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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Massively Overthinking: Real solutions to the MMO toxicity problem
Toxicity. It's plagued online spaces since long before there were MMORPGs and other online video games, as any old school BBS user can attest....
Here’s a first look at Guild Wars 2’s animated legendary armor
ArenaNet has this afternoon released a brief look at the legendary armor -- or at least, the heavy armor version of it -- promised...
Massively OP’s guide to MMO Halloween 2016
"Two things I did on Hallows Night: / Made my house April-clear / Left open wide my door / to the ghosts of the...
Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King is live
Candy corn litters the streets of Lion's Arch today and the super creepy grinning moon has returned: Yes, the Shadow of the Mad King...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Gaming playstyles, science, and Guild Wars 2
I was curious recently about what specific personality traits or personal qualities lead to my enjoyment of MMOs in general and Guild Wars 2 in particular,...
Fan project remasters the original Guild Wars Prophecies trailer
The Guild Wars franchise has been known for terrific art style and some rather cinematic cutscenes over the years, dating all of the way...
Video game voice actors to strike on October 21st
Voice acting, increasingly, is a big part of MMOs; while Star Wars: The Old Republic puts it forth as a core feature, games like...
Global Chat: Is Destiny’s Rise of Iron any good?
If you don't have a console but were still interested in hearing whether or not Destiny: Rise of Iron was any good, fret not:...
Guild Wars 2 warns of incoming balance adjustments
Will Guild Wars 2 ever attain perfect balance with all of its classes and skills? Probably not, but such is the way of all...
Massively Overthinking: The classes MMORPGs never do
No one wants to play Uncle Owen, a certain MMORPG exec famously said -- except, you know, for all the people who really, really...
Perfect Ten: Incompetent leaders in MMORPGs
Leadership is difficult. You have to get a group of people to work together when they may or may not be naturally inclined to...
Guild Wars 2: PvP poll and legendary (weapon) tournament
Are you and your friends good enough at Guild Wars 2 to earn legendary weapons? On November 5th and 6th, ArenaNet and Academy Gaming...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 86: One Tamriel, two voices, three expansions
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Ultima Online, RIFT, Meridian 59, SWTOR, the EQ franchise, ESO One Tamriel, WoW's subs, and Crowfall's SWG tendencies, with mailbag letters on dealing with character boosts and Guild Wars 2's new cadence.
Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King Halloween events begin October 18
If candy corn elementals are your thing, get ready for the return of Guild Wars 2's annual Halloween festivities. ArenaNet posted the date this...
The Daily Grind: Does your MMO playstyle track with your age and gender?
Gaming research firm Quantic Foundry posted a new blog last week revealing the results of its surveys cross-referencing gender, age, and playstyle in video...
Vikki and Momo meet the tengu in Guild Wars 2’s latest lore piece
Still following the adventures of bespectackled Asuran gal Vikki and her not-really-a-pink-moa Momo? Guild Wars 2's writers have delivered another installment of her story...
Guild Wars 2 changes course on its economy and PvP
Guild Wars 2's resident economist John Smith made an announcement on the official forums yesterday, and no, it wasn't about butter, but it was...
Guild Wars 2 quietly inserts world-hopping event into this week’s patch
"Something unusual is happening at Gillscale Pond."
With this mysterious line in yesterday's Guild Wars 2 patch notes, players set off to investigate what this...
Atlas Reactor launch impressions: Who should step into this eclectic PvP arena?
As Massively OP's SWTOR and Elder Scrolls Online columnist and an unapologetic MMORPG fan, I'm not usually the first person people turn to when looking...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Fully unpacking Guild Wars 2’s Rising Flames
I've been aching to share more of my thoughts about Guild Wars 2's second Living World instalment for Season 3 and am finally convinced that enough...
