Kotaku: Guild Wars

Guild Wars 2 is Almost Certainly Coming to Consoles

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:00:00 EST

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Whenever anyone says "man, I hate how all MMOs are the same", someone else invariably says "well, wait for Guild Wars 2, then!". More »

ArenaNet Rings in the Year of the Dragon With Guild Wars 2 Beta Details

Mike Fahey — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:30:00 EST

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We may be four weeks into 2012, but it's the first day of the Year of the Dragon, which sounds like a perfect day to get a better idea of when we'll get a chance to play the most anticipated, dragon-bothered massively multiplayer online game of the year, Guild Wars 2. More »

Guild Wars 2 Only Thought It Was In Control of the Mesmer Class Reveal

Mike Fahey — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:40:00 EST

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Mesmers are not controlled; a Mesmer does the controlling, which is probably why this video for the final Guild Wars 2 class slipped out a few days earlier than planned. Mind control! More »

It's a Massively Multiplayer Online Halloween Spooktacular

Mike Fahey — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:00:00 EDT

With fewer and fewer children donning costumes and hitting the streets every year to celebrate all things sweet and spooky, the Halloween tradition is alive and well in the virtual worlds of today's massively multiplayer online games. More »

A Very Huggable Charr Contemplates Manhattan

Brian Crecente — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:20:00 EDT

This Charr plushie just went on sale over on the Penny Arcade Store for $35. More »

Guild Wars 2's Art Just Won't Stop Pleasing Our Eyeballs

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:00:00 EDT

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We've featured the concept art of Guild Wars 2 here twice before, showcasing the talents of concept artists Levi Hopkins and Kekai Kotaki. Today, then, let's do it a third and final time. More »

Watch This Epic Guild Wars 2 Dragon Fight

Brian Crecente — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 06:14:17 EDT

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We published some footage of Guild Wars 2 gameplay shot off several television screens earlier this week. Wartower.de does one better, capturing a direct feed straight off a rig. More »

The Guild Wars 2 Gamescom Trailer Makes You Wipe Away a Tear Before Laying Waste to Trolls

Joshua Rivera — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:20:37 EDT

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How Do You Make a Race of Intelligent Plant People Sexy?

Mike Fahey — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:20:00 EDT

ArenaNet character designer Kristen Perry was presented was presented with a thorny task when asked to cultivate the plant-like sylvari race for Guild Wars 2: Finding the balance between green-skinned humans and tentacle monsters. More »

What Makes Guild Wars 2 Sound So Good?

Mike Fahey — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:20:00 EDT

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The answer to the question posed in the headline is a simple one: the Guild Wars 2 sound team. It's how they do it that's a little tricky. More »

Guild Wars 2 Makes its Player-Versus-Player Debut at Gamescom

Mike Fahey — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT

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This year's Gamescom in Germany will play host to a bevy of firsts for ArenaNet's eagerly-anticipated MMO sequel Guild Wars 2, including the playable world premiere of PvP combat. Exactly how jealous should I be? More »

Being Human In Guild Wars 2

Mike Fahey — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:20:00 EST

In the original Guild Wars being human was a requirement. In the sequel being human is a choice. This week ArenaNet is taking an in-depth look at what it means to be human in Guild Wars 2. More »

Guild Wars 2's Guardian Is A Master Of Self-Sacrifice

Mike Fahey — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST

ArenaNet replaces Guild War's Monk with the better armed and armored Guild Wars 2 Guardian, a brand-new fighting profession that can sacrifice its own defenses for the sake of its allies. Where did the Monk go? More »

The History Of The House That Built Guild Wars

Mike Fahey — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:00:00 EST

Guild Wars' developer started out with three former Blizzard employees working out of a spare bedroom. See how far they've come in this video retrospective celebrating ten years of ArenaNet. More »

Uncover Your Guild Wars 2 Legacy In The Hall Of Monuments

Mike Fahey — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:00:00 EDT

What will your Guild Wars 2 persona inherit from your original Guild Wars characters? Kotaku talks to ArenaNet designer John Hargrove and lead designer Eric Flannum about the newly-launched Hall of Monuments Reward Calculator. More »

Don't Cheat In Guild Wars, You Will Be Killed

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 27 May 2010 02:30:00 EDT

Online role-playing game Guild Wars, like any other game played over the internet, has its fair share of cheaters. How Guild Wars deals with them, though, sets them apart. More »

Spread Your Aion Wings In Guild Wars

Mike Fahey — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:00:00 EDT

NCsoft is spreading Aion's wings into one of its other popular MMO titles, with a special promotion that will make the pretty people of Guild Wars that much prettier. More »

Guild Wars Series Breaks Through 6 Million Sold

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:00:00 EDT

Just as MMO Guild Wars is about to reach its fourth birthday, the franchise has surpassed six million units sold. Hooray! The ArenaNet developed game released the first Guild Wars episode on April 28,2005. More »

Guild Wars 2 Coming in 2010-2011

Owen Good — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:00:00 EST

NCsoft saw increased sales but a 40 percent drop in profit this past year. Fallout from that includes the company's announcement that Guild Wars 2 won't arrive until 2010-2011. More »

NCsoft West's Christmas Greeting Is Adorable

Mike Fahey — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:30:00 EST

NCsoft West delivers this adorable little holiday greeting card, featuring little wooden Christmas toy versions of characters from City of Heroes, Lineage II, Guild Wars, and even the upcoming Aion: Tower of Eternity. More »

NCsoft's MMORPG Holiday Plans

Mike Fahey — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:40:00 EST

NCsoft rings in the holiday cheer as they announce the Christmas celebration plans for their MMORPGs City of Heroes, Guild Wars, and Lineage II, featuring everything from fuzzy earmuffs to grand theft Santa. More »

NCSoft's Multi-MMO Halloween Plans

Mike Fahey — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:40:00 EDT

The best thing about MMOs is that they are constantly updated, making way for fun, holiday themed events. The best thing about Halloween is the fact that I get to use the word spooktacular, and so I present NCsoft's multi-MMO Halloween Spooktacular of Values! Okay, no actual values, but events are running across all NCsoft massively-multiplayer titles, whether people play them or not. Guild Wars' event kicks off on October 24th with the return of Mad King Thorn, with mini-games, jokes, riddles, and prizes, in what many people have told me is the best MMO-Halloween celebration available. City of Heroes players will be fighting off zombies and collecting classic costumes for badges and trick or treating fun. Tabula Rasa has some quests. Poor Tabula Rasa. More »

Into the Pixel Exhibition

Maggie Greene — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:40:00 EDT

Into the Pixel is a juried art exhibition that selects sixteen works of video game art to be displayed both digitally and in actual exhibits, like the one currently at E3. The exhibit is an opportunity for video and computer game artists to showcase their work and receive critical feedback from both digital and fine art experts; it also showcases the actual visual art of games in creative and unique ways. The pieces range from playful to serious, and utilize a variety of visual styles to convey their subjects. Now in its fifth year, the selected entries are usually quite impressive, and this year was no exception. More »

NCsoft Profits Fall 43 Percent On Blackstar Costs

Leigh Alexander — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:20:00 EDT

NCsoft reported a 43 percent year-over year drop in profits to $7.7 million, a decrease was due to a write-off expense for costs associated with The Blackstar Chronicles. The futuristic MMO, in development by Spacetime Studios, was ultimately dropped from NCsoft's lineup, and Spacetime will be pursuing the project on its own. More »

Talking Architecture With Guild Wars' Art Director

Maggie Greene — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:30:00 EDT

I love architecture — and still have days where I think I probably should've gone into architectural history — so I always enjoy BLDGBLOG's game-related posts. This week is a chat with Daniel Dociu, Chief Art Director of Guild Wars. The interview is worth reading for a look at the pictures alone, but a look at how gorgeous environments are created is interesting, too: More »

Guild Wars Sells 5 Million

Mike Fahey — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:40:26 EST

NCsoft and ArenaNet's first foray into the realm of free MMO's is faring quite nicely it seems, with the company announcing that the franchise has recently surpassed the five million units sold milestone less than three years after the original game's release. This of course includes sales of the add-on packs as well, which include Guild Wars Factions, Nightfall, and Eye of the North, but certainly impressive numbers either way.

"Guild Wars is a proven success and has set a new standard for online RPG games with its unique business model and superior playability," said NCsoft CEO Taek Jin Kim.

A success indeed! Makes you wonder why they even bothered making Auto Assault and Tabula Rasa subscription based, doesn't it? More »

Guild Wars Contest Reminder

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:00:47 EDT

In the white noise that was the Tokyo Game Show, our Guild Wars: Eye of the North contest got lost in the shuffle. So! Here's a reminder: We've got one copy of Guild Wars: Eye of the North to give away. And hey, this is the last expansion for Guild Wars until the second one comes out! So, here's the contest. Send us an email to kotakucontestATgmail.com with the subject line of GWEN. That's it. The 700th one we gets wins the game. Yes, it's that easy. More »

New Contest. This One Easy!

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:00:49 EDT

That last contest? That one involved effort. This one, this one is a breeze. We've got one copy of Guild Wars: Eye of the North to give away. And hey, this is the last expansion for Guild Wars until the second one comes out! So, here's the contest. Send us an email to kotakucontestATgmail.com with the subject line of GWEN. That's it. The 700th one we gets wins the game. Yes, it's that easy. More »

Guild Wars: Eye of the North Goes Live

fdemarco — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:00:00 EDT

Guild Wars: Eye of the North, the first expansion for the Guild Wars franchise has officially gone live. The popular subscription-free title has been around for a few years now and this new expansion has loads of new material. More »

Guild Wars Sells 4 Million

Mike Fahey — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:00:56 EDT

There's something to be said for a free MMO. Generally bad things, really, but not so much in the case of Guild Wars. NCsoft has just announced that the 2 year-old fantasy MMO has just surpassed the four million sold mark. No telling what the figures are on how many of those players bought the game, played it for a month and then quit like I ended up doing, but impressive numbers nonetheless. Just ask GameStop's ~~Doug~~ Bob McKenzie.

"Four million units sold is an impressive number and demonstrates that Guild Wars is a proven franchise," said Bob McKenzie, Senior Vice President of Merchandising, GameStop Corporation. "The Guild Wars franchise delivers an outstanding gaming experience and is clearly an important part of our PC games offerings."

You know what this means. Guild Wars standees for every store! Huzzah! More »

New Guild Wars Eye of the North Trailer

Mark Wilson — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:00:39 EDT

Eye Of The North Bonus In Stores Friday

Mike Fahey — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:20:39 EDT

The first expansion pack for the popular free-to-play MMO Guild Wars isn't hitting store shelves until the very end of August, but this Friday you can get the next best thing: a nearly empty box! NCsoft has announced the preorder box for Guild Wars: Eye of the North will be available at the end of this week. Players who purchase the box will not only guarantee themselves a copy of the game on launch day, but will also gain access to a special Sneak Peek Weekend. They'll be able to try out the expansion August 24th through the 26th, with all equipment, experience, and money gained during the trial will be carried over once the expansion goes live a week later. Other preorder bonuses include exclusive in-game weapons created by designs from the Design-A-Weapon contest, and a special Trilogy Trial DVD that provides access to all of the currently released Guild Wars content for 10 hours or 14 days, whichever comes first. Hit the jump for the full press release. More »

Eye of the North Dated, Priced

Mike Fahey — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:20:27 EDT

Awhile back Crecente detailed the first Guild Wars expansion, Eye of the North, which features the whole new continent of Tyria, brimming with new quests, 18 large dungeons, 150 news skills...more just about everything that's kept Guild Wars players coming back long after I gave up the game. While the expansion was originally slated for a holiday release, it looks like the holidays are starting early this year. The expansion that looks to connect Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 together is now set to hit stores across the US and Europe on August 31st. More »

Clip: Guild Wars Machinima

Brian Crecente — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:00:26 EDT

While I love the animation, the main reason I'm posting this video is because the MMO by NCSoft has been coming up a lot lately among game designers and gamers. More »

Guild Wars Holiday Draws Massive Numbers

Mike Fahey — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:40:09 EST

NCSoft has announced that their annual Guild Wars holiday event, the Wintersday Festival, has been an overwhelming success this year, drawing players in record numbers. Countless players have spent their days questing for either gods Grenth or Dwayna, participating in snowball fights, delivering gifts to children or just enjoying all the amazingly cool loot the holidays always bring. Since the event began players have logged over 20 million hours of gameplay pursuing their own particular brand of holiday cheer. Who'd have though MMO players could spend so much time playing? More »

Beautiful Guild Wars: Factions Concept Art

kotaku.com — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:40:34 EDT

Over at ConceptArt.org, one of their posters has published a huge amount of really amazing Guild Wars: Factions concept art. Some of it is really just Cthulhu cool. Of course, the actual game looks nothing like this, but there's scarce a picture in the bunch that wouldn't make a great wallpaper. Florian Eckhardt More »

Guild Wars: Nightfall Trailer

brownlee — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:40:47 EDT

Perhaps the most interesting thing about this cinematic trailer for the upcoming Guild Wars expansion pack, Nightfall is the windmill at the end, which looks the milliner architecture that might well have been forged in an alternate universe where Egypt conquered Holland. But some of Nightfall's new monsters, settings and classes are well on display here, if you're not as interested in Egypto-Dutch architecture. Florian Eckhardt More »

Guild Wars, IDDQD and a BFG

brownlee — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:40:48 EDT

A surprisingly well done mash-up of Doom and Guild Wars shows how the God features for the Dervish class will work. Needs more gibs and no two minutes video should ever require half its length to accommodate the end credits. Florian Eckhardt More »

Guild Wars Love

brownlee — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:40:40 EDT

Aw. This really does squeeze a single drop of the ichor of love out of my cold, black, dead heart. Okay, Zack's a dork, but his Guild Wars Valentine's Day message at least takes dork love to an unmatched extreme. Florian Eckhardt More »

Guild Wars vs WoW vs MC Hammer

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 29 May 2006 05:18:58 EDT

A fan-made music video sets out to settle if Guild Wars or World of Warcraft is better by editing in-game footage of characters in both games dancing. While the video doesn't really answer that debate, it raises a new question: Why isn't there more Hammertime in RPGs? Brian Ashcraft More »