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Following an emotional weekend of uncertainty, Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet has laid off a significant number of its staff. Employees were notified on Friday that ArenaNet, which is owned by NCSoft ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Guild Wars” developer ArenaNet fired two of its writers after a public argument with a YouTuber on Twitter, the company said this ...

ArenaNet announced today that they are finally bringing their highly successful game Guild Wars 2 over to Steam. The game is currently celebrating its eighth anniversary, and to mark the occasion, ...

“Nobody at Arenanet is safe from the hand of Reddit. We’re literally running the company now, they’re in fear of the very users they seek to consort with ... The moment a dev steps out of line or try ...

Less than two weeks after Activision Blizzard laid off approximately 775 employees from its staff, two other studios are facing a major wave of layoffs. Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet and EA's mobile ...

Guild Wars 2 has just reached a major milestone in its life, as the game turned six-years-old at the end of August. That's a significant achievement, especially in the world of MMORPGs, where success ...

Update: Following the weekend, it appears that the promised layoffs at ArenaNet have officially taken place. A flood of current and former employees at the studio shared memories, well wishes, and job ...

Massively contributing editor Larry Everett made this comment regarding ArenaNet in our recent Staff Choice Awards, and his timing couldn't have been better. ArenaNet has begun 2011 in a big way with ...

Editor’s note: This story and headline were updated to reflect the WARN notice. ArenaNet, the video game maker behind Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2, is laying off 143 employees at its Bellevue ...