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Guild Wars 2’s legendary upgrade feature accidentally joins weekly patch as new RMT griefing trick emerges

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If, like our staff, you looked at yesterday's Guild Wars 2 patch notes and thought it was a "filler patch" with just a handful...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most important example of death spiral development in MMOs?

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A couple of weeks ago, Justin reminded me of a Guild Wars 2 panel from many years back where ArenaNet addressed Charr armor clipping. "A Charr...

One Shots: Pumpkins Online

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I know and you know that MMO developers love Halloween perhaps more than their own flesh-and-blood children. And as much as I enjoy how...

Wings Over Atreia: Awakened Legacy is Aion’s NGE gut punch

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Woah! WOA is back! It's only fitting: Wings Over Atreia debuted when Aion launched as a new game, and now it is back for...

The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2 Halloween with the MOP ladies plus one

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Mad Kings and sinister clock towers, that's what Guild Wars 2's Shadow of the Mad King event is made of! But that won't stop...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 192: Tricks and treats

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MJ, Justin, and Bree discuss Trion's acquisition, Aion's Awakened Legacy, MMO Halloween, Black Desert's Russian un-fiasco, SWTOR, MapleStory 2, and ZeniMax's new maybe-MMO.
swank

Guild Wars 2 dev explains the real cost of crunch to games and gamers, Rockstar Lincoln clarifies crunch policy

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Rockstar's crunch problem and the ongoing industry discussion around games dev labor abuses don't appear to be dying down. Ahead of the weekend, Rockstar Lincoln...
happy birthday to me

The Daily Grind: What’s the worst MMO zone transition of all time?

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OK, stop me if you've heard this one: You're going along in a new MMORPG, happily zipping across verdant landscapes, doing quests in a...

Massively Overthinking: Our favorite RPGs for MMORPG fans

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This week's Overthinking topic was sent along to us from MOP reader Mordyjuice. This is gonna be a fun one! "I find that I often...

Perfect Ten: MMOs that desperately need proper player housing

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Here's something pretty encouraging to me: When I sat down to work on an article listing MMOs that really could use but lacked proper...

Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King is live for Halloween fun

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Stop him if you've heard this one: "Two quaggans were walking in a cow pasture. The first turns to the second and says, 'Foo.'...
Boldly gone.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 191: It’s looking a little patchy around here

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Justin and Bree discuss Star Citizen, LOTRO, EverQuest II, Star Trek Online, SWTOR, New World, and Black Desert, with reader mail about forging social connections in MMOs.
It is not rude to rebuff rudeness.

Guild Wars 2 details this year’s Halloween festivities in Red Bull interview

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Halloween is coming to the lands of Tyria, and the folks over at Red Bull have sat down with ArenaNet Team Lead Joe Kimmes...
I'm not back on any BS, I never left it.

Perfect Ten: Ten MMO systems that encourage alts

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Here's how much I like having alts: I have alts in Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI. Two games which are built on...

Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King Halloween event returns next week

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His jokes always slay the audience: Yes, Mad King Thorn returns to Guild Wars 2 this year as the Shadow of the Mad King...

One Shots: Mercury sunrise

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"Like many, when Destiny 2 launched late last year, I played it for a few weeks, then put it away," said Rees Racer. "I...

The Stream Team: Busting butt to get Guild Wars 2’s bunny mount

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Apparently Massively OP's MJ had a lot more work ahead of her to obtain her Guild Wars 2 bunny mount than she thought. That...

Global Chat: Does Guild Wars 2’s newest episode reach for the stars?

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Guild Wars 2's newest living world episode seems to be grabbing the MMO community's attention in a way that the season so far hasn't....
If you look to your left, you will see a sad person.

Massively OP Podcast episode 189: Time traveling to 2004

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic, WildStar, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Maplestory 2, Age of Conan, Fallout 76, Guild Wars 2, Star Wars Galaxies, and Trove, with mailbag questions on SWTOR, starting as a true newbie in WoW, and power imbalances in MMOs.
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Guild Wars 2 tweaks class balance, adds buyable stools and resource contracts

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Guild Wars 2's promised mini-balance-patch has arrived on schedule, and it... sure is a pile of class tweaks. Even Reddit doesn't know quite what...

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