gw2

Global Chat: Saying farewell to City of Steam

Justin Olivetti - February 9, 2016 12

No doubt by now you have heard that the indie steampunk City of Steam has been shuttered. And while its demise won't change the...

That looks pretty much like the existing world, really.

Leaderboard: MMO RvR versus FFA PvP

Bree Royce - February 6, 2016 106

Last month, we did a little post on MMORPG PvP asking about two-faction PvP and whether it was really suited for all the MMO...

Jeff Grubb leaves Guild Wars 2 for Amazon Game Studios

Justin Olivetti - February 2, 2016 43

ArenaNet game designer and author Jeff Grubb is leaving the studio, according to his personal blog. He revealed that he decided to depart his work on Guild...

Guild Wars 2 promises less grind, faster progress with spring update

Justin Olivetti - January 30, 2016 65

Can you believe that it's already been more than three months since Heart of Thorns came out for Guild Wars 2? As players settle...

Global Chat: Oculus Rift, GW2’s philosophy shift, and emulator exploration

Justin Olivetti - January 27, 2016 34

The high cost of Oculus Rift brought a lot of discussion to the MMO blogosphere recently, with writers taking sides for and against the...

Guild Wars 2’s gliding patch is live alongside Lunar New Year festivities

Bree Royce - January 26, 2016 20

Guild Wars 2's winter patch is now live, complete with the promised gliding in vanilla Tyria and the start of the Lunar New Year...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Shatterer Unleashed

Tina Lauro Pollock - January 26, 2016 10

In the last edition of Flameseeker Chronicles, I discussed the Guild Wars 2 Winter 2016 update that releases today in great detail, so I'm really...

One Shots: The zen of jumping puzzles

Justin Olivetti - January 24, 2016 82

Even my most casual acquaintance will always know two things about me: that I have more hair than is healthy for a human male...

Analysts consider NCsoft’s 2016 prospects: Guild Wars 2, WildStar earnings dip predictions

Justin Olivetti - January 20, 2016 203

Last March, Korean investment firm KDB Daewoo Securities wasn't that hopeful on the financial future of WildStar. Little has changed in the firm's opinion for 2016,...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 47: The sky’s the limit!

Justin Olivetti - January 19, 2016 20

Justin and Bree discuss Diablo III, Guild Wars 2, Blade & Soul, Elder Scroll Online, TERA, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on a LOTRO reboot and volunteer worlds.

The MOP Up: Titan Siege debuts (January 17, 2016)

Justin Olivetti - January 17, 2016 1

The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

Guild Wars 2 introduces players to the new and improved Shatterer

Eliot Lefebvre - January 14, 2016 16

Given enough time, the most exciting moment in any video game will become mundane. If you were one of the earliest Guild Wars 2...

Guild Wars 2 shares the simple details of gliding in central Tyria

Eliot Lefebvre - January 13, 2016 20

Here's what will be necessary to start gliding in central Tyria once it's unlocked in Guild Wars 2: unlocking the start of the Mastery...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Examining Guild Wars 2’s winter 2016 update plans

Tina Lauro Pollock - January 13, 2016 37

Guild Wars 2 Game Director Colin Johanson dropped a massive amount of information about the direction development will take in the first quarter of 2016...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 46: The high price of VR

Justin Olivetti - January 12, 2016 60

Justin and Bree discuss the Oculus Rift's pricetag, Marvel Heroes' David Brevik, Divergence Online, Smed on emus, and TUG, with mailbag questions on tstories, MOBAs, and skill trees.