Guild Wars

One of the most controversial words these days in MMOs is "microtransaction". The idea of microtransactions always stirs a lot of emotion. In today's Guild Wars 2 column, we explore the thought of microtransactions in GW2. Read on and let us know what you think in the comments.  

Amazon.de has stated the launch date for upcoming MMO Guild Wars 2 is June 30, however NCsoft states there is no official date planned as of yet. The Dutch branch of Amazon has already begun taking pre-orders for ArenaNet's upcoming MMO, suggesting Guild Wars 2 will see a release relatively soon.However speaking with Massively, publisher NCsoft West stated there is no official release date for the title."We have not released an official...  

Player world of Guild Wars 2. It's unknown what Arenanet plans to focus on during beta testing, whether its having players test questing, or if they will be having players test the PvP maps and dungeons.  

Guild Wars 2, the sequel to a very popular buy-once model MMO Guild Wars, will be increasing it's Closed Beta participants in the coming months according to ArenaNet's blog.We recently finished our first closed beta test, and we’re now ready to hold progressively larger events. In February we’ll invite select press to participate in beta testing, and in March and April we’ll aggressively ramp up the size of our beta test events so that many of...  

WoW was pretty ambitious for its time. Their bottom line could've been described as "Make the MMO available to the casual user." in a time when most MMOs were all about blocking the player from content (gear gaps, long waits, competition with friends instead of cooperation). ArenaNet is basically saying "Make the MMO fun for the user."It helps that they aren't rushing it out like most MMOs these days and have shown some impressive videos and...  

A number of players who are engaged with the Player versus Player aspect of the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic have reported a number of issues with the planet Ilum, saying that kills are sometimes not registered and that daily and weekly quests ...  

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The shortlist in this readers' vote includes TERA, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, The Secret World, Guild Wars 2, Planetside 2, Firefall, Neverwinter, Marvel Heroes and Wildstar. You can choose up to three titles when selecting, and I think you'll ...  

While many of us would like to see MMO developers try something different when it comes to the endgame, we're all familiar with 'the grind' by now. But does Star Wars: The Old Republic offer worthwhile progression in both PvE and PvP? Or is one area stronger than the other? Read on for our thoughts!  

The post delves more deeply into the past and present effects of this change, then switches gears for a behind-the-scenes look at the race's creation. The full post is a good read for anyone interested in the game from a lore or development perspective.  

A new post written by Lore & Continuity Designer Ree Soesbee was put up in ArenaNet blog detailing the lore and the history of the Jotun race, known as the last remnants of an ancient society of giants. Original appeared in Guild Wars, the Jotun ...  

Guild Wars 2 devs name their nine favorite skill combosJoystiqby Matt Daniel on Jan 20th 2012 5:00PM We've heard plenty about Guild Wars 2's dynamic content, branching storylines, and lack of a holy trinity, but one feature that hasn't seen a lot of coverage is the game's combo system. The combo system is really ...Guild Wars 2: Top 9 Skill CombosIGNall 2 news articles »  

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