So - in a few hours GamesCom 2011 will open and let the peasant gaming crowds have extensive hands-on with the glorious Guild Wars 2 demo. Let's all work together and scavenge the internets in the weeks to come for all the Guild Wars 2 goodness to come out of GamesCom.
 
HD Direct Feed Footage preferably. Got get!
 

Finds (I'll try and update the OP):

Forgot it was in Germany.  I will keep an eye out tonight when I am browsing good sir.

Can't wait to see more of it. It looks so good.

Hmm, I think I'm most excited to see Asura and Sylvari in action... and PvP... and character customization.

@Seppli said:

So - in a few hours GamesCom 2011 will open and let the peasant gaming crowds have extensive hands-on with the glorious Guild Wars 2 demo. Let's all work together and scavenge the internets in the weeks to come for all the Guild Wars 2 goodness to come out of GamesCom. HD Direct Feed Footage preferably. Got get!

Is there a stream for that?

@Seppli said:

So - in a few hours GamesCom 2011 will open and let the peasant gaming crowds have extensive hands-on with the glorious Guild Wars 2 demo. Let's all work together and scavenge the internets in the weeks to come for all the Guild Wars 2 goodness to come out of GamesCom. HD Direct Feed Footage preferably. Got get!

Is there a stream for that?

Show me more tree-people and magic golems.

@Seppli: As myself and others have posted elsewhere, the ESL are having two live streams of showmatches of Guildwars 2 PvP. Should prob be included here.

http://tv.esl.eu/de/ (Streams are on Stage 1 - ie, default)

(streams at CEST - ie GMT +2 - Thursday 12:40pm, Friday 2:15pm)

For the Lazy -

Sydney, Australia: Thursday 8:40pm and Friday 10:15pm

Los Angeles, USA: Thursday 3:40am and Friday 5:15am

New York, USA: Thursday 6:40am and Friday 8:15am

Note: I will prob. be on the Guild Wars 2 Guru mumble server during the streams, in case anyone else wants to hop on - or we do our own alternative (perhaps skype? Doubt there'd be more than 5ish of us)

About to start in two minutes.

A surprisingly informative and relatively in depth article by Game Informer here. Covers feelings on the combat system, the new skill acquisition system (which doesn't sound too bad at all) and a lot on some new dynamic events. Oh and he calls the Asura Asara the whole time, but hey, who can blame em.

@Dark_Lord_Spam said:

IGN: Boss Fight Against Giant Statue
IGN: Guy Stands Around Looking Stupid Instead of Using That Floating Energy Cannon
IGN: Charr Tutorial Thought I'd take some creative license with the generic and inaccurate video titles.

Thanks for the videos. The live stream was an open event to kill a water dragon like the shatterer from months ago. You can see him in the Gamescom trailer on this page for anyone that missed it.:

http://www.guildwars2.com/en/media/videos/

The new trailer on the official website is insanely impressive.

Anyone who isn't stunned by this game, is dead inside.

The new trailer on the official website is insanely impressive.

Anyone who isn't stunned by this game, is dead inside.

Anyone who isn't stunned by this game, is dead inside.

Live!

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ncsoft-gamescom

(character customization in "15 mins")

Starting now - but he plans to do it in german... Still, may as well watch (on screen text is in eng)

UPDATE: Tis over, was pretty short, but they showed different body types for humans and some charr opening stuff.

@TerraMantis: They've said before the end of the year. But hey, it's the mesmer. Spoilers. :P

So much love for what these guys are trying to create, makes me want to get a decent PC.

@Dark_Lord_Spam: Agreed - I just wish the starter armor didn't look so damn gimped : (

It makes sense, but still. Come on guys!

Holy shit, that has got the be one of the finest MMO trailers I have ever seen.

Watching all this delicious footage makes the wait so much harder.

The first semi-interesting video that popped-up on youtube. Charr character creation without sound. Might I suggest to open a second youtube tab and listen to the Guild Wars 2 OST alongside it.
 
  

A brandnew dev walkthrough for the Charr character creation. It's 1080p, but German sadly.
 
  

FUCK MY BALLS HAVE EXPLODING.

Good thing I speak a little german, with being dutch and all.

Norn Necromancer character creation and some starter zone gameplay. Necro's got some serious emo Zombie make-up (GERMAN)...
  

@Seppli: Nice content-hawking. Oh man, that is a preposterous amount of basic colors for character creation. Destructible PvP environments look sick. And dat dragon. DAT DRAGON.

Man. I just want this game to come out.

@Seppli said:

@Dark_Lord_Spam said:

@Seppli: Nice content-hawking. Oh man, that is a preposterous amount of basic colors for character creation. Destructible PvP environments look sick. And dat dragon. DAT DRAGON.

I'm blown-away by the PvP battleground with their destructible environments. That's gonna be dope. I didn't expect that level of quality. It's like everything's gonna be interactive. Almost like all the modern Frostbite Engine Battlefield games. Cover's gonna get blown up so one can't break line-of-sight forever. Together with the limited active dodge ability with some invulnerable frames - this is going to be outstanding. And it's all Conquest mode like Battlefield too. Arathi Basin always was my favorite WoW Battleground. So much good news out of GamesCom. I'm over the moon.

+1.

Great content finds btw.

UPDATE: Oh fuck - after watching those videos and seeing how the Asura move (and they are so adorable!) I think all my plans just went out the window. Asura Guardian first character! Maybe!

when is this coming out :O

Looks like this site has footage streaming while everyone waits for Day 2, though most of you all have probably already seen them.

@TheHT: nice! the stuff right now seems new - down to the guardian's fleshed out traits, skill list etc. Too bad greatsword traits arent ready yet.

Here's something for people who loved the piano introduction in the trailer as much as I did:
    

40 Minute HD High Quality Steady Cam Developer Walkthrough (RECOMMENDED)

Fuck, I slept through the second english demo and designer Q&A.

Just got back from work, watching PvP video now.  Looks sweet!

All this gameplay is amazing. Only gripe I have is that they haven't released the pc requirements, hopefully I can run it smoothly when it comes out.

This game looks phenomenal

All this gameplay is amazing. Only gripe I have is that they haven't released the pc requirements, hopefully I can run it smoothly when it comes out.

All this gameplay is amazing. Only gripe I have is that they haven't released the pc requirements, hopefully I can run it smoothly when it comes out.

Yeah, this is going to be my MMO. I'm calling it.

Heya - for those PvP lovers like myself, here's a full stream of the live stream from yesterday and a shakeycam of a demo PvP Set (all in HD).

@Seppli said:

@selfconfessedcynic: I just love GW2's 'no-dedicated-healer' core concept. It's perfect for PvP. You'll never have to out-DPS a dedicated healer, that opens up the field immensely. The high TTK. The viability of every playstyle. Everything roots from that one decision. PvP and PvE will become so much more entertaining because of that one little but immensely significant change to the MMORPG formula. I never thought I might consider getting back in the PvP portion of a MMORPG, but damn GW2 looks just way too much fun to ignore it. I will do A LOT of PvP for sure.

I pretty much agree. (aside from the fact that I'm a PvP guy)

I've said elsewhere that if anything, the PvP footage proves to me that the new "holy trinity" works. No more DPS Heal Tank for me ever again.