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The Stream Team: Elder Scrolls Online’s Sojourn of the Druid King
Last time, Massively OP's MJ thought she'd finally wrapped up all the outstanding prologue quests in her journal, but a new one popped right...
The Daily Grind: What would you say is the best item rarity system in MMOs?
Let's talk about rarity systems in MMOs! The first one I remember was Ultima Online's, and it was text-based without colors and hardly counts....
The Stream Team: A new max level Elementalist moves through Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns
MOP's Chris has done it: He's made it to max level on his new Guild Wars 2 Elementalist. Now, it's time to start the...
Guild Wars 2 players raise over $100K for Extra Life and unlock all collection hints in the process
Yesterday saw ArenaNet kick off its 24-hour Guild Wars 2 charity stream and it has already been quite a success. At the time of...
Destiny 2 outlines the current areas of balance concerns and planned adjustments for Season 19
Sometimes a five-point change makes a big difference. The latest development dispatch from Bungie regarding Destiny 2 moving into Season 19 is all about...
Guild Wars 2 is about to kick off its Extra Life charity stream – and the patch with April!
Multiple MMO studios are preparing for a big weekend of raising charity funds for Extra Life today, but our eyes are on Guild Wars...
Vague Patch Notes: The art of picking winners and losers in MMO design
There's a meme that's gone around the Final Fantasy XIV community sphere for a while, and I'm going to try my best to explain...
Perfect Ten: 10 great reasons to revisit older MMORPGs
When one MMO dies, it forces us to look at the rest of the bunch through the sunglasses of mortality. The finite nature of...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Firesong DLC and Update 36 are live for PC players
It's DLC week in The Elder Scrolls Online world as Firesong officially launched for PC last night, bringing the 2022 Legacy of the Bretons...
Guild Wars 2 players re-live the Battle for Lion’s Arch next week as S1E5 returns
Since End of Dragons' big rollout, Guild Wars 2 has been rereleasing remastered and reimagined versions of every episode of its original living world...
Enter to win a Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons code, pin, art booklet, and more!
Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet is gearing up for a big Extra Life charity event this weekend, capped off with a content update that...
The MOP Up: ARK’s ultimate survival edition lands on Switch
Everyone's favorite prehistoric survival simulator is making a big splash on the Nintendo Switch this week. ARK: Survival Evolved's base game is becoming available...
One Shots: Hamming it up for Halloween
It's that time of year again! That's right, it's National Cat Day (October 29th)! So find the nearest cat, bow deeply to it, and...
Guild Wars 2 makes public the principles guiding its current balance philosophy
Whether fans of Guild Wars 2 are curious about what ArenaNet is thinking when it makes balance changes or are looking for a cherry-picked...
The Secret World Classic won’t have a Halloween event this year thanks to… player feedback?
Over summer, fans of the original version of The Secret World were delighted to see the game's anniversary event activated for the first time...
Former ArenaNet co-founder Jeff Strain opens second game studio called Crop Circle Games
At this point it seems like Jeff Strain, one of the former co-founders of Guild Wars ArenaNet, is really eager to launch all of...
Former Diablo producer discusses Activision’s heavy hand as Diablo Immortal adds character transfers
It's slowly becoming more obvious that the merger between Blizzard and Activision has had an indelible effect on the games coming from the studio,...
The Stream Team: Going to the Grove in Guild Wars 2
You might think with it being Halloween week and all that Massively OP's MJ will do more Mad King's Clock Tower in GW2. Nope!...
Guild Wars 2 outlines the boosts and bundles being offered for this year’s Extra Life charity drive
Friday, November 4th, will see the devs of Guild Wars 2 come together for another charity stream to support Extra Life, and the event...
The Stream Team: A seventh year of Elder Scrolls Online’s Witches Festival
Massively OP's MJ has attended Elder Scrolls Online's Witches Festival for the last six years. This year marks lucky seven! From brewing up potions...
