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Guild Wars 2

massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by ArenaNet
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Guild Wars 2

Summary

Guild Wars 2 is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,215 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Guild Wars 2's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Guild Wars 2's instance of is recorded as esports discipline[4].
  • Guild Wars 2's instance of is recorded as online game[5].
  • Guild Wars 2 was directed by Mike O'Brien[6].
  • Guild Wars 2's composer is recorded as Jeremy Soule[7].
  • Guild Wars 2 was published by NCSoft[8].
  • Guild Wars 2's genre is massively multiplayer online role-playing game[9].
  • Guild Wars 2's genre is LGBT-themed video game[10].
  • Guild Wars 2's genre is video game with LGBT character[11].
  • Guild Wars 2's developer is recorded as ArenaNet[12].
  • Guild Wars 2's part of the series is recorded as Guild Wars[13].
  • Guild Wars 2's platform is recorded as Microsoft Windows[14].
  • Guild Wars 2's platform is recorded as macOS[15].
  • Guild Wars 2's game mode is recorded as multiplayer video game[16].
  • Guild Wars 2's game mode is recorded as player versus player[17].
  • Guild Wars 2's game mode is recorded as player versus environment[18].
  • Guild Wars 2's language of work or name is recorded as English[19].
  • Guild Wars 2's language of work or name is recorded as French[20].
  • Guild Wars 2's language of work or name is recorded as German[21].
  • Guild Wars 2's language of work or name is recorded as Spanish[22].
  • Guild Wars 2 was distributed by optical disc[23].
  • Guild Wars 2 was distributed by digital distribution[24].
  • Guild Wars 2's review score is recorded as 88/100[25].
  • Guild Wars 2's review score is recorded as 85/100[26].
  • Guild Wars 2's input device is recorded as computer mouse[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 33963af8-74ed-46ca-bd4e-3e6233bfb300[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Guild Wars 2 was published by NCSoft[8]. It was directed by Mike O'Brien[6].

Publication

Guild Wars 2 was published on August 28, 2012[30]. Languages include English[19], French[20], German[21], and Spanish[22]. Genres include massively multiplayer online role-playing game[9], LGBT-themed video game[10], and video game with LGBT character[11]. Its part of the series is recorded as Guild Wars[13]. Recorded distribution format include optical disc[23] and digital distribution[24].

Subject and Themes

Guild Wars 2's part of the series is recorded as Guild Wars[13].

Reception

Reviews include 88/100[25] and 85/100[26].

Why It Matters

Guild Wars 2 ranks in the top 5% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,215 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

ArenaNet computer mouse macOS Microsoft Windows NCSoft optical disc United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Kritikanstvo. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Q131917281. Retrieved . criticdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . kotaku.com. kotaku.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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