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Fight or Kite: Early thoughts on Crowfall’s lively beta, necromancy, and alts
Anyone who’s been following Crowfall over the years since its original Kickstarter has likely at one point or another felt like the game’s development...
Massively Overthinking: Mixing and matching the best crafting systems in the MMO ‘verse
Longtime MOP reader Ken from Chicago recently asked us to talk about crafting - but he didn't want us to just list off the...
Perfect Ten: 10 great tropical areas to visit in MMOs
Probably a lot of us aren't getting that fantastic summer beach vacation that we had hoped to get this year. But instead of getting...
Guild Wars 2 has a bunch of sweet anniversary gifts in store for MMO players next week
It's hard to believe Guild Wars 2 is going on eight years old, but we'll roll with it if it means a pile of...
One Shots: Showing up to play hard
It's always a great feeling when you know you're not alone when facing great challenges in your life -- or in your video games....
Global Chat: Are MMO classes too similar to each other?
Blogger Yeebo Fernbottom has a beef with MMOs, and maybe you can relate. The issue, as the Yeebs sees it, is that in the...
Massively Overthinking: Jumping the shark in MMOs
I'm sure those few people out there still bearing a grudge over the Rune-keeper would disagree with me, but one of the things that...
NCsoft Q2 2020: Lineage 2M drives revenue as Aion and Lineage flag and Guild Wars 2 rebounds
MMO readers will recall that NCsoft has been having a big year for revenue, doubling its revenue in the first quarter of this year...
Guild Wars 2 struggles with high latency but improves World Boss Rush
Today's Guild Wars 2 story is a little bit of bad news, good news. Let's get the bad news out of the way first:...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 283: TennoConversations
Justin, Bree, and MJ discuss Warframe and TennoCon 2020, Crowfall's beta, LOTRO's Rohan housing, DDO's nasty rollback, Blizzard's latest mess, and Guild Wars 2's underwater mounts, with a special edition of the Daily Grind Blitz.
Guild Wars 2’s Festival of the Four Winds is live, along with WvW quality-of-life enhancements
Guild Wars 2 is having a pretty packed summer, with the recent arrival of Jormag Rising and a special update for underwater skimmers coming...
Flameseeker Chronicles: How Guild Wars 2 can improve underwater combat
Way back in the lead up to Guild Wars 2’s launch in 2012, I remember the community being all abuzz about the addition of...
Guild Wars 2 is adding new underwater functionality for Skimmer mounts August 25
If you ever thought Guild Wars 2's graceful water-based mount, the Skimmer, looked more like something that should be flitting about under the ocean...
Guild Wars 2 is planning some quality-of-life changes for Drizzlewood Coast next week
The Drizzlewood Coast map and its associated metas have been the subject of chatter in the Guild Wars 2 for months now, as players...
Guild Wars 2’s Festival of the Four Winds returns August 11
It's been only a week since Guild Wars 2 dropped its latest content episode, but already the ArenaNet team is moving to the next...
The Daily Grind: Who is the greatest female NPC in an MMO?
From Jaina to Wonder Woman, Vette to Galadriel, MMORPGs sport an inspiring roster of strong and fascinating women. Sometimes they headline the game, as...
The MOP Up: All Points Bulletin revs its engine upgrade
This past weekend, Little Orbit's All Points Bulletin ran its second open beta test as it prepares to roll out the huge Unreal Engine...
Jukebox Heroes: The ultimate guide to MMORPG music
It's been a long, strange, and wonderful journey to explore MMORPG music with you here in Jukebox Heroes. And while I am anticipating many...
One Shots: The ultimate tree house
When I asked for pictures of plant houses in online games, I wasn't quite expecting that notion to sprout and grow into this tremendous...
The Guild Wars 2 community is debating whether precursors belong in lockboxes
Guild Wars 2 players are busy on Reddit this week debating whether precursors should be even tangentially in the Black Lion chest loot table...