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

Massively Overthinking: The MMOs where suddenly you’re a different character now

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I was recently thumbing through my Lord of the Rings Online screenshots when I stumbled into one I'd taken of a player's extremely smart...

Guild Wars 2 has finally updated its region transfer system, but it’s not gonna make anyone happy

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Last March, following one of Guild Wars 2's world restructuring beta events, ArenaNet told players that it was planning to update its system for...

The Stream Team: The joys of Rising Flames in Guild Wars 2

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What's the best way to get Massively OP's MJ pumped for a story chapter in Guild Wars 2? Name it Rising Flames! Having just...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 503: The Quinfail

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Justin and Bree discuss The Quinfall's messy early access, Camelot Unchained's worrisome future, New World's broken servers, and Throne and Liberty's server merge, with adventures in LOTRO, Fallout 76, WoW Classic, Guild Wars 2, and Playnite, plus a mailbag topic on what kind of MMO character template we have IRL.

Guild Wars 2’s lunar new year festival is live with snake tail pants

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As promised, Guild Wars 2's Lunar New Year event is officially live this afternoon. "Shed the old year and slither into the next -...

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best small group content for 2-3 players?

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One of the reasons my family keeps gravitating back to MMOs like Guild Wars 2 and City of Heroes is that they have an...
Get ready

Guild Wars 2 previews its PvP-focused class balancing arriving February 11

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It's that time once again, Guild Wars 2 players - time to take a look at the balance adjustments coming to the MMO's classes...
spooky, kinda

Massively Overthinking: Has an MMO cadence switch-up ever actually worked out for the best?

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When I was going through our historical awards for the debrief earlier this month, I had a little chuckle looking at the awards for...

Guild Wars 2’s lunar new year festival will revivify next week, following Friday’s balance patch preview

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When Lunar New Year didn't launch in Guild Wars 2 yesterday, you probably did what we did and assumed it would launch next Tuesday,...
Sort of?

Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs with creative idea hooks

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There's so much blatant -- and lazy! -- copying in the world of entertainment and arts that anything novel is to be cherished. I've...

The Stream Team: Journey into the Bloodstone Maw in Guild Wars 2

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Having just finished the mastery that was blocking her story progress, Massively OP's MJ is now able to continue Guild Wars 2's Living World...

Interview: Notorious’ Chris Kaleiki on the ‘MMO bones’ in extraction RPG Legacy Steel and Sorcery

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If you’re a fan of extraction shooters but want more high-fantasy RPG elements then I’ve got something in store for you: Legacy: Steel and...

Massively Overthinking: What will be your three most played MMOs in 2025?

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So here we are at the top of another year, looking ahead at what we think we're going to play. Consider this week's Massively...

Guild Wars 2 delays January’s balance update into February

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If you remember early November, which I realize feels like 10 years ago, ArenaNet released a roadmap for the rest of the Janthir Wilds...

The Stream Team: Investigating Guild Wars 2’s Bloodstone Fen

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After Eir's memorial, Massively OP's MJ boarded an airship... like anyone thought that was a good idea! After all, airship is synonymous with explosion...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 501: Moving, money, and modding

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's new server plan, Stars Reach's Kickstarter plan, PlanetSide 2's limbo, Elder Scrolls Online's new DLC, and roadmaps for EverQuest and EverQuest II, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, Guild Wars 2, SWG Legends, and a ton of smaller games, plus a mailbag topics on modding and MMOs.

First Impressions: Multiplayer sandbox Aloft doesn’t revel in your misery – it relishes mystery

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Cozy survival sandbox Aloft has been on our radar since last year, and as of tomorrow, it's officially moving from its public demo stage...

End-of-Year Eleven: All the upcoming MMOs to watch in 2025 and beyond

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As we turn the page on another fascinating year of MMORPG history, we cross into fresh territory. What lies ahead? Surprises, disappointments, and endless...

The Stream Team: Living the Guild Wars 2 Season 3 life

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With holiday events over, Massively OP's MJ can return her focus to finishing up the Guild Wars 2 story. And to do that, she...

Massively OP Podcast: The 500th episode and writer roundtable

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Justin, Bree, Chris, and Eliot host the annual roundtable and 500th episode of the show since the MOP reboot in 2015; they discuss the history of the podcast, fave MMOs from 2024, most anticipated games for 2025, highlights of MOP's awards series, the state of the site, and mailbag topics on Discord and MMO history podcasts.

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