Written on November 10, 2009 at 9:27 am, by Inde
Dutch Sunshine pointed us to a Eurogamer.net piece of interesting news that you will want to check out for all the Guild Wars fanatics out there:
Jaeho Lee – the company’s chief financial officer, as well as chief executive of its Western arm – told investors during a recent conference call that NCsoft didn’t expect to make any major launches in 2010. Guild Wars 2 from ArenaNet, and Blade & Soul from the Lineage 2 team in Korea, would follow in 2011, he said.
“I believe there will be certain public events in the year 2010… at least a closed beta test for those titles. Commercialisation will be expected, at this point, probably some time in the year 2011,” Lee said.
We have a thread in our Tyrian Assembly forum discussing the news here: Guild Wars 2 Expected in 2011
Written on November 9, 2009 at 5:09 am, by JR
Been away for a while, and missed some interviews? Perhaps you only recently started following Guild Wars 2? Maybe you have read everything you can get your hands on, but your memory is as bad as mine?
Either way, Nox of iloveGuildWars can help you out. He has written up a huge compendium of the tidbits we know so far (including sources, for the sceptical), which you can find here.
I suggest you all immediately head over to his forum thread, and thank him for the hard work!
Written on November 3, 2009 at 9:42 pm, by Inde
From GuildWars2.com:
The fourth annual MMO Calendar is now available, featuring original artwork from the hottest current and upcoming MMOs—including an awesome piece of Guild Wars 2 artwork from our very own Kekai Kotaki! 100% of the proceeds go directly to the good people at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. You get a fantastic calendar and get to support a great cause at the same time–it’s a win/win!
Plus, everyone who purchases a calendar will be entered in a drawing to win cool MMO prizes, including a boxed copy of the Guild Wars Trilogy. Head over to http://www.mmocalendar.com and order yours today!
Written on October 31, 2009 at 9:58 am, by Inde
We have come across a great story about a girl named Emily. She has heart failure and through the Make-A-Wish Foundation was allowed to tour the ArenaNet offices and play Guild Wars 2. Make-A-Wish Foundation is a children’s organization that grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions. Emily’s Mom has up a great blog post about her tour of the ArenaNet offices and her experience there. You don’t want to miss this!
After lunch, they let her play Guild Wars 2, with a bunch of people in the office. It was a blast to play with the developers; at one point she said, “I wish there were some sticks on this beach.” One of the developers rewrote the game to put sticks there. There were lots of laughs, and the team really enjoyed watching her play and seeing what she focused on.
Read all about Emily’s story here: Emily’s Heart Updates.
Written on October 30, 2009 at 9:27 pm, by Inde
GuildWars2.com has posted 2 new Halloween wallpapers for the masses. You can grab those from our Gallery or by clicking on the thumbnails below:
Guild Wars 2 Halloween Wallpaper
Guild Wars 2 Halloween Wallpaper
Written on October 29, 2009 at 9:14 pm, by Inde
There is new concept art you’ll want to check out from the talented Guild Wars 2 artists. See thumbnails below:
Black Citadel
Chopper
Dragon Undead
Armor Girl
Written on October 13, 2009 at 11:44 am, by JR
MMOSite.com have put up a monster 7 page feature on Guild wars 2, encompassing all the information we know about the game and lore so far.
It’s nothing new, but if you haven’t been keeping up with the slew of interviews and articles this would be a great way to catch up.
Check out the feature here, and head over to this forum thread to discuss it. Thanks to Dutch Sunshine for pointing it out!
Written on October 9, 2009 at 9:31 am, by JR
Part two of OnlineWeltens epic interview with ArenaNet is now up! Thanks to Tr0n and Dutch Sunshine for letting us know so quickly.
Onlinewelten: Is there some kind of hierarchy among the dragons? Eye of the North gave the impression that Primordus was the boss.
Ree Soesbee: There is no hierarchy. Primordus is the boss of Primordus’s servants, whom we saw in Guild Wars: Eye of the North as the destroyers. Primordus was also the first dragon to ‘awaken’ in the world, although the actions of the player characters in that chronicle pushed back his actual rise for several generations. The other dragons, including Zhaitan and Jormag, are independent entities, powerful and inscrutable like forces of nature – and completely uncontrollable, even by one another.
German translation, here.
English translation, here.
As usual, if you want to discuss this story then check out this forum thread, containing insight and discussion of the interview. If you somehow managed to miss part one, then links to that can be found here.
Written on October 6, 2009 at 10:00 am, by JR
OnlineWelten have just put up the first part of a fantastic interview with ArenaNet’s Ree Soesbee and Eric Flannum. Some very well chosen questions that will answer many of the more common questions regarding lore, and even some touching on gameplay issues.
The interview dives right in with what is by far the most pressing question on the mind of our community: Will there be female charr in Guild Wars 2?
Ree Soesbee: There certainly are female charr in GW2. In the history of the charr, the women were once strong warriors, as respected as the males. However, when the Flame Legion took over and tried to unify the race, one of their methods of forcibly pacifying the other legions was to refuse combat training to female charr. During this dark time, females had to train in secret, passing techniques down by word of mouth and suffering horrible penalties – even death – if they were caught using weapons or fighting in battles.
For the rest of that story and a whole heap of other Guild Wars 2 information hit the links below. If you want to discuss the interview, make your way to Tr0n’s thread, here.
For the interview in English, click here.
For the interview in German, click here.
Thanks to OnlineWelten for putting up both versions! Check back at the end of the week for part 2.
[EDIT: Part two is now up, and links can be found here!]
Written on October 5, 2009 at 11:05 am, by JR
Naoroji was kind enough to let us know of a Guild Wars 2 article published in the Dutch PC gaming magazine ‘PCGameplay’. He posted up a rough translation of the article on the forum, which you can find here.
Here’s a quick excerpt with some interesting information on World PvP:
The World PvP Maps bear a resemblance to RTS-maps and give you a chance to play different roles. You can conquer stone mines, which will then deliver stone by caravan to your catapults, you can attack and cut off caravans of the enemy, you can operate as a scout and inform the rest of hostile movement, you can man watchtowers and defend, or you can just run up to a lost PvP’er and teach him a lesson.
Keep in mind it isn’t an official translation, and some of the intended meaning may have been lost or distorted in the process.
To read more or discuss the article hit the link above. Thanks Naoroji!
