{"data":{"slug":"guild-wars-2","name":"Guild Wars 2","aliases":["GW2"],"url":"https://gamecrave.app/games/guild-wars-2","api_url":"https://gamecrave.app/v1/games/guild-wars-2","facts":{"online_coop":true,"max_players_online":null,"min_players_online":null,"local_coop":null,"max_players_local":null,"local_screen":null,"separate_device_coop":null,"max_players_separate_devices":null,"free_to_play":true,"free_coop_setups":[{"platforms":["windows"],"mode":"online","activity":"Free core dungeons","groups":[5]},{"platforms":["windows"],"mode":"online","activity":"Battle for Lion's Arch","public_capacity":50}],"crossplay":null,"crossplay_platforms":null,"drop_in_drop_out":null,"host_only_ownership":null,"proximity_voice_chat":null,"platforms":["windows"],"solo_only_platforms":null,"steam_deck":"playable","release_status":"released","release_date":"2012-08-28","genres":["role_playing"],"steam_app_id":1284210,"wikidata_qid":null},"sources":[{"url":"https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/instanced-combat/","kind":"official_site","accessed":"2026-10-24","fields":["online_coop","free_coop_setups"],"notes":{"online_coop":"Private dungeons and Fractals of the Mists support cooperative teams of five. Raids support ten.","free_coop_setups":"Private dungeons and Fractals use teams of five. Its Heart of Thorns raids use ten. It does not label all these activity types free."}},{"url":"https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-final-countdown-guild-wars-2-launch-times/","kind":"official_news","accessed":"2026-10-24","fields":["release_date"],"notes":{"release_date":"ArenaNet explicitly dates the full launch to August 28, 2012. August 25 was a purchase head start. Steam lists its later 2022 storefront release."}},{"url":"https://store.steampowered.com/app/1284210/","kind":"store_page","accessed":"2026-10-24","fields":["release_status","genres","free_coop_setups"],"notes":{"release_status":"The current base game is available to play.","genres":"ArenaNet calls the game an online role-playing game.","free_coop_setups":"Free base offer and native online co-op. Windows requirement. Season 1 and 2 free with core access. Janthir Wilds is a separate paid expansion. No subscription fee required."}},{"url":"https://store.steampowered.com/api/appdetails?appids=1284210&cc=us&l=english","kind":"store_data","accessed":"2026-10-24","fields":["steam_app_id","platforms"],"notes":{"steam_app_id":"Steam identifies Guild Wars 2 as app 1284210.","platforms":"The current Steam build supports Windows."}},{"url":"https://store.steampowered.com/saleaction/ajaxgetdeckappcompatibilityreport?nAppID=1284210&l=english","kind":"store_data","accessed":"2026-10-24","fields":["steam_deck"],"notes":{"steam_deck":"Valve rates the game Playable on Steam Deck."}},{"url":"https://help.guildwars2.com/hc/en-us/articles/115015898508-Guild-Wars-2-Free-Account-Features","kind":"official_support","accessed":"2026-10-24","fields":["free_coop_setups","free_to_play"],"notes":{"free_coop_setups":"Entire core free with Central Tyria access, level restrictions and Seasons 1 and 2 listed. LFG and squad chat unlock at level 30. The table generally excludes raids.","free_to_play":"Core and Season 1 have free account restrictions. The public Battle can include other participants. Its capacity does not promise a private group can complete it. Janthir Convergences require paid content. Smaller dungeon groups and the overall ceiling are not confirmed."}},{"url":"https://help.guildwars2.com/hc/en-us/articles/360053416353-Steam-FAQ","kind":"official_support","accessed":"2026-10-24","fields":["free_coop_setups"],"notes":{"free_coop_setups":"Windows 64-bit for Steam. Steam and ArenaNet website accounts play the identical game on shared servers, with separate account logins and matching restrictions."}},{"url":"https://help.guildwars2.com/hc/en-us/articles/201862958-Minimum-System-Requirements","kind":"official_support","accessed":"2026-10-24","fields":["free_coop_setups"],"notes":{"free_coop_setups":"Current supported requirements name Windows 64-bit and broadband. The table is headed for the latest expansion, so the Steam FAQ is the more direct free Steam platform source."}},{"url":"https://welcome.guildwars2.com/en/play-guild-wars-2","kind":"official_site","accessed":"2026-10-24","fields":["free_coop_setups"],"notes":{"free_coop_setups":"Maker offers free play without a subscription, a full personal story and multiplayer instances. Does not itself state their exact team sizes."}},{"url":"https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/","kind":"official_site","accessed":"2026-10-24","fields":["free_coop_setups"],"notes":{"free_coop_setups":"Open-world players can support each other without forming a group. This supplies no finite PvE cap."}},{"url":"https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/living-world-season-1-return-battle-for-lions-arch-arrives-next-week/","kind":"official_news","accessed":"2026-10-24","fields":["free_coop_setups"],"notes":{"free_coop_setups":"Permanent free Season 1 return. Battle for Lion's Arch is repeatable, publicly joinable and supports up to fifty. Private squad route is also named. No story-progress prerequisite for the public instance."}},{"url":"https://about.ncsoft.com/en/news/article/guild-wars-2-living-world-season-1-ep5","kind":"official_news","accessed":"2026-10-24","fields":["free_coop_setups"],"notes":{"free_coop_setups":"Publisher's November 9, 2022 release announcement independently joins free access for everyone and Battle for Lion's Arch for up to fifty. It is a shipped-content corroboration of the prior announcement."}},{"url":"https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/live-now-godspawn-first-major-update-for-guild-wars-2-janthir-wilds/","kind":"official_news","accessed":"2026-10-24","fields":["free_coop_setups"],"notes":{"free_coop_setups":"Godspawn is unlocked for Janthir Wilds owners and contains a fifty-person Convergence plus ten-person raid. Its fifty-person scope is expansion content."}},{"url":"https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-return-of-raiding-and-convergences-in-janthir-wilds/","kind":"official_news","accessed":"2026-10-24","fields":["free_coop_setups"],"notes":{"free_coop_setups":"Independently describes Janthir's fifty-player Convergence and ten-player raid formats. Purchase editions are separate from core."}}],"updated":"2026-10-24"},"meta":{"api_version":"1","docs":"https://gamecrave.app/api"}}