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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The Daily Grind: What do you think about NPC party members in MMORPGs?
I've been thinking a lot about classic Guild Wars lately -- the anniversary always does this to me. And one of my favorite parts...
One Shots: Slipping between shadows
I'm not one of the stealthy types in MMOs, mostly because very few games give me the chance to hang upside-down from rafters and...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Weighing in on the Guild Wars 2 WvW poll
The first WvW poll is about to close and the votes have been flying in during the last few days, driving home that Guild Wars...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 63: Leisure suit Larry
Justin and Larry discuss pristine WoW servers, TSW, Trove, Champs Online, SWTOR, lockboxes, and birthdays in CoH, LOTRO, and Guild Wars.
The Daily Grind: Do your MMO choices actually reflect your playstyle?
Massively OP reader Leiloni tipped us off to a great blog post by MMO blogger Ethan "Isarii" Macfie, in which the author questions his...
The Daily Grind: Are you ever sad when you levelcap in an MMORPG?
I recently levelcapped another character in Guild Wars 2, my Asura Guardian, and yet as soon as she dinged, some of the spark of...
One Shots: Guild meeting
Guilds... assemble! Because there's nothing like logging into a vast virtual world and then plunking your virtual butt down in a room, am I...
Massively OP’s guide to MMO business models
Not too long ago, there was all but one way that you would pay for an MMO, and that was as a monthly subscription....
Happy birthday, classic Guild Wars
Classic Guild Wars turned 11 years old this week, and I'm sorry to say that by the time you read this, the in-game party...
Guild Wars 2 kicks off its first World vs. World poll
Are you a dedicated WvW player in Guild Wars 2 with strong views about what project the developers should be working on next to...
Perfect Ten: Ten City of Heroes systems every MMO should have stolen by now
Today, City of Heroes turns 12Â years old. Except it doesn't; the game shut down three years ago, it never lived until it reached twelve,...
MMO Mechanics: Innovating mechanics to refresh Guild Wars 2
I usually keep MMO Mechanics quite general by looking at several games as examples to highlight my point regarding the mechanics of choice in each article,...
One Shots: Jedi to the max
Are you all the Jedi you could possibly be? If not, then subscribe to our exclusive six-week course, where we'll teach you such advanced...
Leaderboard: Will you be giving Guild Wars 2 another chance?
This week's Guild Wars 2 update has been widely welcomed by both current and past players for its broad-sweeping quality-of-life adjustments (and rollbacks) for...
Guild Wars 2 begins testing WvW world linking today
ArenaNet is kicking off the first stage of Guild Wars 2's WvW World Linking beta tonight beginning at 10 p.m. EDT for North American...
Perfect Ten: What I loved about Dungeons and Dragons Online
Dungeons and Dragons Online was a very strange game at first glance.
Ten years ago, I ventured into Stormreach with no more motivation than a longstanding...
The Daily Grind: Are we ever going to see a WoW-killer-killer?
On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I tried to answer a question from a listener named Kenny, who proposed that we consider...
Korean analysts believe Blade & Soul’s western launch generated $17M in new revenue
Korean investment firm KDB Daewoo Securities has published its outlook on MMO giant NCsoft for the past and coming quarter.
"We estimate Blade & Soul...
Guild Wars 2 now has an unofficial mobile app called GW2 Sidekick
If you're still bummed because the once-promised official Guild Wars 2 companion app never materialized, how about a consolation prize in the form of...
Jukebox Heroes: Six cover songs of popular MMO tunes
There's a dedicated subcommunity of video game music afficionados out there that love these soundtracks so much that they devote considerable effort to producing...
