Guild Wars 2

Players: MMO
Publisher: NCsoft
Genres: Action, Adventure, RPG
Release Date: September 21, 2011
Developer: ArenaNet
MSRP: $TBA
Platforms:
In the world of Tyria, 250 years after the players defeat the Great Destroyer in the Eye of the North expansion, five elder dragons sleeping beneath the continent have awoken, causing widespread destruction to Tyria and corrupting its inhabitants. The once dominant humans of Tyria are in decline, supplanted from most of their land by disasters and war, and the dwarves are all but extinct. Old and new races alike have begun to rise in the resulting power vacuum. Old cities have been destroyed and rebuilt, kingdoms seized and reformed by new rulers. The continents of Cantha and Elona, introduced in separate stand-alone campaigns, have been cut off by politics and the dragons. The advancement of time is reflected in the changes in culture, including armor and clothing, as well as in the advancement of in-game technology and a unified common language.

That's one way to be afraid of dead things AND be a necromancer – Blindfold! Why didn't I think of it before?!?

If you thought I was done with Beta news, you might have had decent reason to, but will have already discovered your presumptive ways lead to nothing but ruin… Ruin I say! Your ruin in this case is exemplified by the possibility that you could have missed this news post, and never learned that Guild Wars 2 was accepting Beta applications for 48 hours, of which 46 are left.

Yes, starting at 6pm GMT today, applications for Guild Wars 2′s run at the beta phase began right over here. A sort of one-of-a-kind formula in the MMO region, Guild Wars 2 builds its reputation upon its predecessor, offering a AAA MMO gaming experience without the need to commit to a subscription model to enjoy it. It was a big hit with many of our correspondants at E3 last year, and certainly one of the most anticipated title of 2012 for the mouse and keyboard crowd. Don’t delay! Well, you can delay if you like, I just wouldn’t recommend delaying any longer than 45 hours, as chances end on Friday.

Links: Guild Wars Beta Signup

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Having been a gamer since 1986 when his father brought home an IBM PCjr with King's Quest and Crossfire included, it seemed destined that PC gaming and Johnny Maloney's life would run parallel forever. Despite his occasional affairs with movies, books, music and single malt scotch, he's never once left the side of his PC. In fact, on a full moon on a friday the thirteenth, if you sit in his old chairs... chills will run up your spine if you say "you fight like a dairy farmer," and you can sometimes hear ghostly whispers in the night respond "how appropriate, you fight like a cow…" -- Attempting to contact Johnny at Johnny@Blisteredthumbs.net may be successful.

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    No… No…

    How did I miss this?

    My life will now be a series of failures and disappointments until I eventually commit suicide in 4 years after experimenting with every hallucinogenic out there.

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    Their scanner isn’t actually accurate.

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    So, what does AreaNet look for when inviting people for beta tests of their games? I’ve never tried signing up for one, but I seriously wanna play this game since I’m thinking of getting it when it releases.

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      i presume sens they want to take a look at your PCs stats they are mostly looking for odd machines to test there game on the more random parts you have the better. they also want a varied range of ppl some that have never played a game and some that has a very well rounded gaming expenice so they can see how ppl find the game and where and who has issues where

      most likly what they do is they invite a bunch of ppl with some odd untested setups, these ppl they honestly don’t care if they give feed back or not sens they will go the game dosen’t work me if they can’t play it so they get the info they need easly that way

      as for the ppl there sens of there experince, it can be quiet hard to get the info from these players sens they will most likely just not say anything and they often don’t invite alot of these ppl sens they can get way more valubal and easly obtained info from there Q&A department.

      and you never know witch part of the invites your are in O.O

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Guild Wars 2 Beta Signup Underway

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Posted By about 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Guild Wars 2: Beta Tests Ramping Up!

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Guild Wars 2, ArenaNet’s heavily anticipated next-gen MMO title, is set to smash into the

Guild Wars 2: Final Profession Revealed

Posted By about 5 months, 1 week ago

ArenaNet finally reveals the last Profession/Class in their upcoming MMO Blockbuster Guild Wars 2!

Guild Wars 2 Gamescom Trailer Pulls on Heartstrings

Posted By about 9 months ago

Guild Wars 2 continues to impress with its most recent Gamescom trailer.

Guild Wars 2 - Sylvari Week Closes With Style

Posted By about 9 months, 1 week ago

It looks like Guild Wars 2 might just deliver on it’s promise to make the Sylvari not just another peaceful race of plant people…

Guild Wars 2 - Sylvari Race Trailer

Posted By about 9 months, 1 week ago

A new trailer featuring behind the scenes talk from the race’s developers, can this possibly convince the masses that the Sylvari are a threatening force of this brand new world?

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Posted By about 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Guild Wars 2 is still a bit away, but this week is “Sylvari” week at ArenaNet, meaning a whole lot of news about the race of the same name, and nature-lovers will sure get a kick out of these guys.

Guild Wars 2 - Comic-Con Booth is a Go

Posted By about 10 months ago

Comic-Con is coming, and ArenaNet is heading there to meet you!

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As we all wait patiently to find out if we’re going to receive our Guild

Guild Wars 2: Beta Tests Ramping Up!

Posted by [ 3 months, 3 weeks ]

Guild Wars 2, ArenaNet’s heavily anticipated next-gen MMO title, is set to smash into the

Guild Wars 2: Final Profession Revealed

Posted by [ 5 months, 1 week ]

ArenaNet finally reveals the last Profession/Class in their upcoming MMO Blockbuster Guild Wars 2!

Guild Wars 2 - Sylvari Week Closes With Style

Posted by [ 9 months, 1 week ]

It looks like Guild Wars 2 might just deliver on it’s promise to make the Sylvari not just another peaceful race of plant people…

Guild Wars 2 - Sylvari Race Trailer

Posted by [ 9 months, 1 week ]

A new trailer featuring behind the scenes talk from the race’s developers, can this possibly convince the masses that the Sylvari are a threatening force of this brand new world?

Guild Wars 2 - It's Sylvari Week (Designing the Sylvari)

Posted by [ 9 months, 2 weeks ]

Guild Wars 2 is still a bit away, but this week is “Sylvari” week at ArenaNet, meaning a whole lot of news about the race of the same name, and nature-lovers will sure get a kick out of these guys.

Guild Wars 2 - Comic-Con Booth is a Go

Posted by [ 10 months ]

Comic-Con is coming, and ArenaNet is heading there to meet you!

Guild Wars 2: "Engineer Class"..? Jumping Shark Perhaps?

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Guild Wars is not Team Fortress! Why are there turrets?!