Guild Wars 2 News

Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 3 is but a week away, the first episode launching on July 26th. In order to get us excited about the launch, ArenaNet has released a teaser trailer for the first episode, entitled "Out of the Shadows." The story is that the Jungle Dragon has been defeated and all is well, but only for [...]

ArenaNet announced today that Guild Wars 2's Living World will be returning for a third season on July 26th. This season will be intended for characters that are level 80 and will require that players own Heart of Thorns, should they want to take part, but players are not restricted based on how much of the main story they have [...]

ArenaNet announced today that the third and final wing of Guild Wars 2's first raid, Stronghold of the Faithful, is now live. Players can now "Siege the Castle," "Crumble the Keep," and "Earn New Treasures." The Stronghold of the Faithful is described as follows. You’ve faced the ghosts of Spirit Vale and uncovered the truth behind Salvation Pass; now the [...]

Are you ready to enter the final wing of Guild Wars 2's first raid? ArenaNet wants you to get ready, as it has released a new teaser video showing off the wing, which is known as the Stronghold of the Faithful. The description given alongside the video is as follows. In the third and final wing of Guild Wars 2‘s first raid, [...]

As a part of ongoing efforts to improve Guild Wars 2's WvW experience, ArenaNet is testing World Linking this weekend. World Linking will allow worlds to link together in order to stabilize WvW populations. The manner in which worlds are linked is dependent upon their "factors like the world’s current rank and population numbers." NA has an even number of [...]

Guild Wars 2's crazy "8-bit looking" Super Adventure Box is back. This year, it comes with a full-blown event called Super Adventure Festival. From now until April 19th, Guild Wars 2 players can jump into Super Adventure Box World 1 and a new, streamlined World 2 to earn various rewards. New, "hidden" furniture shops have special furnishings for guild halls [...]

Two days ago, interim Game Director Mike O'Brien announced that, following the release of Chuka and Champawat, legendary weapon development would be suspended and the team working on them would be moved to development of Living World content. "As game director I have to make tough trade-offs," O'Brien said in the announcement, "One thing I believe is that we have [...]

ArenaNet's Mike O'Brien announced through a Reddit AMA yesterday that Guild Wars 2 Game Director Colin Johanson would be leaving ArenaNet and that he would be stepping in as Game Director for the time being. According to Johanson, a new opportunity presented itself, allowing him to cut down on his commute and see his family more. O'Brien's tenure as Game [...]