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: Grouping, kill-stealing, and open PvP in MMORPGs

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This week's Massively Overthinking topic arrived in our inboxes from longtime reader Leiloni. It's a timely one all about newly launched Tree of Savior -- and...

Flameseeker Chronicles: The future of Guild Wars 2 under Mike O’Brien

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The news coming from ArenaNet has been very interesting since the company's President Mike O'Brien took over as Guild Wars 2 Game Director, so I...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 59: This great stage of fools

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 SAB and legendary weapons, WoW, EVE's World War Bee, FFXI, TSW's new issue, and WildStar's Arcterra, with mailbag questions on similar MMO experiences and customer support.

Paladins’ Illusionist Ying creates explosive prisms of pain

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Teased last week, Paladins' latest revealed character - illusionist Ying, the Blossom - got a full ability scope-out video over the weekend. Illusory Mirror shoots...
It's never quite gone.

April Fools’ Day around the MMOverse, 2016 edition

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Happy April Fools' Day, and remember not to believe anything you read on the internet today! We're stepping outside of our own BuzzFeed-headline prank...

Guild Wars 2 brings back Super Adventure Box for April Fools’ Day

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So we're going to cross our fingers and hope that this is all true and not just a new April Fools' joke about an...

Guild Wars 2 is adjusting fractals, scribing, and the Alpine WvW borderlands

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ArenaNet's Mike O'Brien appears to be continuing his shakeup of Guild Wars 2 with today's forum post on the planned spring update. Pushing past...

Guild Wars 2’s Mike O’Brien elaborates on legendary weapon cancellation

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The fallout from the cancellation of further legendary weapon development has been one for the history books within the Guild Wars 2 community. Players...

The MOP Up: Easter springs upon us (March 27, 2016)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

MMO Mechanics: MMORPG expansions vs. sequels

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The recent news about EverQuest Next's cancellation has renewed the debate about whether or not MMOs should get sequels, which have given me plenty...

Guild Wars 2 suspends legendary weapon development in favor of Living World content

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ArenaNet President and Game Director Mike O'Brien told forumgoers this evening that Guild Wars 2 is planning to "indefinitely suspend" work on new legendary weapons...
All we are, we are.

Ree Soesbee answers Guild Wars 2 lore questions about races and dragons

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With all of the different races in Guild Wars 2, it has to be wondered how so many of them were unknown to humans...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG could use a good reboot?

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MMORPG reboots might be impractical and inadvisable, but games from Darkfall and DUST 514 to MapleStory and Linkrealms are all giving (or have given)...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 Gorseval raid boss guide

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More than one reader has asked for further Guild Wars 2 raid guides, and who am I to disappoint? I've been keeping back this Gorseval...

The MOP Up: TERA’s mood clouds (March 20, 2016)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and often we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some of...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best character creation process?

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I don't know about you, but I love a great character creation segment before getting into any RPG or MMORPG. Don't rush me; let...
This is what happens when you give guns to plants.

Guild Wars 2 team streams ‘Building Online Spaces for a Massive Community’ panel from SXSW

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If you're not at GDC or SXSW this week, then you might be feeling a bit left out of the video game industry hoopla,...

Global Chat: ARK invents new types of griefing

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Just when you thought you've seen every type of online griefing known to man, here comes another. In An Age grouses about how ARK:...
Screw history!

Guild Wars 2’s Mike O’Brien promises improvements for WvW play

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If you haven't done any raiding in Guild Wars 2, you also haven't seen any of the story involved in the game's raiding scene....

Guild Wars 2 living story news, Salvation Pass video

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If you missed the recent Guild Wars 2 AMA on Reddit, then you'll be happy to see that there's a handy compilation posted of...

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