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Ashes of Creation spotlights its non-instanced, exclusive player freeholds
A new look this past week at one of Ashes of Creation's premiere housing systems has divided the community between those excited about its...
The Stream Team: Returning to the crucible of Elementalist combat in Guild Wars 2
MOP's Chris is feeling the buzz of an expansion's arrival once again as Secrets of the Obscure looms in Guild Wars 2. And while...
Massively Overthinking: Why don’t MMOs try harder to foster great guilds?
MOP reader Mahaf1089 posed an interesting question beneath a WoW Factor column earlier this month, one that clearly resonated with our readers because it...
Steam’s Summer Sale 2023 is live through July 13 with deals on FFXIV, GW2, New World, ESO, and more
Valve has revived the traditional Steam summer sale this afternoon, with gobs of good deals running well beyond the 4th of July. Perhaps the...
Guild Wars 2’s Secrets of the Obscure weaponmaster training system beta launches today
As announced on Tuesday, Guild Wars 2 is gearing up for a massive beta starting today to allow players to test out the new...
Fight or Kite: Hands-on with Waven, Ankama’s new tactical card-driven MMO
I was provided an especially exciting treat this week. Anyone who’s been following the Fight or Kite column this year, even in passing, would...
Guild Wars 2 formally announces fourth expansion, Secrets of the Obscure, launching August 22
We hope you liked the Guild Wars 2 expansion name leak because it accurately called the summer expansion: It is indeed Secrets of the...
Profane shows off some live gameplay in a stream and shares its development progress for June
The FFA PvP sandbox of Profane is continuing its march through development, all the while keeping followers of the project abreast of what has...
Working As Intended: My 20 years of Star Wars Galaxies
Last year, when Ultima Online turned 25 years old, I did a piece reminiscing on those early days and marveling that so much of...
Guild Wars 2 counts a million new players, touts an expanding studio, and talks up End of Dragons sales
There was an interesting article up on PCGamesN earlier this month proclaiming that Guild Wars 2's isn't a dead game (which you surely know)...
Global Chat: Are you pumped up for Path of Exile 2?
Online ARPG enthusiasts are no doubt keeping an eye on the long-in-the-coming Path of Exile 2 -- and crossing their fingers that it ends...
Gloria Victis’ latest update introduces a new feudal system for guild territory
Gloria Victis, surely in the running for "most underrated" MMO by now, has just pushed out a new season and a packed new update,...
Rumor: Guild Wars 2’s next expansion name appears to have leaked thanks to Steam and the USPTO
Awww, we were hoping the days of Guild Wars 2 leaks were finally past us, but this latest leak - purportedly of the next...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMOs are memorable but not actually fun?
Earlier this week, we ran a Daily Grind on MMOs that are fun but not especially memorable, throwing it back to a quote from...
Claws of Veeshan joins EverQuest’s free expansion roster
To the patient gamer who waits long enough, most everything becomes free. It's a hard but thrifty strategy for the budget-minded among us, and...
Vague Patch Notes: Examining the MMO tiers, from the Big Five to maintenance mode
I've mentioned many a time that one of the ideas behind the Vague Patch Notes column here on MOP is to have a place...
Guild Wars 2’s next fractal launches alongside the class-balance patch on June 27
So players knew - as long ago as the May roadmap - that Guild Wars 2 was destined for a major class-balancing update come...
MMO Burnout: Lessons MMOs can learn from The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
Like most MMO players, I am, first and foremost, a PC gamer. However, like many gamers born in the '80s and '90s, I also...
Perfect Ten: What good MMO logos say about their games
Back when I was taking a smattering of business classes in college, one of my favorite electives dealt with marketing. It wasn't that I...
The Stream Team: Bashing away at Guild Wars 2’s Dragon Bash piñatas
If there was an award for event theme songs, Guild Wars 2's Dragon Bash would win hands down! In fact, Massively OP's MJ can't...