Our latest coverage of Guild Wars 2.
Guild Wars 2 has released an update that makes several changes to every single class in the game. It's an extensive patch notes. The team has even changed the conclusion of a few combo finishers, "For the first time in a very long time." Don't worry if it all seems a bit much, the team will be analyzing the patch's [...]
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Following a short delay caused by a snowstorm at ArenaNet HQ, Guild Wars 2 Living World Season 3: Episode 4 "The Head of the Snake" is now live. The story of this episode is as follows. Caudecus Beetlestone’s depraved White Mantle faction continues its efforts to bring Kryta to heel. Her Royal Majesty, Queen Jennah of Kryta, requests players’ presence in Divinity’s [...]
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Guild Wars 2 developer, ArenaNet announced via Twitter yesterday that Head of the Snake, Episode 4 of the Living World Season 3, will be slightly delayed. The update was supposed to roll out on February 7th but was pushed back due to a power outage caused by Monday’s snowstorm. Here’s the tweet below: Monday's snowstorm caused a power outage at [...]
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Season 5 of Guild Wars 2's PvP Leagues began today and it is bringing with it some major changes to the way that PvP works. These changes have been made with the intent of reworking PvP Leagues so that matchmaking is improved, individual player skill is better accounted for, and the Leagues are overall more rewarding. Perhaps the most important [...]
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AreaNet announced today that Guild Wars 2 Living World Season 3 Episode 3: A Crack in the Ice has gone live. Players can now venture into a new map in the Northern Shiverpeaks known as "Bitterfrost Frontier." The new map is sufficiently cold and imposing, limiting your vision with a near-constant haze of falling snow. A new five-player Nightmare Fractal in [...]
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There are dozens of games hosting Halloween events this year, but which ones are actually worth doing? Our event guide can help you decide which of your games you will be spending time in this Halloween. Simply hit "Jump" next to any of the games listed and you will automatically be sent to the game's entry in the list. Happy Halloween! [...]
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Guild Wars 2's annual Halloween event, Shadow of the Mad King, returns on October 18th "with ghoulish capers, spooky fights, and holiday fun!" Get ready for another year of tricks, treats, and terrible jokes as the pumpkin-headed former ruler of the Thorn dynasty graces Lion’s Arch with his presence. Collect candy corn, play all of your favorite Halloween activities, and [...]
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Former ArenaNet—Guild Wars 2—game director Colin Johanson has joined Amazon Game Studios. Amazon has been adding names from the industry to their roster for some time now, e.g. former EA creative director Richard Hilleman of EA and game designer Jeff Grubb (also of Guild Wars 2 fame). And Amazon tweeted just the other day that they're still looking for someone [...]
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ArenaNet announced at PAX West 2016 that Episode 2 of the third season of Guild Wars 2's living world would be launching on September 20th. While we were unable to make it to PAX West ourselves, MMORPG.com has published a new article providing the details about the upcoming episode. As it covers the story for the second episode, this article [...]
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ArenaNet announced today that Guild Wars 2 Living World Season 3 Episode 1: Out of the Shadows is now live. The episode takes place after the defeat of the Jungle Dragon as a new threat comes to light. The story of this episode is as follows. Episode 1 of Living World Season 3, titled “Out of the Shadows,” sees the [...]
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