss Funcom's Dune, Anarchy Online's prog, Elder Scrolls Online's Wrathstone, Atlas' wipe, Guild Wars 2's layoffs, DDO's Sharn expansion, and Outlaws of the Old West, with adventures in Eldevin, LOTRO, Paragon Chat, Trove, and SWG; a mailbag question on finding laid-back MMOs; and a sponsored segment on Black Desert.

Guild Wars 2 drops WvW warclaw mount, Lounge, and class balance tweaks in today’s patch

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Last week was surely the most disastrous in Guild Wars 2 history, and that's saying a lot given the mess that was last July....

Guild Wars 2 previews the new WvW Warclaw mount now launching tomorrow

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There's just something so very MMO about riding a giant horned cat in to battle, and that's just what Guild Wars 2 players will...

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs do you wish would come to console?

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I've never been a console-first kind of gamer, so I've never felt a great pull to invest heavily in consoles, even when more major...

The MMO Bookclub devotes March to Tibia, Destiny 2, and Apex Legends

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If you haven't been hanging out with the folks at MMO Bookclub lately, you may have missed a shift in the format that's expanded...

Fortnite launches season 8, new battle pass, Save the World AMA – and contends with Apex Legends

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Fortnite's season 8 is live today with a new battle pass to buy and a very Apex Legends-style feature: a ping system. I'm trying...

The Survivalist: When survival sandboxes are more MMO than actual MMORPGs

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Ever since Life is Feudal announced at the end of last month its dedication to developing a deep roleplay-focused server, I haven't been able...

Guild Wars 2 Game Director Mike Z promises ArenaNet is ‘still committed’ to Guild Wars 2 with ‘long-term plans’

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In the wake of the massive ArenaNet layoffs that we've been covering since last week, Guild Wars 2 players have been - let's be...
The most positive statement about anything Daybreak-related I am likely to make all year.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 209: ArenaNet layoffs, Blizzard layoffs, and PlanetSide Arena delays

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Justin and Bree discuss the Guild Wars 2 layoffs, Blizzard layoffs, PlanetSide Arena's delay, WoW's allied races, and LOTRO's expansion, with adventures in DDO, SWGL, and Trove, and mailbag letters on ethical studios, ancient MMOs, and Project Titan.
I'm alive! I promise.

Unionization group Game Workers Unite withdraws call for firing ArenaNet’s Mike O’Brien

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Update: GWU has now withdrawn its call; we've updated at the end of this piece. The original article follows. If yesterday was the day for supportive...

143 ArenaNet and Guild Wars 2 devs have been laid off as fans express #LoveForArenaNet

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Last week's horrific news that NCsoft and ArenaNet would be laying off a large part of the Guild Wars 2 studio and canceling multiple...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO is soooo close to being perfect but just misses the mark?

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Last week, there was a thread on the MMORPG subreddit that struck a chord with me. Author SaintNutella rattles off a list of some of...
There was something beautiful and wonderful and it destroyed itself.

Jukebox Heroes: The 10 greatest MMO soundtracks of all time (as voted by you)

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A few weeks ago we witnessed the showdown of the ages (or at least the epoch known as "late January 2019"), as Massively OP...

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