Official Site:Â Guild Wars
Studio:Â NCsoft
Launch Date: April 26, 2005
Genre:Â Fantasy Themepark
Business Model:Â B2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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Global Chat: World of Warcraft’s wild frontier
How is World of Warcraft like the wild west of American history and legend? Something about Barrens chat might come to mind, but blog...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 Elite Specialization preview weekend impressions
Over the weekend Guild Wars 2 players had the chance to get to grips with the new Path of Fire elite specializations in a PvP setting,...
The Daily Grind: Do you expect MMO expansions to include new classes, or is a new spec good enough?
Back when Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire was announced, a number of our commenters sparred over whether or not the game's elite specs...
One Shots: Hugs not drugs
This week's edition of One Shots is brought to you by the National Hugs and Fistbumps Council, which recommends that everyone enjoy at least...
Trove’s subclassing system launches with Eclipse next week
A total solar eclipse isn't a common event -- the continental US hasn't seen one in almost 40 years. So it makes a lot...
Guild Wars 2’s second Path of Fire preview weekend is about to begin
Update: It's live!
Didn't get a chance to jump into Guild Wars 2 during last weekend's Path of Fire preview weekend? You're getting another chance...
Massively Overthinking: Alone together vs. forced grouping in MMORPGs
I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that everyone has at some point seen the xkcd called Isolation, but if not, there...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire preview weekend experience
I'm delighted to have found a moment to bring you an extra edition of Flameseeker Chronicles that outlines my thoughts on the first Guild Wars...
Global Chat: The MMO blogosphere’s reaction to Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire
It seems like the entire MMO blogosphere wanted to chip in thoughts on the Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire announcement, whether or not...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 131: Just surviving
Justin and Bree cover Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire, LOTRO's Mordor, Final Fantasy XIV's playerbase, Dual Universe's investment, and NCsoft's financials, then interview H1Z1: Just Survive Creative Director Ben Jones.
Guild Wars 2 deep-dives Path of Fire’s elite specs for every class
ArenaNet has a new dev vlog out today focusing on the development of Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire elite specs. Some of the...
The PAX West City of Heroes and Ashes of Creation panels are a go
A few weeks back, we reported on the City of Heroes-themed panel coming to PAX West in Seattle at the beginning of September. With the...
Leaderboard: Did Guild Wars 2’s preview weekend convince you to buy Path of Fire?
This past weekend, the gaming segment of my Twitter feed was positively dominated by chatter about Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire expansion free preview weekend. I...
The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of Guild Wars 2’s non-traditional mounts?
Mounts are the big new thing in Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire expansion, and as I've previously mentioned, I was initially concerned about...
PSA: Guild Wars 2’s mounts may be causing motion sickness issues
Longtime readers will know that we take motion sickness from games pretty darn seriously around here, given that we have a writer who's been...
Massively Overthinking: Is the popularity of small-scale co-op games hurting MMORPGs?
Gamasutra has an unusual piece from an Ubisoft developer this week arguing that co-op gameplay is the industry's rising midcore trend, one that he...
Guild Wars 2’s free-play Path of Fire preview weekend is live
Update: It's up, go go go!
Ahead of its September 22nd launch, Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire expansion will be on public display this...
The Daily Grind: How long before an MMO or expansion launch do you want to know about it?
I admit to being worried about Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire expansion release as the year wore on and we'd still heard nothing....
Guild Wars 2’s new item identification system is a huge blessing for bloated inventories
WoodenPotatoes is continuing his huge Guild Wars 2 infodump on ArenaNet's behalf with a few more videos you might want to peek at ahead...
Guild Wars 2 begins selling level 80 character boosts
Does anyone actually take a character to level 80 in Guild Wars 2 the normal way any more? With all of the boosts given...
