The annual Guild Wars Dragon Festival is now live on all servers. Roller Beetle tournaments, special quests and holiday-related loot will be featured in the Shing Jea Monastery as well as in Kaineng. Read on!

The Guild Wars Xunlai Tournament House has been shut down for an extended and indefinite period of time, according to a release on the Guild Wars Wiki. Read why after the jump.

How much of an MMO is button smashing and how much involves actual skill? This installment is an investigation of how armor choices and shield employment can yield more combat decisions.

I like stats as much as the next person (probably more), but when warfare is boiled down to raw probabilities, battlefield skill disappears. The building of the best stat base becomes much more important than any sort of tactical competency. Instead of seeking a skill based work-around, games come up with new statistical probabilities.

Korean MMO giant NCsoft released today its first quarter earning results for 2009, showing significant profit increases in the Asian market, while the North American figures are still spiraling down from 17% market share in 2006 to the current 8%. The report also noted Aion's upcoming Western market release and beta tests for new titles: Punch Monster, Dragonica, Steel Dog and Metal Black "within the year". Full report after the jump

In this installment, Jonathan Steinhauer looks at the last MMO class archetypes, the Healer, and why this role at least is solidly developed.

Guild Wars developer ArenaNet has announced that over 6 million units have been sold. The announcement comes on the brink of GW's fourth anniversary. To celebrate, ArenaNet has released a major content upgrade. Check out the details by clicking 'read more'.

Guild Wars is celebrating their fourth anniversary in style. Players have several interesting things they can do for their characters including renaming and revamping their looks. Find out what's in store by clicking 'read more'.

All NCSoft MMOs, including the soon-to-be-released Aion, will now be available via Steam download. City of Heroes, Guild Wars, and Lineage/Lineage II are now available and Aion will become available when released. Read the press notice after clicking below.