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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Guild Wars 2 touches on Raven Portals and hidden events in a livestream
The most recent episode of Guild Chat from Guild Wars 2 perhaps wasn't too revelatory, but it did touch on a couple of things...
Fight or Kite: MMO PvP needs to be memorable or it’s not worth the bother
The best combat-related moments I’ve had in gaming were always surprising feats or wild encounters with other players. They weren’t always victories, but those...
One Shots: Dragons — why’d it have to be dragons?
Dragons: They come in every shape, size, and element, and about all of the ones that have ever been invented exist inside one MMO...
MMO Business Roundup: Guild Wars’ art book, Day of Dragons drama, Red Dead hackers, FogBank layoffs, and more
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news!
Guild Wars' art book: If you happened to read our swag guide ahead of...
Massively Overthinking: The one about MMORPG content roadmaps
You know what word I love to hear from MMORPG developers? Roadmap. If you're a millennial or older, you surely remember roadtrip life before...
Perfect Ten: The best value MMOs in 2020
While there is nothing wrong with dropping some money on a worthy game, many of us are looking to be as frugal as possible...
Guild Wars 2 is spiffing up a weapon set after players complained about meh reskins
Here's the thing: When you make an MMO that focuses heavily on cosmetics, especially paid cosmetics, you are gonna find a lot of players...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 256: Queens, vikings, and vampires
Justin, Bree, and Sam are on about MMO PvP this week, discussing all things New World, Albion Online, Elder Scrolls Online, ArcheAge, and Magic Legends, plus adventures in MMOs including Guild Wars 2 and Neverwinter.
The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio had the best communication in 2019?
I am in the weird position lately of finding that my favorite live MMOs are not necessarily made by my favorite studios. I find...
The Stream Team: Celebrating the Year of the Skritt in Guild Wars 2
It's Lunar New Year time in Guild Wars 2, and Massively OP's MJ is eager to join the celebration. That may or may not...
Albion Online has officially deployed the Queen update today
It's the eighth major update for post-launch Albion Online,
Major Outlands rework makes living there feel pretty fine!
Hideouts for guilds there, three new towns to...
Battle Bards Episode 160: MMO cover songs vol. 2
For the first time since Episode 50, the Battle Bards crew returns to the theme of cover songs of MMO tracks. Several extremely musicians...
The Game Archaeologist: Super-early versions of MMORPG websites
One of the absolute best things the internet ever generated has been the Internet Wayback Machine. Through this site, snapshots of millions of websites...
Guild Wars 2 subreddit goof helps re-confirm new ArenaNet game
A thread posted Friday on the Guild Wars 2 subreddit apparently went awry as players panicked under the mistaken belief that ArenaNet's Jennifer Scheurle was...
Leaderboard: Have you ever failed MMO events on purpose – like for roleplaying’s sake?
Earlier this week, MOP's Sam Kash came into the MOP writing room cracking up over a thread on the Guild Wars 2 subreddit and...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG bugs ever
This week's Massively Overthinking discussion topic is inspired by Crowfall's J Todd Coleman, who last fall tweeted about the time playable spiders almost became...
Vague Patch Notes: Guild Wars 2 might be the MMO that defined the last decade
It's been about a week or so since we did our Overthinking on the best MMO of the decade, and I ultimately rattled off...
Guild Wars 2 previews Shadows in the Ice’s best features in new trailer
Here we go, folks - with the Lunar New Year festival underway in Guild Wars 2, ArenaNet is now turning its promotional attention back...
Crowfall’s UI is getting less survival-y and more MMO-y with February’s test patch
Call me weird, but user interfaces in games are among my favorite things to dig into, and Crowfall's has been of particular interest to...
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures at the start of 2020
This annual column always inspires a certain amount of debate, which is intentional. Outside of the office, a good chunk of that debate is...
