Interview: Guild Wars 2

MMORPG.com’s Garrett Fuller recently sat down with Guild Wars 2 Lead Designer Eric Flannum, World Designer and Writer Ree Soesbee,and Environment Art Lead Dave Beetlestone to talk about the highly anticipated upcoming follow-up to the successful Guild Wars franchise.

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Analyzing the Newest Guild Wars 2 Trailer

ArenaNet has a very early, very wonderful holiday gift for Guild Wars fans: a brand new Guild Wars 2 trailer. (Take a moment to cheer, then we’ll move on.) The trailer is amazingly beautiful, something we’ve come to expect from ArenaNet and particularly Guild Wars 2. But if you don’t let yourself get distracted by the eye candy — something that is admittedly hard to do — there is a lot of new information here, including more details on people and places we’ve already heard of, and some fascinating possibilities to explore.

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Preview: Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 is ArenaNet’s successor to its admirable MMORPG and with the sequel scheduled for a launch next year, we’ve managed to secure an exclusive Races of Tyria reveal trailer for your delectation.

As well as the video, which gives you the lowdown on the various races and heroes you’ll encounter in the game, we also present a fan-authored Q&A which should answer some of the burning questions NCSoft have recieved.

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Guild Wars 2 slated for 2011

NCSoft has indicated that fans of its Guild Wars MMORPG may have to wait a couple more years until they get their hands on Guild Wars 2.

Jaeho Lee, NCSoft’s chief financial officer, told investors in a recent conference call that ArenaNet’s Guild Wars 2 is tracking a 2011 release along with the martial arts MMO Blade & Soul.

Lee said that the company probably won’t have any major launches next year, although closed betas for the aforementioned titles are possible.

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