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With wall-running and surprisingly weighty combat, Guild Wars 3 is aiming high: "If we hadn't been making MMOs for 26 years I don't think we could have built this"
If not for the grass I've spent hours gazing at in Guild Wars 2, I might not have recognized Guild Wars 3. With an emphasis on weighty third-person combat and an all-new momentum system, the upcoming MMO has more in common with ARPGs (think Elden Ring, Crimson Desert) than many of its peers. That's...
Guild Wars 3 is a lot smaller scale than Guild Wars 2 because of the new approach to combat and movement: 'You would probably see about 20 players in a large combat scenario'
Expect more clarity, but no more 100-player boss fights.
The Stream Team: Praise Joko in Guild Wars 2
Well, well, well. Eating a lich certainly did have its benefits! After last week’s emotional (and physical) roller coaster in Guild Wars 2, Massively OP’s MJ joined Braham in an unexpected “Praise Joko” chant. Because our baby dragon is back! Plus, MJ also has a Jimothy. Who knew happiness would...
Guild Wars 2 shares a sizzle reel for Code of Creation’s new raid and convergence rewards
Surely you have 50 seconds of time to ogle things that are coming to Guild Wars 2, right? It’s not that much time, it’s all a preview peek and not a deep-dive, and it’s even in a screen ratio that doesn’t force you to watch on a mobile device. It’s a perfect sample platter! Assuming you […]
Guild Wars 3’s Asura are taller and furrier than their Guild Wars 2 descendants – but just as quirky
I really hope you guys like creepy lil guys with creepy lil teeth because today’s Guild Wars 3 blog reveal is all about the Asura species. Although conveniently, the new art isn’t showing any teeth. In fact, they kinda look like cutie furry mogwai gnomes now. But we know the teeth are still there,...
The Stream Team: Getting a Jimothy for MVOP’s 14th anniversary in Guild Wars 2
The Massively Overpowered before Massively Overpowered! Before there was Massively Overpowered the site, there was Massively Overpowered the guild; fourteen years ago today, right as the Guild Wars 2 early access doors opened, MVOP was born. (Though it has existed even longer in the original Guild...
Celebrate 14 Years of Guild Wars 2 with up to 40% off Our Past Expansions
The 14th anniversary of Guild Wars 2® is here, and one of the ways we're celebrating is by offering savings on past expansions and digital deluxe upgrades, available until September 1 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7)! Expansion 5—Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds™ Standard Edition Expansion 4—Guild...
The Daily Grind: What content do players of your favorite MMO sleep on?
Earlier this summer, a player on the Guild Wars 2 subreddit exhorted his fellow gamers to stop sleeping on the game’s living world seasons. While acknowledging that a lot of GW2 players skip them (or don’t want to pay for them), user glowinggoo (correctly) points out that some of the game’s best...
The oldest Guild Wars 2 characters are turning 14 years old this week with all the concomitant birthday gifts
If you have a very old Guild Wars 2 character, you should log in and check your mail because the game has officially turned 14 years old and is dispatching the usual round of birthday gifts. The wiki has recordkeeping for the earliest birthdays; it sounds like the earliest headstart toons were...
The Daily Grind: Do you play the most popular class or spec in your MMO?
Back in June, a Guild Wars 2 fan put together a neat chart showing how many people are playing which specs in open world PvE, based on his sample size over 1000 people on the North American megaserver. It’s honestly a beautiful visualization, and I bet without looking you can guess the top four or...
The Stream Team: Using Guild Wars 2’s Festival of the Four Winds to forget
Have you ever used something fun to forget about troubles? Massively OP’s MJ is doing that right now. She’s using the frivolity of the Festival of the Four Winds to take her mind off the gut-punching sorrow Guild Wars 2’s drowned her in last week. After all, how can MJ not feel a little more […]
Massively OP Podcast Episode 576: Peering into the future of MMOs
Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR 8.0, World of Warcraft Curse of Ula'tek, Amazon sending Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty home, Soul's Remnant, and quarterly financials for NCsoft, Nexon, Kakao, Pearl Abyss, and Roblox, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, SWG Legends, and Stars Reach, plus a...
‘Humanity before its great fall’: Guild Wars 3 previews the look and lore of its Human species
Last week, Guild Wars 3 studio ArenaNet confirmed that we’re getting at least four races – species, really – at launch, with infrastructure to support more going forward, contrary to the Guild Wars 2 system. We know we’re getting Humans and Asura again, and this time Kodan too. The fourth is still...
Amazon hands off Throne and Liberty to NC, seemingly ending its MMO era
Amazon Game Studios has handed off Throne and Liberty - its 2024 MMORPG - to NC, the publisher behind Guild Wars 2 and, soon to be, 3.
The Stream Team: Shattering evil dragons in Guild Wars 2
Massively OP’s MJ has been in Thunderhead Peaks making weapons to use against Guild Wars 2’s Kralkatorrik. But a new plan has presented itself: resonating the giant crystal outside the forge with the evil dragon itself and shattering him. Weapons are good, and bigger — especially unexpected —...
Guild Wars 2’s Festival of the Four Winds is live, and so is Jimothy
As promised, Guild Wars 2’s big summer festival, the Festival of the Four Winds, has arrived this afternoon, sending you back to the Crown Pavilion and Labyrinthine cliffs for old’s times’ sake… and for loot. Lots of loot. Your ecto storage weeps. “As you play, earn rewards like the new Cloud...
Guild Wars 2’s Code of Creation update brings Visions of Eternity to an end on September 15
We’re getting an odd sort of reveal for Guild Wars 2 today: ArenaNet has released a slide outlining what exactly is coming in the next and final Visions of Eternity update – as well as when and what it’s called. Apparently, it’s called Code of Creation, and it’s now confirmed to be launching...
Guild Wars 2’s Festival of the Four Winds returns August 11 with new rewards
Guild Wars 2 fans who aren’t all wrapped up in the MMORPG’s housing scene right now will be overjoyed to know that they’re about to get a new event grinder as the traditional summer festival is about to drop. “The winds are gathering… Festival of the Four Winds arrives August 11! Return to...
The Stream Team: Everything is lava in Guild Wars 2’s Thunderhead Peaks
Everything is Lavaaaa, Everything is hot in Thunderhead Peaks. Everything is Lavaaaaa, When you’re helping Aurene. Massively OP’s MJ has found the Dragonsblood Forge in Guild Wars 2, and it is powered by lava. There is literally lava flowing everywhere. Obviously, MJ couldn’t be happier! But she...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 575: I’m turning this car around and going back to Mordor
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO Worlds of Mordor, Elder Scrolls Online, Stars Reach, Closers, and ArcheAge S, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, Eterspire, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on favorite gameplay loops.
Guild Wars 2 recaps WvW beta 2’s ‘healthier spread’ for scoring, plans beta 3 for August 11
Guild Wars 2 PvP fans already know that ArenaNet has been hard at work trying to shore up the game’s PvP all year and last year too – including WvW. In today’s blog post, the studio has popped up to discuss how the testing and development has been coming along – and what’s next now […]
The Stream Team: It’s All or Nothing in Guild Wars 2
Well, looky who just showed up! Caithe has just reappeared in Guild Wars 2 as Massively OP’s MJ and the allies are grieving the loss of Blish. And obviously she wants something; Caithe informed that she had a lead on Glint’s legacy and wants to ask Ogden Stonehealer some questions. But big...
An ArenaNet developer's spouse first discovered Jimothy the raccoon, so it's only right that Guild Wars 2 adds him as a new pet for all classes
The famous Jimothy from Seattle has accepted yet another brand deal. The wild raccoon seemingly suffering from a spinal deformity is being added to Guild Wars 2, in part because the woman who turned the poor creature into a viral sensation named Jimothy is married to an ArenaNet developer. Kiana...
An ArenaNet developer's spouse first discovered Jimothy the raccoon, so it's only right that Guild Wars 2 adds him as a new pet for all classes
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