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• Guild Wars 2's Mesmer "more difficult to develop" than archetypical classes

  ArenaNet’s iconic Mesmer profession returns in Guild Wars 2, but the unique character type isn’t easy to build.

• ArenaNet: Decision on retail expansions for Guild Wars 2 “yet to be finalized”

  ArenaNet has said plans for “the delivery of future content – retail or otherwise – has yet to be 100 percent determined,” despite an earlier report stating the firm was planning to skip out on releasing expansions at retail.

• Saturday Shorts: MW3, CCP, RIFT, Vita, Ace Combat, Hitman, sales

  E3 week is over. It’s gone. It’s never coming back. This year, at any rate. But tomorrow is another day. Get the last of the shorts from it.

• ArenaNet prepping extra Guild Wars 2 security measures

  Guild Wars 2 designers Eric Flannum and John Peters have said ArenaNet is on the alert for user data security breaches with the MMORPG sequel.

• Thief profession in Guild Wars 2 will take a "higher degree of skill to play," says designer

  Guild Wars 2 lead designer Eric Flannum has said that the thief profession in the game will require “a somewhat higher degree of skill to play,” than some of the others in the game.

• ArenaNet teases "happy" answer for Mesmer and Assassin fans

  ArenaNet is yet to announce the return of the Mesmer and Assassin professions in the sequel to Guild Wars, but NCSoft staff have dropped hints that fans of either will find something to please them.

• ArenaNet: no decision yet made on GW2 DLC

  Guild Wars 2 is attracting plenty of attention at present. Developer ArenaNet has put the smack down on one recent piece of information circulating about the game: whether they will release dungeon content post-launch as paid DLC.

• Weekly MMO round up: WoW's Pirate Day, Aion provides a server listing, EVE is everywhere

  Loads of news this week in MMO land, kiddos. Massively is giving away Beta keys to Star Trek Online, Aion dropped GameGuard and launched its first server, Pirates are everywhere, and Sony is giving you double station cash this weekend. There is also news concerning Champions Online, EVE, Guild Wars 2, EverQuest, Warhammer, Runes of […]