Guild Wars 4th anniversary: lots of goodies coming

We’re quickly approaching the fourth anniversary of Guild Wars. ArenaNet took a bit of a risk at launch – an MMO with no monthly fees? Buy once and play free forever? Regular new content updates and expansions? Committed support from the developer for the future? Madness. But they made a great game, and not only [...]

Three Years of Guild Wars – panel at PAX

This year at the Penny Arcade Expo there was a panel discussing three years of Guild Wars – the triumphs, the problems, and the lessons learned that could be used to improve things in Guild Wars 2. The panel featured ArenaNet staff members James Phinney (Lead Game Designer), Ree Soesbee (Game Designer), Jeff Grubb (Game [...]

Guild Wars PvP and PvE skill balance changes

There’s an update from the Guild Wars developers at ArenaNet, and it’s a bit of a biggy. Starting on the 21st May, there are going to be some skill balancing changes taking place. Nothing new there, that’s a constant activity that happens each week, as the Guild Wars devs ensure no one build becomes too [...]