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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

One Shots: My imaginary friends

Justin Olivetti - May 24, 2015 37

Here's a fun thought: What if we aren't actually playing MMOs? What if we're just sitting in front of blank screens, creating fantasy worlds...

Guild Wars 2’s expansion closed beta starts on May 26

Jef Reahard - May 23, 2015 11

ArenaNet has announced that closed beta testing for Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns expansion will begin on May 26th. It will run in...

Guild Wars 2 denies expansion date rumors, addresses ‘peaceful’ WvW bug

Justin Olivetti - May 21, 2015 31

Don't believe everything you read from online retailers. This is the lesson that we must learn again as a supposed summer release date for...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Expanding into Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns

Tina Lauro Pollock - May 20, 2015 32

When Guild Wars 2's expansion was announced, most of the questions on our lips were permutations of "What's the new level cap?" and "What...

Global Chat: What do you remember about Guild Wars?

Justin Olivetti - May 19, 2015 57

Late last month, the classic Guild Wars transcended its 10th birthday and prompted a flood of nostalgic posts and shared stories. A few MMO...

Guild Wars 2’s Lion’s Arch reconstruction has begun

Bree Royce - May 19, 2015 55

Guild Wars 2's Lion's Arch reconstruction has begun, declare patch notes and a new dev post released today by ArenaNet's Gaile Gray. The patch notes, which also...

Week in Review: NCsoft’s wild week (May 17, 2015)

Bree Royce - May 17, 2015 23

Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review! NCsoft...

Guild Wars 2’s ‘movie monster’ Necromancer spec outlined

Bree Royce - May 17, 2015 33

Did you miss Guild Wars 2's Points of Interest stream on Friday? Me too. Every game seems to stream on Friday, and it's hard...

One Shots: Nothing to see here, move along

Justin Olivetti - May 17, 2015 13

Do you ever stop to realize just how much weirdness we see and dismiss every day as MMO gamers? If a fraction of the...

Guild Wars 2 unveils the Necromancer elite spec, the Reaper

Eliot Lefebvre - May 14, 2015 82

Under normal circumstances, Guild Wars 2 Necromancers have a pretty decisive philosophy of not getting involved in melee. It makes sense, after all. These...

All right, the Lopp have some chops here too.

NCsoft Q1 2015: Growth for Guild Wars 2, further deflation for WildStar

Eliot Lefebvre - May 13, 2015 529

NCsoft's first quarter financial report is out, and... you know, let's start with the good news. Guild Wars 2 is making the company more...

Massively OP Podcast: Episode 13

Justin Olivetti - May 12, 2015 28

Justin and Bree discuss WoW's sub decline, EQ Next, GW2's Dragonhunter, EQ progression servers, SWTOR harassment, and adventures in Marvel Heroes, Secret World, and Guild Wars, plus mailbag questions on SWG's PvP and pay-to-win.

Tamriel Infinium: A guide to Elder Scrolls Online’s combat basics

Larry Everett - May 12, 2015 24

I was looking back through some of my posts about the Elder Scrolls Online, and I noticed that I've mentioned combat quite a bit....

Guild Wars 2 gives us a glimpse of the Necromancer’s elite spec

Justin Olivetti - May 11, 2015 64

Another week, another reveal of the next elite specialization reveal for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns. If this new piece of teased concept...

We were the kings and queens of promise.

Scope out the Guild Wars 2 Dragonhunter summary

Eliot Lefebvre - May 11, 2015 28

You can't play a Dragonhunter Guardian in Guild Wars 2 right now no matter how much you might want to be wielding a bow...

MMO Mechanics: Three favourite action combat systems

Tina Lauro Pollock - May 10, 2015 203

Virtually every MMO contains dangerous places that are filled with other players or NPCs that will attack characters on site, and many also feature...