Archive for 22 August 2012

Jeff Grubb Interview

Posted 22/08/12 by

The guys over at TopoftheGames.com recently caught up with ArenaNet’s Jeff Grubb to find what’s in store now the game is just around the corner. Click and watch!

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Guild Wars 2 a.k.a. MMORPG 2

Posted 22/08/12 by
Guns evolved from fishes. Deal with it.

Guns evolved from fishes. Deal with it.

As we look back, Guild Wars 2 isn’t just a sequel to Guild Wars 1, itself a successful franchise. It is a sequel to the whole MMORPG genre.

You heard me right. Guild Wars 2 is the sequel to every single MMORPG out here. All of them combined.

Although providing more of the same is a fairly safe way of making money[1], innovating games will always stand out. Here I review some of the ways Guild Wars 2 innovated over the genre. But the full list is much longer…

Gamers will debate of course, that’s what they do. They will debate what consists of a “sufficient change” to count as truly innovative. But they won’t debate that Guild Wars 2 is the next evolutionary step in the genre[2].

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