Expanshalones are standalone expansions, expansions for which a base game is not required (but not because it’s been bundled with said base game). Classic Guild Wars is particularly well-known for this campaign-style update.
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Classic Guild Wars celebrates 20 years with an Anniversary Masterpiece Collection and a juicy update
Guild Wars franchise fans already knew that ArenaNet was planning something big for the OG game's 20th birthday, and indeed we also knew that...
Guild Wars 1’s community is organizing a massive 20th anniversary playthrough
Leave it up to the amazing classic Guild Wars community to top what ArenaNet is already doing for this legacy MMO on its 20th...
World of Warcraft readies Patch 11.1.5 for April 22 with leveling boosts and a Nightfall scenario
World of Warcraft's next big content update is still on the far horizon, but that doesn't mean that the fantasy MMO is going to...
Fight or Kite: The myth is still real in Myth of Empires’ latest Persian DLC release
Call me a fool because once again I’ve duped myself into playing the latest DLC content that was released for Myth of Empires. Based...
World of Warcraft previews Update 11.1.5 and arrests Brann’s tanking spec for being too much fun
World of Warcraft's Update 11.1 hasn't lost its new Goblin car smell yet, but Blizzard's already testing the next patch right now.
In a preview...
The Daily Grind: Does your MMO have a ‘Pre-Searing’ experience you keep coming back to?
Over the holidays, inspired entirely by Carlo's reminiscing on the game, I logged into Classic Guild Wars to thumb through my characters and see...
Destiny 2 plans a grandmaster nightfall catch-up feature November 19 and Revenant Act II preview November 12
The next two weeks are potentially big ones for players of Destiny 2, assuming those players want to access all of the hard mode...
Vague Patch Notes: When leveling too quickly becomes a problem in MMORPGs
Last week, I talked about how slow leveling design could become a problem. In that piece (and the one before it - it's become...
Destiny 2 discusses Revenant episode’s changes to rewards and subclass abilities
Tuesday, October 8th, will mark the start of Episode: Revenant in Destiny 2, and that means there will be some changes coming to the...
Destiny 2 launches a week-long sword celebration September 3 and previews a new pathfinder tree
"Swords are cool," says Destiny 2 developer Bungie. "So why not honor them with a week-long event?" That's quite literally the rationale granted by...
Skyforge is celebrating its ninth anniversary with the return of Aelion Day
Here's some happy news for your Thursday: Skyforge has made it to nine years of life here in North America, or close enough as...
Massively Overthinking: Would you pay for a Guild Wars 1 revival?
WoodenPotatoes had a fun video this past weekend about Classic Guild Wars 1, and I fully admit I clicked on it just to hear...
Perfect Ten: The 10 phases of MMORPG pre-launch hysteria
One of my private theories about MMO players -- one I'm now making public -- is that we all have the collective memories of...
Destiny 2 announces Halloween contests, outlines plans to make Sparrows faster in Season 23
The weekly Destiny 2 newsletter is less about major updates and more about its Festival of the Lost event, as it continues to mark...
Flameseeker Chronicles: What we learned (and didn’t) from Guild Wars 2’s spring 2023 roadmap
The most nerve-wracking thing about being an MMORPG player is uncertainty. MMO players don't like change, and when a change is teased, many of...
Choose My Adventure: Landing on a stable character in the original Guild Wars
Last week in Choose My Adventure, Nightfall proved to be the more suitable starting experience for classic Guild Wars. This week, the Dervish won...
Choose My Adventure: Nightfall might end up being the superior classic Guild Wars starting experience
I was pretty sure I was going to go into Factions after last week's Choose My Adventure, but a final surge in voting saw...
Choose My Adventure: How good advice led to some minor comfort with Classic Guild Wars
I have to admit, the Choose My Adventure voting did not fall the way I had expected it to last week. Apparently folks were...
Choose My Adventure: Guild Wars delivers a shock to the system after months in the sequel
We're starting the new year of Choose My Adventure by hopping in to an older game, the original Guild Wars. I'm honestly not too...
Massively Overthinking: The best MMO music of 2022
Years ago, MOP's Justin listened to hundreds - no, probably more like thousands - of MMO music tracks to narrow this topic down to...
