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: Bring me a shrubbery!

20
When has something as mundane and nondescript as a bush ever been a helpful hero? And when have we ever featured a MapleStory screenshot...

Global Chat: One MMO gamer is trying to finish Fallen Earth before it’s gone

2
When you know that your beloved MMORPG is about to be shut down, what do you do? If you're the blog 24 Hours in...

Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet chased the 2016 Gaile Gray account hacker all the way to Germany – and lost

69
Back in 2016, MassivelyOP covered an odd story about the Guild Wars franchise and a hack that seemingly involved the account of then-ArenaNet employee...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 241: The MMO industry reshuffles its deck

5
Justin and Bree are joined by Gamigo's Merv Lee Kwai aka Khrolan for a sponsored interview on ArcheAge Unchained, plus news on Guild Wars 2, Funcom's Tencent investment, Red Dead Online on PC, Raph Koster's new MMORPG, and adventures in WoW and City of Heroes.

Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King Halloween festivities return October 15

3
Look, folks, as far as I'm concerned, Halloween season started September 1st. My porch pumpkins went up the instant August ended. So figure that...

Former Guild Wars 2 designer opens a new studio and raises $3.3M in funding

6
It seems that leaving Guild Wars 2 and forming your own studio is just the hip thing to do. Roy Cronacher, a former designer...

Massively Uplifting: From weddings to memorials, gamers celebrate life in AQ3D, GW2, BDO, LOTRO, WoW, and more

5
It's an alphabet soup of good (MMO) vibes this month! While many may have returned to the school of hard knocks this fall, plenty...
We all began with good intents.

Ask Mo: Second chances, hate wagons, and the MMORPG grudge game

82
Today's Ask Mo is not really about comment moderation, but it's where I want to start. Over the years of trying to cat-herd Massively OP's...

Leaderboard: Are you concerned for the future of Guild Wars 2?

38
Yesterday, we learned that ArenaNet's Mike O'Brien, who'd run the company that ushered both Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 into the MMORPG genre...

Mike O’Brien is leaving ArenaNet and Guild Wars 2 to form a new studio

58
ArenaNet President Mike O'Brien announced this afternoon that he is leaving ArenaNet, the studio behind MMORPG Guild Wars 2, to "join some of ...

Here’s why the Guild Wars 2 community is grumpy over build templates

43
If you've dropped by the Guild Wars 2 subreddit lately, you'll notice that pretty much everyone is talking about the build and equipment templates...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 240: Hypergank!

4
Justin and Bree discuss Star Citizen, Zenith, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, WoW, and SWG, with mailbag entries on true MMO difficulty and cyberpunk MMOs.

Guild Wars 2’s October balance update is live today, along with dismounting skills for the Warclaw

3
You can look now: Guild Wars 2's latest balance patch is here today with tweaks for every class and most of the specs too....

Eternal Magic publisher denies accusation that it plagiarized WoW and Guild Wars 2, shades accusers

14
Over the weekend, we covered a brewing storm in the world of Eternal Magic. The MMO, developed by Chinese studio Duoyi, just hit open...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Does Guild Wars 2 release more paid outfits than armor skins?

9
I’ve noticed a common complaint bouncing around the Guild Wars 2 community, one that I believe to be a myth. Today, I’d like to...

Guild Wars 2’s build and equipment templates are coming on October 29

6
Earlier this year when ArenaNet was doing damage control following the layoffs, one of the most exciting pieces of news about the future of...

The MOP Up: Warframe’s community designs stunning fashion

1
One really neat aspect of the ultra-popular Warframe is that Digital Extremes invites artistic community members to design cosmetics for the game. The best...
Gonna go fight a boss.

Global Chat: Diving deep into Project Gorgon

5
While you're over there playing the same-old, same-old MMO, do you know who is having a spectacular time discovering one of the most original...

Eternal Magic has been accused of ripping off Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft, and SMITE

12
It's no secret that Eternal Magic, the now-in-beta PvP MMO from Chinese developer Duoyi, got off to a bad start with the community earlier...

Guild Wars 2’s next major class balance patch is dropping October 1

11
Forget your pumpkin spice lattes, Tyrians, because you will soon be drinking deep from the cup of a balance patch that is due to...

THE LATEST POSTS

TOP CONTENT