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Guild Wars 2

massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by ArenaNet
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Summary

Guild Wars 2 is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,974 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: esports discipline[3], online game[4]
  • Director: Mike O'Brien[5]
  • Composer: Jeremy Soule[6]
  • Publisher: NCSoft[7]
  • Genre: massively multiplayer online role-playing game[8], LGBT-themed video game[9], video game with LGBT character[10]
  • Developer: ArenaNet[11]
  • Part of the series: Guild Wars[12]
  • Platform: Microsoft Windows[13], macOS[14]
  • Game mode: multiplayer video game[15], player versus player[16], player versus environment[17]
  • Language of work or name: English[18], French[19], German[20], Spanish[21]
  • Distribution format: optical disc[22], digital distribution[23]
  • Review score: 88/100[24], 85/100[25]
  • Input device: computer mouse[26]
  • Country of origin: United States[27]
  • Publication date: August 28, 2012[28]
  • Distributed by: Humble Store[29], Steam[30]
  • ESRB rating: Teen[31]
  • Official website: http://www.guildwars2.com[32]
  • PEGI rating: PEGI 12[33]
  • USK rating: USK 12[34]
  • Nominated for: Golden Geek Award for Video Game of the Year[35], Golden Geek Award for Most Innovative Game[36]
  • Business model: free-to-play[37]

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[38]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 33963af8-74ed-46ca-bd4e-3e6233bfb300[39]

Why It Matters

Guild Wars 2 has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

ArenaNet computer mouse macOS Microsoft Windows NC optical disc United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Nicereddy · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    The cutting room floor id → Guild_Wars_2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ The cutting room floor id: Guild_Wars_2, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/174670736|Guild Wars 2 (#174670736)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6004|The Cut"
  2. 10w ago · Matthias M. · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usk id → 32770
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Usk id: 32770, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/142824394|Guild Wars 2 (#142824394)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5476|USK]] #mix'n'match"
  3. 14w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    International computer game collection work id → 17050
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ International computer game collection work id: 17050, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296368071|Guild Wars 2 (#296368071)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalo"
  4. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Goha.ru id → guild-wars-2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Goha.ru id: guild-wars-2, adding [[P:P10437|GoHa.ru]] IDs ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/786bbc5c059|details]])"
  5. 16w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Guild_Wars_2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
  6. 19w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Github topic → guildwars2
    Wsgf game id → —
    Before i play game id → Guild_Wars_2
    Techraptor game id → guild-wars-2
    + 209 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||su, ban, mad */ Cleanup: normalize text ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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