guild wars 2

Official Site: Guild Wars 2
Studio: ArenaNet/NCsoft
Launch Date: August 28, 2012
Genre: Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model: Hybrid B2P (Cash Shop, No Sub, Paid Expansions)
Platform: PC

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The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the messiest combat?

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I don't like messes. They freak me out. The chaos, the uncertainty, it gets to me. And it's as true in real life as...

Massively Uplifting: Cake, coloring, and EVE Online’s PLEX4Good COVID-19 relief

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The news this past month has been infected with the novel coronavirus. It's everywhere we turn, and we can't escape it even if we...

The Stream Team: Colossal kitties in Guild Wars 2

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Some days you game hardcore, and other days you just want to chill and admire the colossal kitties. The latter is exactly what Massively...
Mourning.

Former ArenaNet art lead Jens Hauch passes away at age 46

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It's always sad to report when one of the forces behind a game has passed away. Jens Hauch served as a longtime technical art...

One Shots: A nose in a book

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I love me a good library. When I was a kid, going to libraries and book stores were some of my favorite outings, so...

The Game Archaeologist: The history of Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box

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In the MMORPG genre, April Fools' Day is especially relished as a time in which developers and studios can get a bit wacky and...

A fan-made Guild Wars 2 dating sim is arriving on Friday to support charity

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How would you like to enjoy some amusing Guild Wars 2 dating options without having to actually log in to Guild Wars 2 and...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 265: Delusions of Elyria

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Justin, Bree, MJ, and Mia discuss Chronicles of Elyria, Guild Wars 2, PSO2, Ashes of Creation, Saga of Lucimia, WoW Classic and Burning Crusade, with adventures in LOTRO, Revelation Online, Don't Starve Together, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on player housing and optional sub servers.
Read it and... well, just read it.

Flameseeker Chronicles: Speculating on Guild Wars 2’s Cantha expansion features

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I never thought I’d be saying this with a straight face, but yes, Guild Wars 2 is finally going to Cantha! This fan-favorite locale...
Notably after!

The Daily Grind: When you return to an MMO, do you start over or continue?

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Recently I loaded back up Guild Wars 2 after a multi-year absence. While I still have a strong roster of decked-out level 80 characters...

Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box is coming mid-April, not next week, and there’s no new World

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I've joked a few times this week about how badly my kids want to play Super Adventure Box in Guild Wars 2, and I...

Guild Wars 2 Game Director Mike Zadorojny left for Amazon Games Studios – in November

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Two weeks ago, we reported that Guild Wars 2 Game Director Mike Zadorojny had quietly departed ArenaNet last fall. Originally leaked by a troll...

Massively Overthinking: What do you hoard in MMORPGs?

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Last week, online gamers made headlines for hoarding toilet paper. No, not in real life - in Fallout 76. Way to embrace the apocalypse,...
WHO'S A KITTY?!

Guild Wars 2 explores player variety and choices in Visions of the Past: Steel and Fire

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Not gonna lie, my kids have been begging me for Super Adventure Box all week, and everytime ArenaNet tweets something on the Guild Wars...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 264: Don’t feel blue, MapleStory 2

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Justin, Bree, Eliot, and Chris discuss the pandemic's positive impact on gaming, MapleStory 2, Guild Wars 2, EverQuest, and Warhammer Online, with adventures in Animal Crossing, Star Trek Online, GW2, SWG Legends, Dauntless, and FFXIV, and an epic lightning round mailbag.

One Shots: Mining the safe, responsible way

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When it comes to the careful and meticulous extraction of natural resources from the planet, it pays great dividends to hew to our 32-point...

Guild Wars 2 prepares a legendary armory for legendary use as the studio adopts work-from-home policy

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Here's a shot of really great news for legendary crafters in Guild Wars 2: This week, ArenaNet announced that it is going to introduce...

Massively Overthinking: What MMO topics have you changed your mind on over the years?

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On last week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I took a stab at answering a fun question from MOP reader and listener Pieter about...
Read it and... well, just read it.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 263: Cantha or bust

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Justin and Bree discuss the coronavirus' impact on online gaming, Guild Wars 2's Cantha expansion and recent departures, WoW's essence switcharoo, Phantasy Star Online 2's open beta, Albion Online's roadmap, with adventures in WoW Classic, Elder Scrolls Online, and SWG Legends, and mailbag entries on so-called dead games and new engines for old MMOs.

Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Visions of the Past Steel and Fire

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Just three short months ago, ArenaNet teased us in its 2020 content preview for Guild Wars 2 with a new type of story content...

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