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Game Workers Unite condemns ArenaNet for Guild Wars 2 developer firings

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Grassroots advocacy group Game Workers Unite posted a statement on Pricegate today, "emphatically denouncing" ArenaNet for firing Guild Wars 2's Jessica Price and Peter...

Guild Wars 2’s roller beetle gets an armadillo upgrade

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Roller beetles are still the latest hotness in Guild Wars 2, but now players have a greater choice of style while ripping up the...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking Guild Wars 2’s PR nightmare

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Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll have noticed that two Guild Wars 2 developers were cut loose last week after a heated Twitter...

IGDA calls for transparent guidelines on game studio social media and harassment following Guild Wars 2 dust-up

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Regardless of who you believe had the right and wrong of the ArenaNet Twitter fiasco last week, game developers have expressed concern over the...

Guild Wars 2 pushes out underwater balance patch while players cross over 119,431 years /played

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Just a heads up that Guild Wars 2 is putting out a small patch today to balance a few issues in the game: "Since...
Oh gosh why.

The Daily Grind: How early should an MMORPG’s hype cycle begin?

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GIbiz put out an interesting piece this week looking 10 years into the past to see where the buzz was in the game industry...

ArenaNet has let go two Guild Wars 2 devs following a heated Twitter confrontation

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Please note that this article has been heavily updated over the last week as this story has continued developing. New additions are at the...
Wheelie!

ArenaNet is working on inventory tweaks and bug fixes for Classic Guild Wars – yes, a real patch!

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ArenaNet isn't giving up on Classic Guild Wars, it seems, and it's not stopping at the basics. "In the spirit of cupcakes, here's a sneak...

Guild Wars 2 living world AMA on beetles, Joko, PvP, fractals, raids, and just what the heck happened last week

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Team ArenaNet descended on Reddit last night to chat about all things - what else - Guild Wars 2. But if you haven't got...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG skill system that avoids the ‘illusion of choice’?

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Over the weekend, my husband and I were chatting about playing on a Star Wars Galaxies emulator again, probably the Legends one that people...

Maps and music bring culture and history to your Guild Wars 2 play

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It's time to get your culture on in Guild Wars 2. Up first: Dataminer @that_shaman has posted a massive update to his Historical Guide to...

Pokemon-inspired MMORPG Temtem just funded on Kickstarter with over half a million bucks

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Temtem has just fully funded on Kickstarter to the tune of just about $573,919, with 11,715 backers (the counts will keep fluctuating for a...

Guild Wars 2’s devs had way too much fun making the roller beetle mount

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It's Guild Wars 2's most unusual mount yet -- scratch that, the most unusual mount of most any MMORPG yet. And as players cruise...
It bugs me.

Guild Wars 2 continues efforts to fix its living world episode issues

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When you deliberately add roller beetles to your game, you have to know that bugs are going to be an issue. Guild Wars 2's newest...

Battle Bards Episode 123: Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire

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With eagerness in their hearts, the Battle Bards rush toward another Guild Wars 2 soundtrack, ready to bask in the aural glory of this...

Perfect Ten: The best MMO debuts by year, 1997-2006

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By now, many of you probably know that I'm the curator of the MMO Timeline on my personal blog. On this page, I've attempted...
There are some gearing issues in GW2, but those are... different issues, let's leave it there.

Guild Wars 2 deals with disconnections and progress-killing bugs for its latest episode

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Finally! You can play the newest episode of Guild Wars 2's Living Story! And by "play" we of course mean "attempt to play before...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 176: Guild Wars 2, The Crew 2, and Elder Scrolls too

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Justin and Bree discuss Fractured's Kickstarter, Trion Worlds' purchase of Gazillion, Guild Wars 2's new episode, The Crew 2's launch, drama in Elder Scrolls Online and Black Desert, The Sims, DDO, Trove, what we bought in the Steam sale, and pipedreams for Marvel Heroes.

Flameseeker Chronicles: Our preview of Guild Wars 2’s Long Live the Lich, now live

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We've waited out the short delay, and today's the day when we get our hands on the third episode of Guild Wars 2's fourth Living...

ArenaNet on Guild Wars 2’s living story, Heart of Thorns vs. Path of Fire, security, and momentum

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Though ArenaNet was technically at E3 this year, the group representing Guild Wars 2 was chiefly a marketing and business one, so they carted our interview...

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