The fourth profession revelation for Guild Wars 2 was spoiled at last week’s gamescom 2010 event as the playable demo already included the new profession: the necromancer! But that hasn’t deterred ArenaNet from posting up an in-depth article that details the newly revealed profession and includes several clips of necromancers in action. The necromancer was [...]

Last week marked the first time that gamers could actually get their hands on the controls of Guild Wars 2 during the 4 day long gamescom 2010 event in Cologne, Germany. And it didn’t fail to impress as it proved to be the talk of the show and went on to win the Best Online [...]

Gamescom 2010 is finally over and has produced a lot of exciting new PC game information over the past four days. It also resulted in a lot of new game trailers and actual gameplay footage for some very promising upcoming games. So I’ve scoured the web for the most interesting gamescom footage and have embedded [...]

Mafia 2 has big shoes to fill and with its recently released demo 2K Czech hopes to convince the series’ fans that it’s up to the task. And the demo better be good, because the introduction of a third person perspective and cover-based shooter dynamics has many fans of the original worried that Mafia 2 [...]

Gamescom has barely started and already there are numerous interesting news stories to report. The announcement of Age of Empires Online came out of absolutely nowhere and was followed by Microsoft’s statement that they would now return to supporting PC gaming alongside their popular console platform. Torchlight 2 also came rather unexpected, but in very [...]

ArenaNet provided the world with a refresher course on Guild Wars 2′s innovations last week with an excellent MMO Manifesto video that included a lot of new game footage. And now we’ve actually gotten the first bits of real gameplay footage as some charr gameplay was leaked a day prior to the start of the [...]

The days of reading eloquently written quest dialogues and straining your eyes to spot text bubbles from random NPCs are done according to lead writer for Guild Wars 2, Bobby Stein. When taking a stroll through a city in Guild Wars 2, players will be bombarded with background noise of a bustling city, including conversations [...]

That’s a loaded statement, but should be quite correct if the latest entry on the ArenaNet Blog is any indication. This time designer Curtis Johnson guides us through player character personalities and NPC interaction in their upcoming fantasy MMORPG. The resulting picture is one of an actual dialogue system that allows players to form their [...]

ArenaNet has been busy again with a strong presence at this year’s Comic Con where they answered a number of user questions, as well as a feature on their company blog involving character progression and leveling in Guild Wars 2. These articles contain a number of surprises, but none of them quite so interesting as [...]

Eric Flannum, lead designer on Guild Wars 2, has taken the time to answer some questions regarding the newly revealed ranger profession. This reveals a lot of interesting new information such as the return of preparation skills, differences between shortbows and longbows and the return of popular weapons from Guild Wars. Add to that the [...]

ArenaNet continues to reveal more Guild Wars 2 gameplay information now that their floodgates have opened. After revealing the ranger profession two days ago, we’re now treated to another Q&A session on the ArenaNet company blog. This time they cover user questions on the topic of death in Guild Wars 2 after ArenaNet’s extensive coverage [...]

The Ranger returns to Guild Wars as it is now the third profession unveiled by ArenaNet for this promising fantasy MMORPG. In many respects this profession seems very similar to its Guild Wars variant, but some of its mechanics have changed quite significantly. It’s especially interesting to note that all rangers now have pets and [...]