Studio:Â ArenaNet/NCsoft
Launch Date: August 28, 2012
Genre:Â Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model:Â Hybrid B2P (Cash Shop, No Sub, Paid Expansions)
Platform: PC
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Official Site:Â Guild Wars 2
Studio:Â ArenaNet/NCsoft
Launch Date: August 28, 2012
Genre:Â Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model:Â Hybrid B2P (Cash Shop, No Sub, Paid Expansions)
Platform: PC
Studio:Â ArenaNet/NCsoft
Launch Date: August 28, 2012
Genre:Â Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model:Â Hybrid B2P (Cash Shop, No Sub, Paid Expansions)
Platform: PC
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The Daily Grind: What is your favorite MMO’s greatest untapped strength?
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Massively Overthinking: How hard should MMOs be?
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NCsoft's Q3 2021 financials are a story of good news, bad news. Let's do the bad news first: The Korean gaming giant reported a...
Guild Wars 2 teases End of Dragons’ Echovald Wilds biome
One of the best-loved locations in Classic Guild Wars was Echovald Forest, the overgrown, gothic home of the Kurzick faction. Just based on concept art...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Should Guild Wars 2 delete leveling?
Leveling is one of those things that you just have to have to count as an RPG, right? It’s expected. At this point, the...
Guild Wars 2 adds the ability to hide visual effects for certain legendary trinkets in today’s patch
I don't know about you, but when I get a powerful piece of equipment, nothing cools down my excitement at the new shiny faster...
Not So Massively: Lost Ark is a promising MMOARPG with a poor first impression
Like many ARPG fans, I have long-awaited the Western release of Smilegate's MMOARPG, Lost Ark. Though the launch has been delayed to next year,...
The Stream Team: More Mad King in Guild Wars 2
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The Daily Grind: Should ArenaNet continue Guild Wars 2 expansions or make Guild Wars 3?
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Massively Overthinking: What are your most on-brand MMORPG class archetypes?
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How to support Extra Life 2021, from Guild Wars 2 and EverQuest to LOTRO and City of Heroes
If you caught MJ's latest Massively Uplifting, you probably noticed that Extra Life is ramping up across the gaming industry, and particularly among MMORPG...
PSA: Log in to Guild Wars 2 to get your free unlock for the second chapter of the Icebrood Saga
Let's be honest here, "free" is a pretty great entry point for pretty much anything in the MMO sphere. The next part of Guild Wars...
Perfect Ten: 10 enemies we need to fight more in MMORPGs
When I wrote up the contents of every MMORPG bestiary, I stuck mostly with concepts rather than specifics, aside from dragons and slimes. There...
Fight or Kite: Guild Wars 2’s Untamed, Specter, and Mechanist in PvP
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Betawatch: Profane shows off its character creation models
We're going to go ahead and lay out a hot take for all of you this week: Character creation in an MMORPG is pretty important....
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPGs of all time, 2021 edition
Five years ago this week - back in 2016 - the MOP team and readers did an epic Massively Overthinking picking out their top...
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Guild Wars 2’s End of Dragons challenge mode strike missions will ‘feel like proper raid bosses’
If strike missions in Guild Wars 2 are your jam, you're going to want to take a peek at the dev blog ArenaNet's Encounters...
