Official Site: Guild Wars
Studio: NCsoft
Launch Date: April 26, 2005
Genre: Fantasy Themepark
Business Model: B2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO news stories of 2018
With the turn of every new year, I know we are entering unexplored territory in the field of MMO news. No matter what we...
Guild Wars 2’s roller beetle racing event is already live
The world of Tyria is getting fast and furious today with the release of Guild Wars 2's much-awaited roller beetle racing - in fact,...
Guild Wars 2 is literally giving away a car to promote roller beetle racing
And you get a car! And you get a car! And you get a car! Just kidding, only one of you gets a car....
The MOP Up: Star Trek Online engages Battle at the Binary Stars
Continuing with its push deeper into the Age of Discovery arc, Star Trek Online has warped in the Battle at the Binary Stars task...
Guild Wars 2’s GuildMag is available until December 4
Are you eager to read a swanky magazine about all the latest fashions and trends in Tyria? The Guild Wars 2 2018 GuildMag has you...
Vague Patch Notes: Accessibility vs. relevance in MMORPGs
You know that old chestnut about how the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist? The greatest trick...
The Daily Grind: Do you think seasonal play in online games is worth the absurdity?
If you didn't catch the Diablo-themed Penny Arcade comic from a week or two ago, you should. Instead of taking the low road and...
Guild Wars 2 bringing Roller Beetle races to Tyria next week
Ladies and gentlemen, take your starting positions and rev up your -- beetles? That's right: Next week, ArenaNet is bringing the high-speed thrills of...
One Shots: Take me home, country roads
I can't tell if Deekay Plus' headlining shot from Fallout 76 here is that of a gorgeous West Virginia sunrise -- or an in-progress...
Vague Patch Notes: When World of Warcraft breaks off your friendship
I spent a bunch of time post-BlizzCon thinking about why World of Warcraft personally bothered me. Not why its design pitfalls bothered me; that's...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that cater to the time-limited player
Every once in a while we receive emails here at Massively OP that share a similar sentiment. Usually that boils down to, "I love...
The MOP Up: Pagan Online slams ARPGs and MOBAs together
Tack this on your list of action-RPGs to watch. Mad Head Games announced that it is developing a blend of ARPG and MOBA with...
NCsoft Q3 2018: NCsoft sales continue downward slide while online PC sales trend up
Slides may be fun when you're a kid, but they're not something you want to see when you're a multinational games corporation that's operating...
MMO Business Roundup: Japanese lockboxes, POGO and Square Enix financials, and Prima’s end
"The Good Times Are Over for Japan’s Loot-Box-Style Gaming Bonanza" - that's the brutal headline plonked onto this week's Bloomberg report on Japanese lockboxes....
Guild Wars 2 is overhauling runes and sigils and making them salvageable in next week’s patch
If you're one of those weirdos who loves having an inventory overflowing with crap (hi MJ!), then I'm sorry to report that ArenaNet is...
Guild Wars 2 devs and players raised over $65,000 for charity for Extra Life
It's always heartening to see MMO players band together for a good cause, as the Guild Wars 2 community did for the recent Extra...
The Daily Grind: What makes a game feel like an MMO to you?
Bethesda is at it again. Years after its subsidiary bent itself over backwards to protest that Elder Scrolls Online wasn't an MMO, the gaming...
The MOP Up: TERA opens SEA server and delivers Deathwrack to consoles
It was a pretty big week for action combat MMO TERA, starting with the delivery of the four-dungeon Deathwrack update to Xbox One and...
Guild Wars 2’s legendary upgrade feature accidentally joins weekly patch as new RMT griefing trick emerges
If, like our staff, you looked at yesterday's Guild Wars 2 patch notes and thought it was a "filler patch" with just a handful...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most important example of death spiral development in MMOs?
A couple of weeks ago, Justin reminded me of a Guild Wars 2 panel from many years back where ArenaNet addressed Charr armor clipping.
"A Charr...
