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
Flameseeker Chronicles: Test driving Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons’ Vindicator, Bladesworn, and Catalyst elite specs
It’s time again for another End of Dragons elite specialization beta! It’s an exciting time for Guild Wars 2 players, who are learning what elite specs...
The Daily Grind: Do you enjoy fully ‘mapping’ MMO zones?
Apart from going through particularly good quest stories, filling out a map is my favorite MMORPG activity. This means slightly different goals depending on...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 339: Kitchen sinks and the Tao of MMOs
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Funcom, Mortal Online 2, WoW Classic, EverQuest II, Star Trek Online, and Final Fantasy XIV, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on the direction of Guild Wars 2 and WoW and what's going on with LOTRO's dead servers.
Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons testers can play with the Vindicator, Bladesworn, Catalyst, and DX11 update now
Hear that hum? It's the distant rumbling of the hype train to Cantha, and it's getting a little bit closer with this week's Guild...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs with simply too much to do?
MMO blogger Bhagpuss recently penned a solid article about his time in Guild Wars 2, arguing in part that the game's problem isn't that...
Global Chat: New World beta pleases some, fails to grab others
The buzz around MMO Town these days is on New World, and specifically, the open beta that wrapped up last week. So far, the...
Guild Wars 2 stream previews End of Dragons’ Vindicator, Bladesworn, and Catalyst
Guild Wars 2 players are getting no shortage of new expansion info lately, between last week's fishing and skiff stream and last month's preview...
Guild Wars 2: ‘Upgrading to DirectX11 is the first step toward being able to do more shiny things’
If the Revenant, Warrior, and Elementalist aren't your Cup of Light-Roasted Coffee, then next week's Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons beta round might...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs have you played most excessively?
I saw a fun thread on Reddit a while back I thought would be fun to pitch to our community too. The question asked...
Guild Wars 2’s sixth End of Dragons elite spec is the Elementalist’s Catalyst
ArenaNet has just unveiled its sixth End of Dragons elite spec for Guild Wars 2, the third this week: It's the hammer-wielding Elementalist known...
Guild Wars 2 just revealed End of Dragons’ Warrior elite spec, the Bladesworn
In just a week, ArenaNet is throwing open the doors of its second Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons elite spec beta, during which...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Everything we learned about Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons’ fishing and skiffs
Fishing is one of those weirdly ubiquitous RPG systems. Nobody picks an MMO based on how good its fishing skill is, and nobody complains...
Guild Wars 2’s next End of Dragons elite spec reveal is the Revenant’s Vindicator
ArenaNet has officially taken the wraps off the Guild Wars 2 Vindicator this morning - that's the End of Dragons elite spec for the...
The Soapbox: Single-player open worlds will never equal those of MMORPGs
These days it seems like sprawling open worlds are becoming an ever more popular choice for single-player games, from the newer Assassin's Creed titles...
Guild Wars 2 outlines testing phases for world restructuring and future plans for WvW
Back in February the devs at ArenaNet outlined plans for a WvW overhaul in Guild Wars 2, starting with a world restructuring system that...
Guild Wars 2 details End of Dragons’ fishing and boat mechanics and masteries
Ever since ArenaNet announced that fishing - and its companion fishing boats, skiffs - would be a major feature of End of Dragons, Guild...
Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire and Heart of Thorns expansion bundle is half off through Amazon right now
A few weeks back on the MOP Podcast, I suggested to our listeners that if they were thinking about getting into Guild Wars 2...
Massively Overthinking: Overcoming barriers-to-exit in MMOs
About a thousand years ago, I wrote an article on Old Massively called "but I already have that game" about barriers-to-exit: the difficulty of...
Guild Wars 2: I’m a lich, I’m a lich, oh the lich is back… as this week’s Living World freebie
While longtime Guild Wars 2 veterans are looking ahead to the DirectX 11 beta and next End of Dragons elite spec beta events coming...
Global Chat: World of Warcraft’s kick in the pants, Guild Wars 2’s choice paralysis
What happens when an MMORPG gets a big kick in the pants from both critical lashings and a company-wide scandal? It may actually get...
