Sep 7, 2012 | Forbes
INTRO If you want a jaw-droppingly gorgeous MMO, look no further than Guild Wars 2 (GW2), ArenaNet’s newest creation. The beauty of the world of Tyria is even apparent during combat, where effects include illusions that dissolve into a swirl of butterflies and a...
Aug 30, 2012 | Forbes
So here I am in Guild Wars 2 (GW2), playing a Sylvari engineer, when I encountered a woman who needed help planting seeds. Just a typical quest, right? Then I learned the plants had offensive abilities. And then we were attacked by the undead. That’s right,...
Aug 29, 2012 | Forbes
WARNING: NSFW ArenaNet is working hard to keep Guild Wars 2 (GW2) a polite, respectable place to kill your enemies and humiliate your opponents’ entire server. Since its August 25 pre-launch, ArenaNet has given players three-day suspensions for offensive names...
Aug 28, 2012 | Forbes
Guild Wars 2 (GW2) started off with a bang, with more than one million gamers playing over the three-day Headstart, and over 400,000 of us online at once. That’s quite a success. Almost too much of one. Gamers found themselves in the overflow server, rather than...
Aug 28, 2012 | Forbes
Even before Guild Wars 2 officially launched on August 28, one player, Surfeuze, reached level 80, the maximum level. You would think he walks through the valley of the shadow of Tyria and fears no evil because he is the meanest SOB in the valley. But rather than...
