Undead Labs founder Jeff Strain opens Possibility Space, a ‘distributed’ game studio
Jeff Strain, the founder of Undead Labs and the co-founder of ArenaNet, today announced he’s opening a new studio called Possibility Space. The new...
Former ArenaNet game developers raise $3.3 million for Tenacious Entertainment
Mobile gaming studio Tenacious Entertainment, created by former ArenaNet developers, has raised $3.3 million. The Bellevue, Washington-based studio was founded last year by CEO...
ArenaNet confirms that it is laying off staff
Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet is cutting an unspecified number of jobs. The company confirmed the layoffs and said it has...
Game developers need unions — they can’t afford another Telltale
For many people, working in the gaming industry is a dream come true. Until recently, I was one of those people: a four-year industry...
Kate Edwards: Still outspoken, from ArenaNet to video game unionization
Kate Edwards was very outspoken as the executive director of the International Game Developers Association. After five years in that job, she left in...
Game devs have three choices interacting online: be a robot, log off — or risk the mob
I remember when I first went online as the representative of a big company. It was 2001, and I was working in the digital...
The DeanBeat: ArenaNet’s disaster sends shock waves into gaming
I was on vacation last week, hanging out with my extended family and playing a few games on my aging iPhone 6, my Nintendo...
Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire designer explains why their mounts stand out in the MMO crowd
Guild Wars 2 is finally getting mounts when the massively multiplayer online role-playing game’s second expansion, Path of Fire, comes out for PC on...
ArenaNet makes Guild Wars 2 free as it preps paid Heart of Thorns expansion
Confirming rumors, ArenaNet announced today that the Guild Wars 2 core online game is going to be available for free, starting today. At the...
WildStar publisher NCSoft slashes jobs at it Western studios
The company confirmed the layoffs, and it explained that they were necessary so that it could pursue a “new strategy.” This restructuring affected all of the publisher’s Western operations except for Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet. WildStar developer Carbine was hardest hit, according to a Polygon report.