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

MMO blogger dives into the theoretical math behind lockboxes

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MMO blogger Serrenity, whom many of you will recognize from his clever comments here on MOP too, has a compelling blog post on his...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite and least favorite type of MMO daily?

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Over the weekend, Guild Wars 2 players on Reddit opened up a discussion about dailies in the game that spoke to me. I used to...

The Stream Team: Racing through Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King

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Massively OP's MJ loved Halloween events before, but Guild Wars 2 is giving her reason to love them more! The game has added mount...

The Daily Grind: How many of you are still playing Guild Wars 2?

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As I type this, Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire expansion has been out exactly a month. At the time, I remember making fun...

Choose My Adventure: All spoken out in Guild Wars 2

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Well, this is a bit awkward. I appear to have run out of things to say. This is not inherently a bad thing. My time...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 140: Dubious drops in LOTRO, FFXIV, and SWTOR

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends' Orochi Tower patch, Lord of the Rings' weird patch week, FFXIV's housing mess, SWTOR's balance patch, Warframe's open-world patch, and H1Z1's name-change patch, with a mailbag question about older gamers in MMORPGs.
WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?!

Guild Wars 2’s Halloween event heralds new mount skins and new content

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Guild Wars 2's Halloween festivities have officially begun! The Mad King's gala has a few new additions this year, including new themed guild decor, new...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire story

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I feel as though the time is finally right to talk to you all about the awesome chunk of story that dropped with Guild Wars...
Some day, I will be good about screenshots. That day is not today.

Choose My Adventure: Map-based antics in Guild Wars 2

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One of the points of the polls and discussions for Guild Wars 2 the other week was that while I could focus on either...

The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of ‘automatic helping behaviors’ in MMORPGs?

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We've been complaining about lockboxes a lot lately as an unwelcome psychological trick in gaming, so this morning, I wanted to talk about a...
Everyone comes to our house.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 139: Catching up with Legends of Aria

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Justin and Bree are joined by Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann to chat about alpha; then they discuss Guild Wars 2's waypoint sales, SWTOR's merges, the WoW expansion, and Shroud of the Avatar's delay, with a mailbag question on lockbox gambling.

Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King Halloween events return October 17

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Who's ready for another round of Mad King Says? We hear his jokes always... slay the audience. ArenaNet announced this afternoon that Halloween returns to...

Guild Wars 2’s AMA covers mounts, raids, maps, and the state of class balance

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The ArenaNet devs descended on the Guild Wars 2 over the weekend for what looks like one of the game's biggest AMAs to date...

One Shots: Counting sheep

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I might not pick one of Final Fantasy XIV's Lalafell as an ideal combat companion, but when it comes to staging adorable photogenic moments?...
Life hack: Become a deity.

Choose My Adventure: Following a god in Guild Wars 2

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To my absolute lack of a surprise, the fact that your abilities are so aggressively limited once you pick an Elite Specialization in Guild Wars...

Guild Wars 2 developers take players along for a Path of Fire trek

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It's a unique experience to be able to sit down and watch developers play the very game they made. Even if it gives you...

Exclusive Guild Wars 2 interview on Path of Fire’s launch and philosophy

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Spurred on by my excitement for Guild Wars 2's second expansion, Path of Fire, I reached out to ArenaNet shortly before release to secure a post-launch...

Connect with other online gamers via MMO Book Club’s Guild Wars 2 romp and MMOCircles

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Feeling a little isolated? Having a hard time making friends? Does your mother have to validate how special you are? Here are a couple...

Perfect Ten: The 10 live MMORPGs everybody should try

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If you have ever visited the MMORPG subreddit, you probably know that one of the most frequent posts that pop up are ones asking...

Global Chat: The MMO community’s Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire impressions

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It is kind of impossible to stroll around the MMO blogging community as of late and not trip and fall into a pool of...

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