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Guild Wars 2 unveils Mount Balrior, its first proper raid in five years
So if you're looped into the Guild Wars 2 scene, you already know that the second big chunk of the four-part Janthir Wilds expansion...
Guild Wars 2 just launched on the Epic Games Store – here’s the new trailer
Yesterday, when ArenaNet laid down Guild Wars 2's roadmap for the next few months, the studio teased that the game would be coming to...
Pearl Abyss Q3 2024: Black Desert declines, EVE Online flattens, Crimson Desert dithers
Pearl Abyss - minus Pearl Abyss America head Jeonghee Jin, who left for NCsoft America this past summer - released its Q3 2024 financials...
The Stream Team: Wrapping up Guild Wars 2’s current Janthir Wilds story
Is she going to make it? Massively OP's MJ is cutting it pretty close in her bid to wrap up the current Janthir Wilds...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 493: Landing on Brighter Shores
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's Legacy of Morgoth, Brighter Shores' early access, ArcheAge Chronicles' delay, Chrono Odyssey, Stars Reach's trailer, and FFXIV's Crossroads, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and WoW Classic, plus a mailbag topic on handhelds and controllers for MMOs.
Guild Wars 2’s Janthir Wilds: Godspawn update arrives November 19 – plus we’ve got roadmap updates
Don't let Guild Wars 2's performance in NCsoft's Q3 financials get you down: The next chunk of the Janthir Wilds expansion is just around...
NCsoft Q3 2024: NCsoft teases Aion 2 for 2025, says Throne & Liberty sales ‘surpassed internal projections’
It's been one hell of a quarter for NCsoft - and we mean that for every interpretation of the phrase.
As readers might recall, in...
The Daily Grind: How often do your MMO alts become your mains?
I've been thinking about this question for a while now, as my Engineer has taken my whole heart in Guild Wars 2. I have...
Vague Patch Notes: Living like a rock in MMORPGs
So if you are anything close to my age, you probably do not think of Simon & Garfunkel's music as being anything remotely "raw."...
Massively Overthinking: How long should it take to level to endgame in MMORPGs?
Right after New World's Aeternum launched, we did a piece looking into how the game was faring - and one complaint I saw over...
Throne & Liberty’s latest patch will let guilds fight over a castle and try to deliver tax money
It was already outlined, but now it's here: The guilds of Throne and Liberty are now able to take part in a tax delivery...
The Daily Grind: Do you actually care enough about cosmetics in MMORPGs to buy them?
You know, we joke a lot about how "fashion wars is the real endgame in MMOs," but it's not always true. I know there...
Throne & Liberty boasts 4.5M unique players in its first month
If you're in the arguably right guild in Throne and Liberty, you've already got quite a few things to do (and most of them...
The Stream Team: Pushed Against the Wall in Guild Wars 2
Two titans -- it can't be that bad, can it? Uh, yes. With double trouble in Guild Wars 2, Massively OP's MJ has to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 492: Grouping is the new soloing
Justin and Bree discuss Path of Exile 2, Elder Scrolls Online, Albion Online, Elite Dangerous, New World, and Embers Adrift, with adventures in World of Warcraft and Guild Wars 2, plus a mailbag discussion on MMO dungeon pacing.
The MOP Up: Torchlight Infinite invites you to step into a painting
Torchlight Infinite's sixth season, The Frozen Canvas, arrived with a new character and a mechanic centered around painting and canvases: "As these paintings are...
One Shots: A sticky situation, indeed
While I am a general fan of honey, the fact that this is a dessert guarded by hundreds of bees does turn my attention...
Design Mockument: Exploring alternatives to the typical MMO trinity
Here's a fun thing for you: I swear that way, way back before the game launched, there were documents from the Guild Wars 2...
Massively Overthinking: Have you ever been booted from an MMORPG group because your class wasn’t the meta?
Earlier this month, when some World of Warcraft players were protesting massive nerfs to specific classes, MOP reader Sloth explained the problem superbly: The...
Vague Patch Notes: Solipsism and what it means for playing MMORPGs
We've been talking for the past couple of Vague Patch Notes columns about the fact that MMOs are, as a genre, defined by having...
