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Guild Wars 2 review: second coming

By Philip Kollar on Sep 05, 2012 09.05.12

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

By Austen Goslin on May 01, 2020 05.01.20

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?

By Taylor Cocke on Sep 03, 2018 09.03.18

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

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ArenaNet’s firings reinforced gaming culture’s worst impulses

By Julia Alexander and Ben Kuchera on Jul 10, 2018 07.10.18

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

By Owen S. Good and Michael McWhertor on Jul 06, 2018 07.06.18

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

By Philip Kollar on Aug 01, 2017 08.01.17

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

By Colin Campbell on Nov 06, 2015 11.06.15

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

By Allegra Frank on Oct 14, 2015 10.14.15

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

By Philip Kollar on Aug 29, 2015 08.29.15

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

By Philip Kollar on Aug 28, 2015 08.28.15

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

By Philip Kollar on May 29, 2015 05.29.15

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...