Hundreds of invited players and press from around the world will be logging into Guild Wars 2 for a beta test weekend of high adventure, exploration, in-depth personal stories, and teeth-rattling combat. We love playing our game as much as we love showing it off to our fellow gamers, so damn near everyone at ArenaNet will be logging in this weekend to play alongside our beta testers. For anyone to get a Key for the Beta For Guild Wars 2 [...]
ArenaNet makes 2012 the ‘Year of the Dragon.’ Mike O’Brien, President and Founder of developer ArenaNet, posted on the ArenaNet blog today announcing several important steps in the finale of Guild Wars 2′s development. According to O’Brien, the Guild Wars 2 beta will open to select press in February. In March and April, ArenaNet will “aggressively ramp up the size of [the] beta test events” to include gamers outside the press. The post continues to confirm a 2012 launch for [...]
In celebration of fifteen years of Diablo -– the original came out all the way back in 1996 (!) -– Blizzard has launched a special anniversary website. The site has all kinds of Diablo-related content, from a timeline of the entire series, cutscenes from Diablo 2, video interviews and a lengthy video retrospective. Of particular interest is an interview with Diablo 3 director Jay Wilson, who states, “We’re almost done with Diablo 3 and that’s a fitting celebration of the [...]
