living world
The Daily Grind: What should Guild Wars 2 do beyond Cantha?
I know that a whole lot is riding on Guild Wars 2 sticking the landing for End of Dragons. It's not just that Cantha...
Guild Wars 2 starts its return to Living World Season 2 on May 25
The overall Guild Wars 2 story has been moving through a lot of Living World content since the game's initial launch, and so it's possible you...
Flameseeker Chronicles: The disappointing second half of Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga
Welcome to part two of this overview of Guild Wars 2's The Icebrood Saga. Last time, I talked about how the first half of...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Recapping the entire Guild Wars 2 The Icebrood Saga
When looking back on Guild Wars 2's The Icebrood Saga, I think the most noticeable feature was its many ups and downs. If I’m...
Interview: Mortal Online 2 CEO on stress testing, persistent plans, and the MMO market
It's not every day that I actually get an answer, let alone a number, when I ask an MMORPG developer how many people showed...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Possible futures for Guild Wars 2’s strikes and dragon response missions
Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga gave us a new type of endgame group content starting with its prologue chapter: Strike Missions. Each episode introduced...
Playable Worlds’ MMO will leverage cloud gaming to simulate a world and be playable on multiple devices
Over the past few weeks, Playable Worlds' Raph Koster has been kicking out lots of blog posts about what his studio's game is aiming...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Lessons Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons can learn from previous expansions
Any expansion announcement for any MMO is always a cause for excitement, but it's been four years since Guild Wars 2 shipped a new...
Guild Wars 2 game designer Keaven Freeman announces his departure from ArenaNet
It looks like ArenaNet is losing yet another member of its team. Guild Wars 2 game designer Keaven Freeman unveiled on his personal blog...
Virtual chorus of 144 singers performs a song from Guild Wars 2 Living World Season 4
The arts do not stop for a pandemic. Not entirely, anyway. Evidence of this can be found with thanks to the Virtual Video Game...
Myth of Empires arrives with territory conquest and nation building
"Hey Ted, did you hear about that empire?" "Whoa, man, I thought that was just a myth!"
While we're not quite sure what the name...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s 2020 year in review
2019 was a rough year for Guild Wars 2. Its studio, ArenaNet, suffered sizable layoffs, and lost game directors Mike O’Brien and Mike Zadorojny....
Flameseeker Chronicles: An honest second look at Guild Wars 2’s dragon response missions
As longtime readers surely know, Flameseeker Chronicles is an opinion column, one of many on Massively OP, though this one's about Guild Wars 2....
The Daily Grind: What was the best Guild Wars 2 living world season?
To date, there have been approximately five Guild Wars 2 living world seasons. Technically, The Icebrood Saga, which began last year, isn't a season,...
Guild Wars 2 teases November 17 ‘Truce’ living world content chapter with brand-new trailer
As promised, Guild Wars 2 has dropped the new trailer for its next chapter, The Icebrood Saga: Champions, Chapter 1: Truce. Is it possible...
Guild Wars 2 postpones November Steam launch indefinitely to focus on End of Dragons expansion and living world
Just three months ago, ArenaNet told Guild Wars 2 players the game was bound for Steam with full crossplay in November. You might have...
Guild Wars 2 outlines content plans through May 2021, with next chapter, Truce, coming November 17
Roadmap roadmap getcher Guild Wars 2 roadmap here! Yep ArenaNet's dropped a roadmap for the "final arc" of the Icebrood Saga this afternoon. "The...
Massively Overthinking: Where is the line between buy-to-play, free-to-play, and subscription MMOs?
You might think this Massively Overthinking topic is way too obvious, but I assure you, it's not! Consider this: When the buy-to-play-with-no-sub Guild Wars...
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...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First Impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Jormag Rising, live today
Just two short months ago, Guild Wars 2 introduced us to the Drizzlewood Coast, flashpoint of the civil war between the Charr United Legions...