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

One Shots: The pity violin

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Screenshots often tell a story -- or a part of one, at least. They invite us into a moment of a gamer's journey, leaving...

Guild Wars 2 talks legendary crafting bugs and legendary weapons

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ArenaNet's Matt Pennebaker has posted an introduction on Reddit that details his work on Guild Wars 2's legendary weapons and crafting bugs. Pennebaker writes...

Massively Overthinking: Counting the hits and misses of our 2015 predictions

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Every year, we lodge our predictions for the next. Funny, strange, and deadly serious, these predictions are a glance back on the naïvetés of 2014 and...

Perfect Ten: Where to get your MMO podcast fix

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We'll assume since you're a savvy gamer reading Massively OP that you're already well aware of the world's best MMO podcast. But what do...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 Vale Guardian raid boss guide

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I've been having a grand auld time smashing my toon against Guild Wars 2's first raiding tier recently, and since I've now (finally!) started...

Guild Wars 2 promises quarterly balance updates, says e-sports are crucial to the game’s growth

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ArenaNet Lead Developer Colin Johanson has strong words in defense of Guild Wars 2's emphasis on e-sports, saying that these programs are "extremely successful" and...

Global Chat: Sifting the good raiders from the bad

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Game designer and blogger Psychochild posited an interesting question recently: How can you tell the difference between a good raider and a bad one? He...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 40: Gnome Huntarz

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Justin and Bree discuss WildStar, GW2, WoW, The Repopulation, Devilian, Marvel Heroes, and Dogma: Eternal Night, plus mailbag questions on finding time to play and whether EverQuest Next is vaporware.

Guild Wars 2 kicks off PvP league season

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The official start to Guild Wars 2's PvP league season begins today! This advancement track is available for both individuals and guild teams as...

Guild Wars 2’s PvP League starts tomorrow

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Guild Wars 2's first PvP League season starts December 1st, which, not coincidentally, is tomorrow. ArenaNet has published a how-to post for those of...

One Shots: The rowsdower abides

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One of my most prized physical MMO possessions is my WildStar rowsdower plushie. It always sits there, looking at me as though it's accusing...
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Guild Wars 2 sees a bright future in e-sports

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Why did Guild Wars 2 go free-to-play? According to Fortune, ArenaNet's decision to switch business models was centered around its desire to grow the fan...

Guild Wars 2 hints at WvW overhaul as WvW dev departs studio

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A big revamp of Guild Wars 2's world vs. world mode is in the works according to a Reddit post by Lead Developer Colin...

The best MMO deals of Black Friday and Cyber Monday

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You could give thanks on Thanksgiving, or gorge yourself on festive food alongside your bickering family members, but we say there's nothing like shopping from the comfort...

Choose My Adventure: Rising through the ranks in Guild Wars 2

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Hello, friends, and welcome yet again to another installment of Choose My Adventure. Over the course of last weekend, I've continued my journeys in...

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for Guild Wars 2 players

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It's been a glorious, if very long and busy, year for Guild Wars 2, so I'm sure ArenaNet is eager to see Wintersday approaching at...

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for total MMO newbies

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If you're anything like me, you probably have a tough time deciding what kinds of gifts to buy all of your totally real, not-at-all...

The Daily Grind: What are the basic rules of conduct for an MMO community?

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If there's one thing I've learned from 18 years of playing MMOs, it's that games train us to abide by some pretty weird codes...

MMO Mechanics: Three game-changing movement mechanics

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In order to create the most truly challenging MMOs that connect players with the specific virtual environments they're traversing, developers have always worked on...

One Shots: Transformations

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Guild Wars 2 and One Shots is a pairing as old as time immemorial. Thus, it's great to bring this good-looking MMO back into...

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