advertisement

Guild Wars 2 due in 2011

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted Nov 10, 2009 3:16 pm PT

NCsoft West CEO says follow-up to ArenaNet's online RPG may enter beta testing sometime in 2010, with a full launch the following year.

Guild Wars 2 development isn't progressing at the rate NCsoft had expected when the game was first announced in 2007. At the time, the Korean massively multiplayer online gaming company had ArenaNet's latest on track to begin its beta-testing phase during the latter part of 2008, with a presumed launch in 2009. Of course, with not even two months left in 2009, the prospects of an imminent arrival of Guild Wars 2 can be pegged at null.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

However, following its impressive earnings report last week, NCsoft has provided an update on when gamers can expect the fantasy online role-playing game. As part of a post-earnings conference call, NCsoft West CEO Jaeho Lee said that Guild Wars 2 may enter a testing phase in 2010, with the game's full launch scheduled for the following year.

"I believe there will be a certain public event in the year 2010, so at this point it could be at least a closed beta test for [Guild Wars 2 and Korea-oriented martial-arms MMOG Blade & Soul]," he said. "The commercialization will be expected at this point probably sometime in the year 2011."

The original Guild Wars scored glowing critical praise upon its launch for the PC in 2005. In the intervening years, NCsoft has released new campaigns, such as Factions and Nightfall, as well as the expansion pack Eye of the North. The publisher said in April that the online-only multiplayer game, which does not have a monthly fee, had sold 6 million units worldwide.

For more information, check out GameSpot's first look at Guild Wars 2 from GamesCom 2009.

126 Comments

  • vortex_gw

    Posted Dec 9, 2009 3:33 am PT

    By the time Guild Wars 2 comes out, The Old Republic will be kicking ass all over the place! Bioware ftw!

  • danthegamer32

    Posted Dec 6, 2009 3:12 am PT

    I only just recently got into GW1 and haven't finished the first campaign yet, so I'm going to have loads of stuff to play through before the second one comes out the new one does look really good though so I really look forward to it

  • Moogle11293

    Posted Nov 29, 2009 12:48 pm PT

    Ah Crap....Thats all I can say..really.

  • snoopy248

    Posted Nov 16, 2009 6:29 am PT

    @24k_Solid_Gold

    Yeah, GW2 was in development before Dragon Age Origins.

  • 24k_Solid_Gold

    Posted Nov 15, 2009 7:01 pm PT

    @Aaryk
    "LOL, the logo looks so similar to Dragon Age's."

    When I saw the Dragon Age logo, I was like "hey! that looks just like the GW2 logo!"

    I think Guild Wars 2 was in development before Dragon Age: Origins was, but I don't actually know. :S

  • ricardo-sene

    Posted Nov 14, 2009 10:27 am PT

    @pedrovieira123, thanks for replying..

  • Freakin-Gamer

    Posted Nov 13, 2009 5:02 pm PT

    @Aaryk
    "LOL, the logo looks so similar to Dragon Age's."
    @ bassplayer275
    Haha, yeah. I thought that too.

    Yeah. Dragons seem to be the theme nowadays. XD

  • bogartcool

    Posted Nov 13, 2009 1:15 am PT

    I know they're trying to make a great game and all, but I hate how they get your hopes up just to pull the rug from underneath you!

  • Thrawn118

    Posted Nov 12, 2009 8:35 pm PT

    a lot of the creatures and art in this remind me of Magic cards, especially the druid and machine creatures. looks really interesting

  • bassplayer275

    Posted Nov 12, 2009 5:50 pm PT

    @Aaryk
    "LOL, the logo looks so similar to Dragon Age's."

    Haha, yeah. I thought that too.

  • bassplayer275

    Posted Nov 12, 2009 5:48 pm PT

    @666NightsInHell

    plz lrn2english

  • alexLmx6

    Posted Nov 12, 2009 4:50 pm PT

    whenever it arrives it'll be good, i lost some 500ish hours to the original, not holding my breath for this one tho

  • N0tYrBeezin

    Posted Nov 12, 2009 12:02 pm PT

    After two minutes of slideshow, finally there is some in game footage. Dragon Age also has a dragon leading hordes of monsters to destroy the "non-ugly" races. So now all RPGs are about the struggle between beautiful people against ugly people? There is this thing that looked like a Borg cube. Is that a construction or city of the short race?

  • pedrovieira123

    Posted Nov 12, 2009 10:29 am PT

    I hope its like GW. GW was the best pvp game I have ever played and still play. Anyone who dosen't like it is due to the fact that they don't appreciate balanced pvp and prefer pve. Answering some questions posted, GW 1 is about pvp and not pve, the pve is there but not very extensive or immersive.

  • ricardo-sene

    Posted Nov 12, 2009 8:27 am PT

    Why? There isn't a story mode? It

  • ricardo-sene

    Posted Nov 12, 2009 7:19 am PT

    Could anyone tell me in the single player of guilt wars is extensive? I rarely play online, and I really like a involving and interesting story.

  • shadowfan4life

    Posted Nov 12, 2009 6:06 am PT

    @666NightsInHell: Get me a dictionary, I need to try and comprehend what ever you're saying.

  • fatpumba3

    Posted Nov 12, 2009 2:36 am PT

    Lol epic fail. Guild Wars always sucked why bother waiting or a year to buy that crap.

  • DiscGuru101

    Posted Nov 11, 2009 6:16 pm PT

    Seems like every person with a 666, or caps lock screen name, is unbearable.

  • msw1234

    Posted Nov 11, 2009 3:34 pm PT

    @666NightsInHell: "NOT WAITING 2nd i wish this ciompani will bankrot, very bad games ,every"

    Don't they teach basic literacy in Satanic Sunday school these days? Back in my day, we read our black mass straight from the printed satanic bible, none of this new-fangled satan intertubevids on the telecomputer that you kids are so into.

Guild Wars 2 Quick Links

Summary | News | Previews & Features | Images | Videos | Answers | Forum

advertisement
Guild Wars 2 Boxshot
Guild Wars 2

Game Stats

Full Game Details »Close

Games you may like…

Users who looked at content for this game also looked at these games.

See More Similar Games
advertisement
Click Here