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Guild Wars 2 Halloween update hits October 22

By Alice O'Connor, Oct 15, 2012 10:15am PDT

Halloween has always been a merry time in Guild Wars, with the Mad King Thorn visiting the capital cities of Tyria to dole out tricks and treats. It seems he'll be returning in Guild Wars 2 as part of "the first major game release" for ArenaNet's subscription-free MMORPG, wh...

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"I love how they're pushing paid pvp tournaments when their pvp format is missing about a billion ..."

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Guild Wars 2 Mac client beta launched

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 18, 2012 7:35am PDT

Surprise! A beta version of Guild Wars 2 for Mac OS X entered public beta today, for anyone who already owns the game to try out on their shiny white box. Delightfully, the beta version runs on the live servers, you Macateers can jump right into playing with their chums on W...

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Guild Wars 2 getting 'consistent free content updates'

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 18, 2012 6:00am PDT

Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet has again assured that, like its predecessor, the subscription-free MMORPG will receive "consistent free content updates" as well as more microtransaction doodads and, eventually, "large-scale" expansions. After players ummed and erred about r...

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"what are you trying to prove here? you seem to bitch about balance a lot, but all i see in that ..."

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Field Report: Guild Wars 2

By Ozzie Mejia, Sep 17, 2012 10:30am PDT

When I first encountered Guild Wars, it was creating a reputation for itself as one of the main alternatives to World of Warcraft, offering a similar experience without the crippling monthly fee. Guild Wars 2 represents a major step forward for NCsoft and ArenaNet, completel...

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"How does picking up WoW cold compare to picking up GW2 cold? I played WoW for 2 months several ..."

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Guild Wars 2 dev talks about rethinking end-game content

By Steve Watts, Sep 14, 2012 4:15pm PDT

The Guild Wars 2 team shares its thoughts on making the entire game feel like end-game content.

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"The idea of raiding isn't bad in of itself the problem is the level of time requirements and ..."

- TheEmissary see all 15 comments

Guild Wars 2 has sold over 2 million copies

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 13, 2012 9:30am PDT

Though the days of plain old WoW-alike subscription MMORPGs seem numbered, Guild Wars 2 is proving you don't need to go fully free-to-play to find an audience. The subscription-free MMORPG has sold over two million physical and digital copies, publisher NCsoft announced toda...

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"I remember reading about that now, something like that could definitely work."

- one random winner see all 43 comments

Guild Wars 2 diary: Dungeons of dragons

By Ozzie Mejia, Sep 12, 2012 11:00am PDT

Ozzie's Sylvari Mesmer hits level 30 and explores the dungeon and world v. world aspects of Guild Wars 2

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"This was in reply to rythex's post mostly, replied to wrong person."

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Guild Wars 2 online sales reopen

By John Keefer, Sep 10, 2012 2:30pm PDT

ArenaNet has finally reopened online sales for Guild Wars 2 on the official site after a strong influx of players during the first week of the game's release forced the developer to find a way to lower player "concurrency" rates.

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"Just to get this straight, You are saying that you don't like what a game developer does without ..."

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Guild Wars 2 hack impacts 11,000 accounts

By Steve Watts, Sep 07, 2012 10:30am PDT

A breached Guild Wars 2 fan site is one of various sources of passwords being used by hackers to gain access to game accounts, according to ArenaNet.

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"I can't say I have had the same problem. I only logged into one computer prior to verifying my ..."

- SunnyTelight see all 42 comments

Guild Wars 2 diary: Feeling Crafty

By Ozzie Mejia, Sep 04, 2012 2:15pm PDT

We track the trials and travails of Ozzie's Syvari Mesmer as he gets involved in crafting in Guild Wars 2. Read on for part 3.

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"Yup! It's the "bit short" bit that always happens gathering mats :) I'd have been happy to ..."

- biofrog see all 39 comments

Guild Wars 2 diary: What nightmares are made of

By Ozzie Mejia, Aug 31, 2012 1:00pm PDT

We track the trials and travails of Ozzie's Syvari Mesmer as he gets comfortable in his new surrounding of Guild Wars 2. Read on for part 2.

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"I like that the bank is for your whole account. No more playing "Which of my alts has the ..."

- MH Knights see all 9 comments

Guild Wars 2 dev suspends digital sales to control 'high player concurrency'

By John Keefer, Aug 31, 2012 11:30am PDT

Guild Wars 2 dev ArenaNet had vowed that a pleasant gaming experience for it players was paramount to game sales, and it enforced that my closing digital sales on the game's official site until the player population stabilizes.

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"Good for them. I went to the launch party and every one of them were super nice. I haven't met a ..."

- NinjaGamerGirl see all 41 comments

Guild Wars 2 devs addressing account hacks, bots

By John Keefer, Aug 30, 2012 9:00am PDT

The ArenaNet dev team has been spending a lot of time on Reddit recently discussing Guild Wars 2. Now, a list of issues with the game and the status of fixing said issues has appeared on the site.

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"What do you do if your account email got changed? That'd be handy info to put in this article."

- Nat King Cobra see all 55 comments

Guild Wars 2 diary: Brave new world

By Ozzie Mejia, Aug 29, 2012 1:00pm PDT

We track the trials and travails of Ozzie's Syvari Mesmer as he gets comfortable in his new surrounding of Guild Wars 2.

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"This is an excellent game. I buy pretty much every MMO that comes out (I have a problem) and ..."

- CyCo_PL see all 12 comments

Guild Wars 2 player hits level cap before launch with crafting

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 28, 2012 6:05am PDT

In the run-up to the launch of any new MMORPG, scheming hardcore players plot the fastest possible route to the level cap, hoping to hit it first and briefly become an Internet celebrity. This was accomplished in Guild Wars 2 before the game even officially launched, and wit...

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"This is something I never understood about people. Why do people rush through the game instead ..."

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