This week we got another taste of Guild Wars 2 game play with the short stress test on Monday. Personally I mostly ran around headless chicken mode, reported a few bugs, kamikazeed on some trolls in a cave and got my behind handed to me in the Ascalon Dungeon (entering all alone at level 15 – not my most brilliant idea).

In other news this week ArenaNet shared the inspiring story of Kelly Wells, and gave some more details on how name reserving will work in Guild Wars 2. They also reached 500,000 likes on Facebook and thus released a new concept art.

Meanwhile rumours of the Guild Wars 2 release date are running wild, sometimes even in opposite directions at the same time. This week some advertisement printed with the release date June 28 date surfaced, while a Gamestop earnings call slotted the release for after July. As always though, if you do not hear it directly from ArenaNet or NCSoft, it is just that – rumours.

Meanwhile we here at GWOnline are busy expanding our team, so should be an exciting few weeks ahead. Oh, and Relics of Orr is back

This list is still growing, hopefully next week I will also have it sorted by type and name and get some visual cues in for new content.

Source	Source Type	Original GW2 Update?	Key GW2 Update(s)
ArenaNet Blog	Â	Yes	Meet Ameranth – One Player’s Journey Across Tyria and America (discussion) Reserving Your Character Name for Guild Wars 2 (discussion)
Guild Wars 2 on Facebook	Â	Yes	500,000 likes! (discussion) Looking for small bogs/fansites to spotlight.
Guild Wars 2 on Twitter	Â	No
ArenaNet on Twitter	Â	No
ArenaNet on Flickr	 Â	No
BuffeeArts	(Arts)	Yes	WvW Gameplay (Stress beta footage)
Eternal Alchemy	(GW2)	No
Gamebreaker	Vidcasts (GW2)	Yes	ArenaNet will force other MMOs to adapt Stress test goes smoothly for ArenaNet Name Reservation Policy Announced
GuildCast	Vidcast (GW2)	Yes	Episode 23 – Stressed Out
KirbyzaGamer	(GW2)	Yes	Elementalist Build: Fire Flash
MattVisual	(GW2)	Yes	Dynamic Events // Stress Addiction!Dynamic Events // Fort Salma Again!
SagelikeOne	(GW2)	Yes	Stresstest Beta Episode 11, 12, 13, 14, Q&A #25
Snebzor	(GW2)	No
Tales of Lumin	(Gaming)	No
Tales of Tyria	Vidcast (GW2)	Yes	Episode 31 – Green is Better than Blue?
Tubeelephant	(GW2)	Yes	Elementalist PvE | Dynamic Events Incredible Warrior Build
TWIMMO	Vidcast (MMO)	Yes	Preparing to Launch
WoodenTomatoes	(GW2)	Yes	All the GW2 dailys + GW2 lore blogs Story of Dlixx, That old college try and Snarky little geniuses
321spike	PvP Fansite (GW2)	No
Attached to Keyboard	(GW2)	Yes	Experiences from the Beta Weekend
Boons & Conditions	Fansite (GW2)	Yes	Support Guardian sPvP thoughts Freedom, a PvE experience A Guide to Boons and Conditions Part 1 Warrior support sPvP commentary
Capacitor Flux	(GW2)	No
Condottieri	Guildsite (GW2)	No
Demajen	Blog (Gaming)	No
DistilledWill	(GW2)	No
Flameseeker Chronicles	Column (GW+GW2)	Yes	Dynomatic
Games.on.net	Gaming Site	No
Greibach’s Normal Form	(GW2)	No
GuildMag	Fansite (GW2)	Yes	This is Guild Wars 2 – First Impressions NCSoft Q1 earnings – internal targets reached Ameranth introduces you to: Ameranth [Amerath from ArenaNet's blog post gives her side of the story!] Age of deceit – Kanaxai’s Destiny (Chapter 4)
Guild Wars 2 Hub	Fansite (GW2)	Yes	The Mana Envy Pandemic of Guild Wars 2 Stress-Free Test Black Sheep
Guild Wars 2 Journal	Fansite (GW2)	No
Guild Wars 2 Junkies	Fansite (GW2)	Yes	Five reasons to love the GW2 trading post The great difficulty debate
GuildWars2Live	Videos/fansite (GW2)	Yes	An overview of the Cooking Discipline
Guild Wars Insider	Fansite (GW2)	Yes	Something Silly: Fanboy spotlight Dungeon Armor Sets Alienware and Guild Wars 2? E-sports spotlight: Alpha Collective Weapons range graphs
Hunter’s Insight	(GW2)	No
Just One MMOre	Blog (MMO)	No
Kill Ten Rats	(Gaming)	Yes	I name thee greed Languished Thoughts Shopping by Customers
Maloki	Blog (Mixed)	No
MMORPG	Gaming Site	Yes	Human Weaklings
NZXT	(Mixed)	No
PC Gamer	Gaming Site	No
Raging Monkeys	(MMO)	No
The Feral Engineer	Engineer (GW2)	Yes	Support Engineer
Under the Pale Tree	(GW2)	No	Writing your story: An interview with the writers of Guild Wars 2 [INTERVIEW WITH BOBBY STEIN, PETER FRIES AND ANGEL McCOY]
Yoshi’s Guild Wars 2 hub	(GW2)	Yes	Why shouldn’t I put all my eggs in one basket? Building a better sPvPer
ZAM	Gaming site	No
Tyria Talk	(GW2)	Yes	Bog Otter Channel Update vlog Tyria with Tots part 2, 3, 4 Stress test – Slumming in the Wayfarer Foothills
The Vigilant	Blog (GW2)	No
Dragon Seasons	Fansite (GW2)	Yes	Milestone Levels & Beginner’s Tips
KaeyiDream	(GW2)	No
The Tyrian Order	Fansite (GW2)	No
Elemental Attunement	Elementalist Blog (GW2)	No
GW2 Evolution	Fansite (GW2)	No
Forbes	General News Site	No
Mana Obscura	MMO Site	Yes	 I’ll wait till it’s free
Necrobator	Necromancer Fansite (GW2)	No
Decoding Dragons	(Gaming)	No
Games Overcast	Podcast (Gaming)	No
GoingPostalGW	(GW2)	No
TotalBiscuit	(Gaming)	No
Yogscast	(Gaming)	No
Bio Break	(RPG)	No
Girl vs. MMO	(MMO)	Yes	I have a story to tell
Nerdy Bookahs	(GW2)	Yes	Stress test fun in WvW
Guardians of Tyria	Guardian Blog (GW2)	No
Massively Speaking	Podcast (MMO)	Yes	Episode 201 – No more secrets
World verse World	WvW (GW2)	No
Team Legacy	PvP Guild Site (GW2)	No
Flame Throwing	Engineer Blog (GW2)	Yes	Healing by blowing things up
Talk Tyria	Fansite (GW2)	No
Play GuildWars 2	Blog (GW2)	Yes	Beta – Charr Ranger starting area part 1, 2, 3
Ten Ton Hammer	MMO Site	Yes	Guild Wars 2 – Is it all that?
Examiner	Entertainment news	No
Key and Dagger	Thief Blog (GW2)	No
Wooting	Blog (GW2)	No
Guild Wars 2 Grandmaster	Blog (GW2)	Yes	Elementalist: Aura support build using dagger, focus
Mind and Spirit	(GW2)	No
GW2 WvW	PvP Fansite (GW2)	Yes	WvW Suppy guide Competitive PvP in GW2 – First Impressions  Turrets: The love hate relationship MMORPG’s Suck (A must read, Seriously) Building a better sPvPer Finally the MMO worth the AAA How to beat the Zerg – Part 1
Scary Worlds	Blog (MMO)	No
The Snarky Asura	(GW2)	No
Final Boss Fight	Gaming Site	No
Enigmus1	(MMO)	No
Wartower (German)	Fansite (GW2)	No
The Searing	Podcast (GW2)	Yes	Episode 4 – Nick Swaddles Trav’s addons
GetBonkd	(GW2)	No
Octovision	(MMO)	Yes	Beta – Character movement Beta – Norn Ranger gameplay part 1, part 2
Three Odd Tales	Fanfic (GW2)	No
AtomicPC	Gaming/Hardware Site	No
The Wastenaw Voice	News Site	No
GameZone	Gaming Site	Yes	Five reasons why Guild Wars 2 is awesome
MMOSite	Fansite (MMO)	No
Piki Geek	Gaming Site	No
GameSpy	Gaming Site	No
GamerLive	Gaming Site	No
The Daily Aztec	News Site	No
Casual Aggro	(MMO)	Yes	So many events, so little time
RPG Fan	Fansite (RPG)	No
Ken and Graev	(Gaming)	Yes	Might have found my favorite GW2 class today
Luna Atra (French)	Fansite (GW2)	No
Reddit	(GW2)	Yes	Found her in Hoelbrak trying to sell “Unique” armor I found a GW2 Boss in GW1 Shared boons/conditions/effects Google doc
The Sprocket Formula	 Engineer (GW2)	Yes	“Turret God” build Turrets: The love hate relationship
Blog de la Burro	 (Gaming)	Yes	When animals attack! GW2 – How you broke my heart last night
Gamers Heroes	 Gaming Site	Yes	GW2 Character creation walthrough
Guild Wars 2 Stratics	 Fansite (GW2)	No
Tuna Gaming	 (Gaming)	Yes	Stress test beta impressions
World of Enders	(GW2)	Yes	BWE1 – Urge to kill…Rising! BWE1 – Moar Moas!
Traxdagamer	(GW2)	Yes	Beta – Human Guardian Game commentary (part 6)
Labyrinth Studios TV	(Mixed)	Yes	Beta – Human Elementalist gameplay part 1, 2
Dontain	(GW2)	Yes	Asura Female Dance [A MUST SEE, ADORABLE!] Ogre Village takeover event Map completionists and Lion’s ArchHogger Levels up Mystic Chests Keys and Tonics
Chronicles of Tyria	Fansite (GW2)	Yes	More Deciphering Prologue Reader Submitted signs – Grenth’s blessing? That Ranger is a stupid head Chapter 1 Beetletun; how I learned to…sew?
Project Tyria	(GW2)	Yes	Picture Dump 1, 2
Relics of Orr	Podcast (GW2)	Yes	Episode 45 – Beta Weekend gets an upvote

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