About Author: Renjamin

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Welcome to the Year of the Dragon

Posted on January 23, 2012 | No Comments
Welcome to the Year of the Dragon! Today is Lunar New Year’s Day, and according to the Asian zodiac system, the first day of the Year of the Dragon. It’s...
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Jon Peters on the New Gamescom Demo

Posted on August 15, 2011 | No Comments
As a company, we like to say that we iterate on our game—a lot. There are three different ways that we can make changes: we can remove things, we can...
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Dream and Nightmare

Posted on August 12, 2011 | No Comments
The sylvari are the youngest race in Guild Wars 2, awakened with the rise of the new age in Tyria. They may be unfamiliar with the world, but they have...
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Video: Growing the Sylvari

Posted on August 10, 2011 | 1 Comment
Four years ago, the Guild Wars 2 writers and designers came to the artists with a crazy direction for a new race. They are a brand new species to Tyria—less...
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The Sylvari Soul – Angel McCoy on Writing the Sylvari

Posted on August 10, 2011 | No Comments
My name is Angel Leigh McCoy, and I’m one of several writers on the Guild Wars 2 design team. We’ve been molding Tyria into a living, breathing world, and I’m...
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Next Week is Sylvari Week

Posted on August 5, 2011 | No Comments
Gamers in Europe will get a chance to play the sylvari for the first time at gamescom this year. To properly unveil the new look for Guild Wars 2‘s enigmatic,...
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James Boer Talks GW2 Audio Design

Posted on August 5, 2011 | No Comments
Hi everyone! This is Jim Boer again. In a previous blog post, I discussed the tools we use to create our in-game cinematics. This time, I’d like to talk about...
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The Hidden Complexity of Sound Design

Posted on August 5, 2011 | No Comments
I’m Drew Cady, Lead Sound Designer for Guild Wars 2. Together with my colleague Sound Engineer Robert Gay, we’ve put together a blog post that looks a little deeper into...
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Into the Dungeons

Posted on June 24, 2011 | No Comments
Hey there, Jeff Grubb here. I am, along with Ree Soesbee, one of the Lore and Continuity Designers for Guild Wars 2, which means I am responsible for shaping the...
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Jonathan Sharp Talks Underwater Combat

Posted on June 24, 2011 | No Comments
Just Breathe Here at ArenaNet we don’t think breathing is fun. We figure that you have to breathe every day IRL (in real life), so why should you have to...
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