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Guild Wars 2’s Secrets of the Obscure weaponmaster training system beta launches today

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As announced on Tuesday, Guild Wars 2 is gearing up for a massive beta starting today to allow players to test out the new...

Guild Wars 2 formally announces fourth expansion, Secrets of the Obscure, launching August 22

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We hope you liked the Guild Wars 2 expansion name leak because it accurately called the summer expansion: It is indeed Secrets of the...

Guild Wars 2 counts a million new players, touts an expanding studio, and talks up End of Dragons sales

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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?

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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...
Llook out, Llary! It's the llandlllord!

Rumor: Guild Wars 2’s next expansion name appears to have leaked thanks to Steam and the USPTO

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Awww, we were hoping the days of Guild Wars 2 leaks were finally past us, but this latest leak - purportedly of the next...
Shovels!

Massively Overthinking: Which MMOs are memorable but not actually fun?

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Earlier this week, we ran a Daily Grind on MMOs that are fun but not especially memorable, throwing it back to a quote from...
Old.

Vague Patch Notes: Examining the MMO tiers, from the Big Five to maintenance mode

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

The Guild Wars 2 subreddit is considering a clever way to protest Reddit’s disastrous administration

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The ongoing Reddit saga is a trainwreck we just can't stop watching since it affects not just the terminally online but a large body...
AAAAAAAAAAH

Vague Patch Notes: So why didn’t crowdfunded MMOs save the genre?

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The past few weeks we've been following this freakin' thing because... well, obvious reasons. But that has me thinking about crowdfunding in general, because...

The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2’s Mordremoth world summit

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After inviting/cajoling/bribing Tyria's world leaders to attend, Massively OP's MJ has ensured the big summit to face the dangers of Guild Wars 2's Mordremoth...
Oh no, I'm stuck playing an Asura?!

Here’s what’s coming in Guild Wars 2’s June 27 class balance patch

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Guild Wars 2 is once again going to turn the tuning knobs for the MMORPG's various classes, and once again ArenaNet has put up...

The Daily Grind: Should MMOs limit how many characters we can roll?

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I know, this is a hard question for someone who loves alts - including me. But it's relevant because of Embers Adrift's inbound hybrid...

Guild Wars 2 begins Dragon Bash 2023, plans WvW world restructuring beta this weekend

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If the heat of summer is already getting you down, head to Hoelbrak in Guild Wars 2: The chilly Nord capital has thrown open...

The Stream Team: Squelching ruinous rumors in Guild Wars 2

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After thinking the human participation in the Guild Wars 2 world-wide summit was in the bag, Massively OP's MJ discovered that Queen Jennah's attendance...
Darky Dark-Dark

Subreddits for FFXIV, Guild Wars 2, WoW, and more MMORPGs plan blackout protests over Reddit’s API access changes

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If the subreddit feeds you follow seem especially on-fire recently, it's not just because it's a Tuesday; it's because many Reddit communities are angry...
Yeah, we're getting into the stones here.

Storyboard: Managing the escalating stakes in MMO storytelling

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Everyone who has at least passing familiarity with stories, whether they be in MMOs or elsewhere, roleplayed or canonical, realizes that stories need stakes....

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