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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MMO Mechanics: Economic stagnation in MMO economies
MMO economies are notoriously hard to balance, so most MMO players have seen the effects of stagnation and hyperinflation in an MMO economy for...
Guild Wars 2 Mordrem event stumbles
A brief Guild Wars 2 pre-expansion event featuring new baddies Mordrem has stumbled right out of the gate. Players have reported numerous bugs, problems...
Massively Overthinking: NCsoft’s western autumn
This week's Massively Overthinking is brought to you by a guildie of mine named Onyx, who donated to our Kickstarter campaign in this tier...
Guild Wars 2 shows off the Mordrem Guard
The Sylvari of Guild Wars 2 were created by the elder dragon Mordremoth to serve him. That was a foreshadowed but still unpleasant development...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 raiding factsheet
If you're anything like me, you'll have been bursting at the seams to find out what shape the promised "challenging group content" will take...
Global Chat: Money prison
What kind of prison charges you money to stay there? An MMO prison, obviously!
The Ancient Gaming Noob has a few insightful words to say...
Check out these top 10 newbie tips for Guild Wars 2
Guild Wars 2 is seeing a surge of player interest these days with the dual-punch of the core game's F2P move and the expansion release...
One Shots: Blown away by a kiss
First of all, thank you to everyone who heeded the call for more screenshot submissions! I know you all love sharing those in the...
Here are the winners of Guild Wars 2’s emblem contest
Remember Guild Wars 2's guild emblem contest? Well, it's over! And ArenaNet has chosen five winners from more than 500 entries, after a judging...
Guild Wars 2 overhauls WvW guild objective system
Guilds will have a lot more to do in world vs. world encounters when Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns launches next month. ArenaNet...
Guild Wars 2 unleashes fresh Mordrem event next week and blogs about raids
ArenaNet just confirmed the rumors it sparked about a Mordrem event coming to Guild Wars 2:
From 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) on September 10 through...
Ask Mo: The state of Massively Overpowered
Ask Mo is back, and today Mo and I are answering a few meta questions about Massively OP itself. Our first question is from long-time...
Guild Wars 2 hints at an event and starts a guild recruitment drive
The first Guild Wars 2 expansion is coming shortly, and players are going to have something to do before the expansion hits. The official...
Jukebox Heroes: My top six favorite MMO soundtracks of all time
In ranking MMO soundtracks, there are a lot of ways to do it. You can pull out individual tracks or praise a game for...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 28: PAX Primal
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 F2P, Atlas Reactor, The Park, SWTOR, Marvel Heroes, and WildStar, plus mailbag questions on Elder Scrolls Online, podcast meta, and more GW2.
PAX Prime 2015: Guild Wars 2’s free-to-play model and publishing takeover
When I spoke to ArenaNet's Colin Johanson about raids in Guild Wars 2 at this year's PAX Prime, President Mike O'Brien was sitting right next to...
PAX Prime 2015: Guild Wars 2 is never getting a PUG raid finder
Guild Wars 2 set its fanbase on edge this last week on Twitter and at PAX prime. We learned that raids are coming to GW2 with...
Guild Wars 2’s base game is F2P for everyone today; Heart of Thorns introduces raiding
We'll be updating this post with all the highlights of ArenaNet's Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns PAX Prime 2015 panel beginning at 1:30...
Guild Wars 2’s PAX reveal leaks early, and it’s a big deal
Guild Wars 2 hasn't had much luck with its expansion reveal pace lately between dataminers and leaks, and this afternoon, that bad luck continues....
Perfect Ten: Amazing MMO cosplay
I have nothing but deep respect for cosplayers because on two levels they are performing activities that I cannot. First of all, they put...
