Guild Wars 2: two big free extensions for this winter?

In a long interview with our colleagues GamingBolt Colin Johanson "Game Director" at ArenaNet for Guild Wars 2, is returned to the launch has been difficult the game He also talks about his future and the opportunity to announce that several major expansions are planned for this winter.

We learn that the success of the gw2 gold game was not at all expected by ArenaNet teams, and now, although the largest wave has passed, there are still plenty of players online. To illustrate, Colin Johanson explains that "during the last weekend of November, the bandwidth game server was busy at peak 90% of connections." This occupancy rate alone explains the desire to have the editor to temporarily suspend sales of Guild Wars 2 for a few weeks shortly after the launch of the title, so as not to saturate more.

Two big updates this winter, with new content

After an update of an honest size in November, the publisher has scheduled three additions of content for December, January and February, without specifying their content. If that happens this month will be relatively light, it insists, however, that updates the last two months butt equate to what we can find in other extensions paying deductibles, then that 'will be made freely available to players of Guild Wars 2.

As for the first part of the series, Guild Wars 2 will also pay extensions, they are however less numerous than the first game. According to Colin Johanson, it is difficult to get add-ons such every six months without overworking the development team. The editor prefers to try to keep a monthly for free updates and propose a few extensions parallel pay.
No subscription to the horizon, the current model works well

Finally, everyone is reassured, the current economic model of Guild Wars 2 is working properly, and it is not a question for the editor to switch to a subscription model. A passage in full "free to play" is not expected either, because it too would impact the current system of microtransactions. Currently, no object in giving benefits Guild Wars 2 gold game is available via the shop, or passing on a free mode require the publisher to add such items, to which he refuses. Also note that the port on the Mac is still in beta testing, while the possibility of raising the Linux gaming is considered.

Finally, remember that Guild Wars 2 is still available for sale, and you can come and share your gaming experience in the topic dedicated to it on our forum.