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Log-in delays hit Guild Wars 2 launch 28 August 2012 Online video game Guild Wars 2 has officially launched but with login issues. The long-awaited massively multi-player game launched on Tuesday after five years of development. Many users were unable to login because of the huge number of users. This launch comes at a difficult time for online game developers who are struggling to keep their players paying.free 51 It is set 250 years after the first Guild Wars, but is set in the same fantasy Tyria.i'm only good at one thing Cash crunch While 28 August is the official launch date people who pre-ordered the title got early access from 25 August. Keen gamers who attempted to login on the first morning during the early access period had an extended wait or had to play in a staging zone that made it impossible to play with their friends. As the official launch is set to bring in many more players, there will be delays. Guild Wars 2 gives players the task of reuniting members of a guild of heroes known as Destiny's Edge, who are needed to save Tyria from the ravages of five older dragons that have awoken, and caused chaos to the world and its inhabitants. ArenaNet claims to have made major modifications to the standard game mechanics of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) to remove the drudgery from the work required to achieve Destiny's Edge to re-form and from the other quests and tasks players are given. Alec Meer, a PC games news site Rock Paper Shotgun said that Guild Wars 2 presented many mainstays of MMOs, in a "fresh, nuanced" way that can draw players' attention. "The complex, highly tactical and flexible combat should give it a life beyond the usual loot-hunting routine that is typical of its contemporaries," he told the BBC. "This is a sport that must be learned rather than be able to spend all day sunk into it." Guild Wars 2 was launched at a time when many MMOs are in transition. Many developers have ended their reliance on regular monthly subscriptions in favour of the "freemium" model that gives players an uncapped game, but charges for additional features. Wesley Yin-Poole is the news editor at Eurogamer, said Guild Wars' history would make it less likely to drop its upfront fees. The game is said to have it a "unique" place in the MMO world because players must pay before they download and begin their adventure. In the UK, Guild Wars 2 costs PS49.99. Then, he said, micro-transactions for gear and other extras help in the ongoing development. He added, "That method worked well in the first Guild Wars game and it looks set for Guild Wars 2." "It can be done because it has huge hardcore appeal , and an already established fanbase from the first game." He claimed that Guild Wars 2 may have been against the trend of other MMOs but that there was no doubt that the traditional monthly payment model for online gaming was "dead". He said that while World of Warcraft might still cost millions of dollars, it also has the option of playing for free. Star Wars: The Old Republic and Star Wars: The New Republic are also in the works. "I doubt we'll ever get a monthly subscription to a MMO again," he said. Diablo's real money auction test 12 July 2012 EA Star Wars game players slump 1 August 2012 Warcraft expansion coming in September 25 July 2012 Warcraft subscriptions stabilise 10 May 2012 Related Internet Links Guild Wars 2 Rock, Paper, Shotgun Eurogamer The BBC is not responsible to the content of external websites.