guild wars

Official Site: Guild Wars
Studio: NCsoft
Launch Date: April 26, 2005
Genre: Fantasy Themepark
Business Model: B2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC

The Daily Grind: What’s your worst MMO guild drama horror story?

Bree Royce - November 20, 2015 106

Guild Wars 2's raiding guild drama earlier this week naturally made me think of guild drama I've experienced myself. I mean, if you've been...

Guild Wars 2 Quaggan holiday merch available to pre-order tomorrow

Justin Olivetti - November 19, 2015 11

Every MMO seems to have its breakout race, and for many Guild Wars 2 players, it's the lovable and squishy Quaggan. So what if...

Perfect Ten: MMOs you forgot existed (but are still running)

Justin Olivetti - November 19, 2015 108

No MMO can be in the spotlight eternally. Even some of the biggest names out there -- your World of Warcrafts, your Guild Wars...

Guild Wars 2 had a five-hour Heart of Thorns launch megastream

Jef Reahard - November 18, 2015 18

If you've got five-plus hours to kill and you're a fan of Guild Wars 2, you might enjoy checking in with the Heart of...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s enhanced Squad UI factsheet

Tina Lauro Pollock - November 18, 2015 13

I've already brought you my initial impressions of the Gorseval raid encounter followed by a quickfire interview with Guild Wars 2 Associate Game Director Steven...

We had a bet running that it would take longer.

Guild Wars 2’s introduction of raids is followed shortly by the introduction of raid drama

Eliot Lefebvre - November 18, 2015 160

Guild Wars 2 introduced the first wing of its new raids to players yesterday. To make these new raids as good as they could...

The Daily Grind: What’s your preferred style of MMO combat?

Justin Olivetti - November 18, 2015 133

A passionate WildStar discussion-slash-debate in my guild the other day on the subject of MMO combat styles had us all taking sides on what was...

Global Chat: Gearing up in WildStar

Justin Olivetti - November 17, 2015 10

If you're anything like me, when you get to the max level in a game, there's a general flailing of hands and a feeling...

ArenaNet’s Steven Waller discusses Guild Wars 2’s raiding foundation

Tina Lauro Pollock - November 17, 2015 39

Following my playtest of Guild Wars 2's raiding, which I chronicled earlier today, I had the opportunity to fire some quick questions across to Guild...

Hands-on with Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns’ first raid

Tina Lauro Pollock - November 17, 2015 35

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, raiders of all professions: I'm delighted to finally be able to spill the beans about all things raiding...

One Shots: Slice ‘n’ dice

Justin Olivetti - November 15, 2015 39

New expansions across the MMO sphere are prompting many of us to take up a part-time job as in-game photographers. And why not? Eye...

The Daily Grind: Is an MMORPG still an MMORPG without gear progression?

Bree Royce - November 13, 2015 214

A Massively OP commenter recently opined that "without gear progression, is a MOBA not an MMORPG," and I would really love to talk...

Ask Mo: The absurd advantages of MMO guilds

Bree Royce - November 11, 2015 55

A Massively OP reader named Ohnix recently sent us a question just perfect for Ask Mo. Let's debate guilds! I play EverQuest II quite a...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 38: BlizzCon strikes back

Justin Olivetti - November 10, 2015 23

Justin and Bree discuss BlizzCon -- WoW, Diablo III, Hearthstone, and the rest -- as well as NCsoft's Q3 and Funcom's reprieve, plus a mailbag question on cosmetic mounts.