Obviously the response to Guild Wars 2 has been fantastic - we have a lot of new players coming into the game right now as we're getting ready for the release of Heart of Thorns. Mike O'Brien: We have been championing the buy-to-play business model for more than a decade, and it's really working for us. Can you give people some reassurance about what you actually are doing? The top portion is about being free, the bottom part about raids.Įurogamer: When I read "play for free" I panicked because of the connotations suggested by a different arrangement of those three words. Their announcement was streamed earlier on the Guild Wars 2 Twitch channel. I spoke to ArenaNet co-founder and leader Mike O'Brien, and Guild Wars 2 game director Colin Johanson, ahead of the company's PAX Prime announcement today. New raids will be regularly added to Guild Wars 2 in the future. The first raid will open shortly after Heart of Thorns arrives (2015 but date still TBC), with subsequent 'wings' to open thereafter. Buying the upcoming Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns expansion removes all restrictions.ĪrenaNet also announced 10-person raids are coming to Guild Wars 2, and that they represent the most challenging content in the game. There are some small restrictions placed on free accounts to prevent abuse from the gold-farming black market. Guild Wars 2 never had a subscription fee, only a charge for the game itself - and it's that charge that's being removed. There's big news in the Guild Wars 2 camp today as ArenaNet announces the original game will be available for free, right now and for evermore.ĭo not interpret that as "free-to-play".
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