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One Shots: Looking down at the clouds
When Middle-earth slaps something called "Misty Mountains" on a map, friend, it better live up to that name! Michael18 proves with today's headlining shot...
Global Chat: Why is Guild Wars 2 so addictive?
I am always a huge fan of both writing and reading essays about why people simply love an MMORPG. Over at Tales from the...
Guild Wars 2 makes End of Dragons’ infamous final fight easier to complete
There is good news for Guild Wars 2 players who have been beating their heads against End of Dragons' infamously difficult final boss fight:...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs are you hoping to play later this year?
I keep telling myself, there are never enough hours in the day to do everything I want to do -- including playing all of...
The Perfect Ten: 10 MMO NPCs as muffins
You’ve all seen those memes or Twitter threads that try to link celebrities or people to food items or other inanimate objects, but I’m...
Guild Wars 2 fixed the Long Charr bug last night, unfortunately
If you happen to play a Charr in Guild Wars 2, well, you know the experience: epic loping animations, the best voice actors, and...
Prime Gaming teams up with Blizzard to offer freebies for Overwatch, Hearthstone, WoW, and StarCraft
Amazon Prime members are likely already very familiar with all of the free stuff they can claim for a wide variety of games, but...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s open world is not the place for hardcore content
If you're paying any attention to Guild Wars 2, you have, by now, no doubt heard the debate over the Battle for the Jade...
The Stream Team: Hu’s on first in Guild Wars 2
Massively OP's MJ was not able to find a phoenix last week, but she's arrived in the right place to grab one! However, first...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 366: A blunder and a blunderbuss
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2's next expansion, New World's latest patch, Gamigo's layoffs, Black Desert, and Elyon, with adventures in LOTRO, DDO, GW2, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on MMO longevity and volunteerism in MMOs.
Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box is back in today’s patch
So who's up for some retro jumping puzzle fun? Guild Wars 2 is, and if you're angling for a break from the apparently hugely...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking Guild Wars 2’s post-End of Dragons roadmap
Last week, we got a tsunami of good news from Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet. Studio directors Colin Johanson and John "JT" Taylor, along...
The Daily Grind: What are the best and worst snowy zones in MMOs?
It's sort of a running joke around here that I am not a big fan of snowy "northern climate" zones in MMORPGs. We had...
One Shots: It’s thriller night!
There are no shortages of bizarre and arresting sights in Lost Ark, it seems. Zulika Mi-Nam recorded this strange encounter with a whole host...
Guild Wars 2 previews changes to Exposed effect and further Catalyst tweaks arriving next week
There's a new patch coming to Guild Wars 2 this Tuesday, March 29th, and while we don't have the full patch notes available just...
Massively Overthinking: How long should MMO expansions be?
Star Wars The Old Republic's Legacy of the Sith struggled for many reasons, but the one I've seen echoed over and over is that...
Perfect Ten: Obnoxious MMO buzzwords found in press releases
So say that you write for MassivelyOP. Or say that you work for another news site while wistfully refreshing MassivelyOP's front page hoping to...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel when an MMO changes a well-known zone?
Buried in all of the news that LOTRO is changing its business model was the word that one of the game's most iconic locales...
The Stream Team: Securing skiffs and finding phoenixes in Guild Wars 2
One of the coolest parts of Guild Wars 2's new End of Dragons is the new skiff, and Massively OP's MJ cannot wait to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 365: Free Middle-earth
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's monetization shift, NCsoft's Throne and Liberty, Albion Online, New World, Elder Scrolls Online, Elyon, and ArcheAge, with adventures in LOTRO, DDO, WoW Classic, Guild Wars 2, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on SSG support and our favorite MMO zones.
