Tag Archives: Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 has been given a permanent price drop, NCsoft has announced. The standard edition will now run you £34.99/$49.99 and the Deluxe version £49.99/$69.99. The new price point, which is $10 off the launch price, is effective starting today. The new price coincides with the conclusion of the Southsun Cove event next week, called Last Stand at Southsun. All sorts of things will be happening during the next week, and you can find out more information through a previous post on the matter, and look over ArenaNet’s update page here.

Guild Wars 2 publisher NC Soft has discussed the “consistent and strong” performance of the MMO’s in-game gem transactions, suggesting that when stacked against sales of the game itself, digital revenue is driving the game onward.

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As new purchases of Guild Wars 2 tail off, publisher NCSoft has noted a dramatic drop in sales revenue – but is still very much back in the black after a few chancy years.

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ArenaNet has announced Guild Wars 2′s next update, The Secret of Southsun.

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The final chapter in Guild Wars 2′s first Living Story event kicks off today. If you haven’t been keeping up with this limited-time campaign, you’re missing out – it’s expected to have ongoing consequences for the MMO’s narrative. Never mind, you can still take part in Retribution; check out ArenaNet’s handy, spoiler-free guide to the schedule; how to access content; and achievements.

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The last chapter Guild Wars 2′s four-part Flame & Frost series, Retribution, starts today.

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ArenaNet has prepped two new eSports-friendly features for Guild Wars 2.

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The four-part Flame and Frost storyline for Guild Wars 2 will close with Retribution, next week, and to get you ready for it, Arenanet has sent out a batch for screenshots and some general information for the conclusion. Hit up the break to become acquainted with everything.

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ArenaNet has announced it will throw a free trial event for Guild Wars 2 April 19-21. The trial is open even to those who participated in the last event in November 2012, and returning players should find their accounts still waiting for them. The event will be gated by keys, and ArenaNet has provided a list of sites which will be handing them out.

ArenaNet has launched a set of leaderboards for player versus player, world versus world and achievements in Guild Wars 2. This initial set is limited to the top 100 players, but the developer plans to expand them and add more ways for you to parse the data. You can check out the best in the business (of playing MMORPGs) here, and read about when the various boards update in the announcement blog post.

We don’t normally post April Fool’s Day stuff, but this one isn’t a joke. ArenaNet has actually put together a retro-style adventure update for Guild Wars 2.

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Guild Wars 2 recently introduced living story, a series of limited-time dynamic events chained together into an ongoing plot. It sounds amazing in theory, but so far players have found the whole affair something of a disappointment – happily, ArenaNet expects that to change soon.

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ArenaNet has released a pile of new information about The Razing, the third episode of its Flame and Frost living story event. The Razing kicks off on March 26, and follows the adventures of the norn Braham and charr Rox as they battle to save their homelands. As well as new quests, the episode is accompanied by new world versus world progression and rankings systems; more bounty hunting; leaderboards; and city guides to point you to living story content. Hit the link for all the details.

ArenaNet and the folks over at Guild Wars 2 Guru have collaborated on a video in which development team members Tyler Bearce, Karl McClain and Johnathan Sharp discuss the “state-of-the-game”. According to Massively, the topics covered span balancing, matchmaking, Spirit Watch and future plans. The video is a bit long, so grab some refreshment before you start.

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ArenaNet added a whole bunch of new systems to Guild Wars 2 post-launch to stop players running out of content too quickly, but is approaching the limits of how complicated it can make the game.

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IGN spoke with Guild Wars 2 game director Colin Johanson about just what you have to put on the table to build an MMO. “You’re basically betting your company any time you decide that the thing you’re going to make is an MMO.”

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Guild Wars 2 may one day produce expansions like its popular precursor, but ArenaNet has no concrete plans right now.

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ArenaNet has dropped a pile of new informaiton on upcoming changes to Guild Wars 2. In an interview with MMORPG.com, principle programmer Habib Loew discuses how the world versus world system will be overhauled to make it more rewarding. Meanwhile, in a blog post on ArenaNet’s site, Living Story lead Angel McCoy shares details of how this new kind of of narrative will evolve, and promises to ramp up content at the end of March.

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Guild Wars 2′s Flame and Frost event has received its second update, “The Gathering Storm”. The update comes with new features, patch notes and more.

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Guild Wars 2 is throwing connectivity errors. A post on the MMORPG’s forums asks for patience, and puts the blame on “everybody” downloading a 500MB patch “at the same time”.