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
Battle Bards Episode 124: Old MMOs, new music
It’s a catch-all, catch-up episode for the Battle Bards as they dig through new soundtrack releases from MMORPGs that they’ve covered in the past!...
Former Guild Wars 2 developer criticizes ArenaNet boss for ‘solicitation of harassment’ and minimization of her work
Former ArenaNet developer Jessica Price has just made a string of new statements on Twitter discussing some of the issues surrounding the ongoing Guild...
Perfect Ten: Best MMO debuts by year, 2007-2017
Continuing from my previous column that went back to 1997, I'm going to be running through the second decade of graphical MMORPG launches and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 177: ArenaNet A-bomb
Justin and Bree discuss the Guild Wars 2 debacle, Trove, The Sims 3, Camelot Unchained, Warframe, Shroud of the Avatar, Temtem, Final Fantasy XIV, Defiance 2050, and Trion's Marvel Heroes promo, plus a mailbag entry on looter shooters as the future of MMORPGs.
Game Workers Unite condemns ArenaNet for Guild Wars 2 developer firings
Grassroots advocacy group Game Workers Unite posted a statement on Pricegate today, "emphatically denouncing" ArenaNet for firing Guild Wars 2's Jessica Price and Peter...
Guild Wars 2’s roller beetle gets an armadillo upgrade
Roller beetles are still the latest hotness in Guild Wars 2, but now players have a greater choice of style while ripping up the...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking Guild Wars 2’s PR nightmare
Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll have noticed that two Guild Wars 2 developers were cut loose last week after a heated Twitter...
IGDA calls for transparent guidelines on game studio social media and harassment following Guild Wars 2 dust-up
Regardless of who you believe had the right and wrong of the ArenaNet Twitter fiasco last week, game developers have expressed concern over the...
Guild Wars 2 pushes out underwater balance patch while players cross over 119,431 years /played
Just a heads up that Guild Wars 2 is putting out a small patch today to balance a few issues in the game: "Since...
The Daily Grind: How early should an MMORPG’s hype cycle begin?
GIbiz put out an interesting piece this week looking 10 years into the past to see where the buzz was in the game industry...
ArenaNet has let go two Guild Wars 2 devs following a heated Twitter confrontation
Please note that this article has been heavily updated over the last week as this story has continued developing. New additions are at the...
Guild Wars 2 living world AMA on beetles, Joko, PvP, fractals, raids, and just what the heck happened last week
Team ArenaNet descended on Reddit last night to chat about all things - what else - Guild Wars 2. But if you haven't got...
Maps and music bring culture and history to your Guild Wars 2 play
It's time to get your culture on in Guild Wars 2.
Up first: Dataminer @that_shaman has posted a massive update to his Historical Guide to...
Guild Wars 2’s devs had way too much fun making the roller beetle mount
It's Guild Wars 2's most unusual mount yet -- scratch that, the most unusual mount of most any MMORPG yet. And as players cruise...
Guild Wars 2 continues efforts to fix its living world episode issues
When you deliberately add roller beetles to your game, you have to know that bugs are going to be an issue.
Guild Wars 2's newest...
Battle Bards Episode 123: Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire
With eagerness in their hearts, the Battle Bards rush toward another Guild Wars 2 soundtrack, ready to bask in the aural glory of this...
Guild Wars 2 deals with disconnections and progress-killing bugs for its latest episode
Finally! You can play the newest episode of Guild Wars 2's Living Story! And by "play" we of course mean "attempt to play before...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 176: Guild Wars 2, The Crew 2, and Elder Scrolls too
Justin and Bree discuss Fractured's Kickstarter, Trion Worlds' purchase of Gazillion, Guild Wars 2's new episode, The Crew 2's launch, drama in Elder Scrolls Online and Black Desert, The Sims, DDO, Trove, what we bought in the Steam sale, and pipedreams for Marvel Heroes.
Flameseeker Chronicles: Our preview of Guild Wars 2’s Long Live the Lich, now live
We've waited out the short delay, and today's the day when we get our hands on the third episode of Guild Wars 2's fourth Living...
ArenaNet on Guild Wars 2’s living story, Heart of Thorns vs. Path of Fire, security, and momentum
Though ArenaNet was technically at E3 this year, the group representing Guild Wars 2 was chiefly a marketing and business one, so they carted our interview...
