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Guild Wars 2: Console ports, subscription models, and making sure it works on launch day (interview)

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 9, 2012
5 min

GamesBeat sat down with ArenaNet Content Designer Mike Zadorojny to discuss the final days before launch, console ports of MMOs, and the future of MMO subscription models.

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Korean game togetherness: Nexon acquires 14.7 percent of NCsoft for $688M

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 8, 2012
1 min

Nexon said today it has acquired a 14.7 percent minority stake in Korean online game publisher NCsoft for $688 million. Nexon, which was started...

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1 min

Gaming art for your Facebook Timeline (Part 7: Future Games)

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 26, 2012
1 min

Jazz up your Facebook profile with Timeline covers of upcoming video games like Call of Duty: Black Ops II, God of War: Ascension, and Borderlands 2.

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GamesBeat Weekly Roundup

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 25, 2012
2 min

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

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ArenaNet president discusses careful monetization of Guild Wars 2, the least greedy Western MMO

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 21, 2012
8 min

GamesBeat sat down with studio president Mike O’Brien to talk about making a sequel to the game that turned the AAA MMO model on its head.

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3 of gaming’s most elaborate inside jokes

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 2, 2012
3 min

While developers referencing other companies' games is nothing new, a few game makers have gone all-out with their nods to other titles.

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3 min

Guild Wars 2 beta weekend event error code

Having trouble with the Guild Wars 2 beta? Here are some tips

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 28, 2012
3 min

The biggest Guild Wars 2 beta weekend event ever is currently underway, with "hundreds of thousands" of players all making a mad dash for the beta servers at the same time. Naturally, quite a few of those people have had trouble accessing the game, and if you're one of them, here are some helpful tips that may solve your issue.

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The top 5 MMOs of 2012 — and what they’re doing differently

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 27, 2012
7 min

2012 will see some of the biggest releases ever in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game genre. GamesBeat has rounded up the most promising titles and asked their developers, “What makes your game unique?”

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7 min

Guild Wars 2 challenges MMO establishment with hybrid business model (preview)

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 26, 2012
6 min

The massively multiplayer online (MMO) games business is about to get even more competitive. Market leader World of Warcraft (WoW) dodged a bullet when...

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Free-to-play games catching MMO subscribers’ attention (and wallets)

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 21, 2012
2 min

The successful launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic notwithstanding, the business model of mandatory subscriptions for massively multiplayer online (MMO) games seems to...

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2 min