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Leaderboard: Are you concerned for the future of Guild Wars 2?

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Yesterday, we learned that ArenaNet's Mike O'Brien, who'd run the company that ushered both Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 into the MMORPG genre...

Gaming chat client company Discord issued an unknown number of layoffs this week

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If you're a gamer, you probably use Discord, so you're probably interested to know that the company behind it is evidently going through a...

Guild Wars 2’s build and equipment templates are coming on October 29

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Earlier this year when ArenaNet was doing damage control following the layoffs, one of the most exciting pieces of news about the future of...

Leaderboard: Does Guild Wars 2 need another expansion?

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If you've followed NCsoft's quarterly investor reports for the last many years, you've probably seen dozens graphs of Guild Wars 2's revenues and the...

Flameseeker Chronicles: What we saw (and what we didn’t) in Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga announcement event

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This past weekend’s announcement of Guild Wars 2’s continuation of the Living World story, entitled The Icebrood Saga, was met with all of the...

Leaderboard: Do you buy the ‘Grand Daybreak Unification’ theory?

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Yesterday, MMO blogger Wilhelm Arcturus of The Ancient Gaming Noob dropped a fun conspiracy theory in the comments of our piece on EVE Online...

Flameseeker Chronicles: What would a mobile Guild Wars 2 look like?

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Ever wished Tyria could fit in your pocket? That dream could one day become a reality. A couple of weeks ago, we heard rumblings...

Recapping the whole 38 Studios mess as Curt Schilling contemplates run for Congress

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You folks remember 38 Studios, right? The studio at the heart of one of the most scandalous fiascos in the whole MMO genre? It's...

Activision-Blizzard Q2 2019: Revenues dip again, WoW subs rise, expanded teams en route for Blizz

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Remember in February when Activision-Blizzard posted record high financials but followed it up with a devastating round of layoffs? And then remember when the...

Q2 2019 financials: Nexon revenues dip as Netease sees international growth

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Nexon's business has been under close scrutiny this year as its owners attempted a sale and then reorganized instead, prompting layoffs earlier this week and...

Nexon’s PC and mobile consolidation ends up with employee layoffs after all

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It looks as if rumored efforts to merge PC and mobile divisions weren't just rumors, and according to Gamasutra, the company has closed two...
Ah, no.

LOTRO Legendarium: A timeline of Lord of the Rings Online from 1994 to 2019

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When I wrapped up writing my previous LOTRO column on the game's first year of live operation, I felt that I had left this...

NCsoft Q2 2019: Guild Wars 2 may be eyeing a mobile version (again)

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Those with long memories might recall that way back in 2010 prior to Guild Wars 2's launch, ArenaNet made a (small) bit of noise...

Massively Overthinking: Thoughts and predictions on Guild Wars 2’s next big thing

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Last week, Guild Wars 2 put an end to the whining about info droughts by promising a big reveal of living story season 5...

Guild Wars 2 is plotting a big living world announcement during PAX on August 30

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If you've been keeping a finger on the pulse of the Guild Wars 2 community the last month or so, you know there's been...
Among all the many, many ways you are terrible.

Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce departs the studio

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When Blizzard Entertainment was created in 1991, three men were at the center of this new venture: Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham, and Frank Pearce....

After suggesting it’d save Player Studio, Daybreak has quietly shuttered it for EverQuest instead

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Back in March, Daybreak appointed a new Producer for its long-running Player Studio program - that's the system that allowed players to create and...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 225: The slash and burn of Amazon Game Studios

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Justin and Bree discuss E3, Black Desert, Warframe, Last Oasis, Amazon, New World, Ship of Heroes, SWG Legends, LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, with mailbag questions on monetizing character costuming and beating bad launch dead horses.

Amazon Game Studios is apparently suffering layoffs and game cancelations

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Next week, we've got a piece coming in which one of my colleagues remarks that Amazon Game Studios' greatest claim to fame right now...

H1Z1 launches season 4 as Daybreak says it’s ‘not ready to call it quits’ on Z1 Battle Royale

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Z1 Battle Royale - the PC game once known as H1Z1 - has had a rough year or two, losing most of its playerbase,...

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