Guild Wars 2 Weekly
The second Beta Weekend Event over and done with, this week has been packed with impressions and videos. Not as overwhelming as the first one when everything was brand new for several hundred thousand players at once, still an impressive parade! ArenaNet themselves has been mostly quiet this week, catching up on some well-deserved rest one can assume. Nevertheless they did find the time to post a challenge for character 3D artists – with a job at ArenaNet in the balance.
Other than that the week has mostly been dominated by the new system to unlock Dyes revealed during BWE2, which has sparked both discussions and worry in the community about how the Guild Wars 2 cash shop will end up.
A worry that was not lessened by the announcement that Nexon just aquired a large portion of Guild Wars 2 publisher NCSoft stock. Nexon is a major player in the free-to-play market and is behind titles such as Maplestory and Vindictus.
Here at GWOnline Gorani posted a voice actor challenge, boldly posting his own interpretation of the five Guild Wars 2 races. Our Social Media Manager Mawgleah then upped the ante by offering some Guild Wars 1 in-game goodies to takers of said challenge. Could get interesting!
To continue, it is exciting to see so much Guild Wars 2 content coming out on a regular basis. But on the same time it makes it a challenge to keep a list such as this updated and structured. I do have some grand plans to make it better, but for the time being I will just denote if the place had a Guild Wars 2 original update this week and leave the main link for you to go there and see for yourself. If there is something I think you really should see like a new series, and ArenaNet interview or something that just caught my fancy this week I will add a comment in the table. (Note that I do not always get around to reading everything in detail, so lack of comment does not mean I would not recommend.) Enjoy!
| Source | Source Type | Original GW2 Update? | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| ArenaNet Blog | Â  |
Yes | Character artist challenge! |
| Guild Wars 2 on Facebook | Â  |
Yes | |
| Guild Wars 2 on Twitter | Â  |
Yes | |
| ArenaNet on Twitter | Â |
Yes | |
| ArenaNet on Flickr |  
|
Yes | Images of the team doing the latest Reddit AMA |
| BuffeeArts |  (Arts) |
No | |
| Eternal Alchemy |  (GW2) |
No | |
| Gamebreaker | Vidcasts (GW2) | Yes | |
| GuildCast | Vidcast (GW2) | Yes | Epic 2 hours episode! |
| KirbyzaGamer | (GW2) |
Yes | |
| MattVisual | (GW2) |
Yes | Started a new series. “Interactive” |
| SagelikeOne |  (GW2) |
Yes | Lots of nice BWE2-coverage |
| Snebzor | (GW2) |
No | |
| Tales of Lumin | (Gaming) |
Yes | |
| Tales of Tyria | Vidcast (GW2) | Yes | |
| Tubeelephant | (GW2) |
Yes | |
| TWIMMO | Vidcast (MMO) | No | |
| WoodenTomatoes | (GW2) |
Yes | |
| 321spike | PvP Fansite (GW2) | No | |
| Attached to Keyboard | (GW2) |
Yes | |
| Boons & Conditions | Fansite (GW2) |
Yes | The return of the B&C podcast. |
| Capacitor Flux | (GW2) |
No | |
| Condottieri | Guildsite (GW2) | No | |
| Demajen | Blog (Gaming) |
Yes | A most excellent run-down of the new Dye system, and how he feels it disappoints. |
| DistilledWill |  (GW2) |
No | |
| Flameseeker Chronicles | Column (GW+GW2) | Yes | |
| Games.on.net | Gaming Site | Yes | |
| Greibach’s Normal Form | (GW2) |
No | |
| GuildMag | Fansite (GW2) |
Yes | Second episode of Dynamically Spoken. |
| Guild Wars 2 Hub | Fansite (GW2) |
Yes | Guest editorial from our friend the Feral Engineer. |
| Guild Wars 2 Journal | Fansite (GW2) |
No | |
| Guild Wars 2 Junkies | Fansite (GW2) | Yes | |
| GuildWars2Live | Videos/fansite (GW2) |
Yes | |
| Guild Wars Insider | Fansite (GW2) | Yes | |
| Hunter’s Insight | (GW2) |
Yes | |
| Kill Ten Rats | (Gaming) |
No | |
| Maloki | Blog (Mixed) | No | |
| MMORPG | Gaming Site | Yes | |
| NZXT | (Mixed) |
No | |
| PC Gamer | Gaming Site | No | |
| Raging Monkeys | (MMO) |
Yes | |
| The Feral Engineer | Engineer (GW2) |
No | |
| Under the Pale Tree | (GW2) |
Yes | |
| Yoshi’s Guild Wars 2 hub |  (GW2) |
Yes | Among other things a great run-down of how to play sPvP |
| ZAM | Gaming site | Yes | |
| Tyria Talk | (GW2) |
Yes | |
| The Vigilant | Blog (GW2) | Yes | The Vigilant is back after a month and a half. Looking forward to more! |
| Dragon Seasons | Fansite (GW2) |
No | |
| KaeyiDream | (GW2) |
Yes | |
| The Tyrian Order | Fansite (GW2) |
No | |
| Elemental Attunement | Elementalist Blog (GW2) |
Yes | |
| GW2 Evolution | Fansite (GW2) |
No | |
| Forbes | General News Site | No | |
| Mana Obscura | MMO Site | No | |
| Necrobator | Necromancer Fansite (GW2) |
No | |
| Decoding Dragons | (Gaming) |
Yes | |
| Games Overcast | Podcast (Gaming) | No | |
| GoingPostalGW | (GW2) |
No | |
| TotalBiscuit | (Gaming) |
No | |
| Yogscast | (Gaming) |
No | |
| Bio Break | (RPG) |
No | |
| Girl vs. MMO | (MMO) |
Yes | |
| Nerdy Bookahs | (GW2) |
Yes | Lots of screen shots, and a Torchlight giveaway. |
| Guardians of Tyria | Guardian Blog (GW2) |
No | |
| Massively Speaking | Podcast (MMO) | Yes | |
| World verse World | WvW (GW2) | No | |
| Team Legacy | PvP Guild Site (GW2) | Yes | |
| Flame Throwing | Engineer Blog (GW2) |
Yes | |
| Talk Tyria | Fansite (GW2) |
Yes | |
| Play GuildWars 2 | Blog (GW2) | No | |
| Examiner | Entertainment news | No | |
| Key and Dagger | Thief Blog (GW2) | Yes | |
| Wooting | Blog (GW2) | No | |
| Guild Wars 2 Grandmaster | Blog (GW2) | No | |
| Mind and Spirit | (GW2) |
Yes | Some really cool comparisons of sites in Tyria 250 years apart. |
| GW2 WvW | PvP Fansite (GW2) | Yes | |
| Scary Worlds | Blog (MMO) | Yes | An insightful article about how long a public beta should be. |
| The Snarky Asura | (GW2) |
No | |
| Final Boss Fight | Gaming Site | Yes | |
| Enigmus1 | (MMO) |
Yes | |
| Wartower (German) | Fansite (GW2) | No | |
| The Searing | Podcast (GW2) | Yes | |
| Octovision | (MMO) |
No | |
| Three Odd Tales | Fanfic (GW2) |
No | |
| AtomicPC | Gaming/Hardware Site | No | |
| The Wastenaw Voice | News Site | No | |
| GameZone | Gaming Site | No | |
| MMOSite | Fansite (MMO) | Yes | |
| Piki Geek | Gaming Site | No | |
| GameSpy | Gaming Site | No | |
| GamerLive | Gaming Site | No | |
| The Daily Aztec | News Site | No | |
| Casual Aggro | (MMO) |
No | |
| RPG Fan | Fansite (RPG) | No | |
| Ken and Graev | (Gaming) |
Yes | |
| GWOnline | Fansite (GW2) |
Yes | |
 (GW2) |
Yes | In-depth analysis of WvW! | |
| The Sprocket Formula |  Engineer (GW2) |
Yes | |
| Blog de la Burro | Â (Gaming) |
No | |
| Gamers Heroes | Â Gaming Site | No | |
| Guild Wars 2 Stratics | Â Fansite (GW2) | No | |
| TunaGaming | (Gaming) |
No | |
| World of Enders | (GW2) |
Yes | |
| Traxdagamer | (GW2) |
Yes | |
| Labyrinth Studios TV | (Mixed) |
No | |
| Dontain | (GW2) |
Yes | |
| Chronicles of Tyria | Fansite (GW2) |
Yes | |
| Project Tyria | (GW2) |
Yes | |
| GetBonkd | (GW2) |
No | |
| The Centaur’s Satchel | (GW2) |
No | |
| Rock Paper Shotgun | Gaming Site | Yes | |
| IGN | Gaming Site | Yes | An awesome interactive Guild Wars 2 map |
| Dulfy | (MMOs) |
Yes | |
| GamaSutra | Gaming Site | No | |
| The Verge/Polygon | Gaming Site | No | |
| Paradox | GW2 Guild Site | Yes | |
| Guild Wars 2 Guru | Fansite (GW2) | Yes | |
| Malefic Incantations | (GW2) |
Yes | |
| Killabytes Online | Blog (GW2 mostly) | Yes | |
| Venturebeat | Tech News Site | Yes | |
| miihdaftpunk | (Mixed) |
Yes | |
| Tyrian Stories | (GW2) |
No | |
| Shewstr | (Mixed) |
No | |
| Next Web Design | Blog (Art & Photo) | No | |
| MMO Reviews | MMO Site | Yes | |
| Natural Front | Gaming Blog | No | |
| What Culture | Entertainment Site | Yes | |
| Gameranx | Gaming Site | No | |
| Kotaku | Gaming Site | No | |
| White Charr | (GW2) |
Yes | |
| Divinity’s Reach | (GW2) |
Yes | |
| Reborn Reality | (GW2) |
Yes | |
| Relics of Orr | Podcast (GW2) | Yes |
