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Platform Win Publisher NCsoft Developer ArenaNet Release Date Aug 22, 2012

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Guild Wars 2 review: second coming

While it may not usher MMOs into a markedly different future, Guild Wars 2 brings together everything good about the genre. Guild Wars 2 is not the MMO messiah. For the last few years, long-time...

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Guild Wars 2 won’t have voice acting in its next update due to COVID-19

The voice acting will be added back as soon as it’s safe to record

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Did MMOs fail to adapt, or did I get old?

Why I’m skipping World of Warcraft’s Battle for Azeroth

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ArenaNet’s firings reinforced gaming culture’s worst impulses

Instead of de-escalating, the company poured gasoline on the problem

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Guild Wars developers fired after social media argument roils community

ArenaNet terminates employees who responded to fan on Twitter

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Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire is the MMO’s next expansion, launching in September

Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet announced today that it will launch the second expansion pack for its MMO later this year. Titled Path of Fire, that expansion will take players into a new region of...

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Guild Wars 2 publisher launches mobile division

NCsoft West, the company best known for Guild Wars 2, has set up a mobile division which plans to release games "inspired by our existing game portfolio" along with original titles Iron Tiger is...

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Guild Wars 2 comes to eSports with new Pro League

Massively multiplayer role-playing game Guild Wars 2 is further embracing its competitive scene. Developer ArenaNet announced today that the game will receive a new eSports league in collaboration...

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Guild Wars 2 is now available for free, and its paid expansion will include raids

Just one day after announcing a release date for its new expansion, Heart of Thorns, developer ArenaNet unleashed even more major news for massively multiplayer RPG Guild Wars 2. In a press...

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Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns launches on October 23

Today is the three-year anniversary of the release of Guild Wars 2, and developer ArenaNet decided to celebrate with a huge announcement. In a press release sent out this afternoon, the developer...

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Exploring the skies and the new profession in Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns

Watch on YouTube | Subscribe to Polygon on YouTube Earlier this week, we got to jump into the Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns closed beta and stream our experience live. But if you don't have time to...