Guild Wars 2 News

Guild Wars 2 has announced that closed beta will run for their highly anticipated expansion, Heart of Thorns, on May 26th.   The team at ArenaNet did something quite interesting with their selection process, using an in-game special event to determine the testers.  Quite a clever move, which sets up only the most interested and loyal players to play in the [...]

Guild Wars 2 has officially denied speculations that their highly anticipated expansion, Heart of Thorns, would release on June 30th.  Recently on Amazon.com's German site, Heart of Thorns had a release date of June 30th, which led to the speculation that it would be releasing on that time.  The following was posted on the official Guild Wars 2 Twitter account: [...]

Amazon.com is at it again, and is responsible for an apparent leak on their German website Amazon.de.  The website shows that the highly anticipated Guild Wars 2 expansion,  Heart of Thorns,  will be releasing on June 30, 2015 at a cost of 44.99 Euro. You can check out the official Heart of Thorns website here.

Guild Wars 2 has unveiled yet another elite specialization for their upcoming, Heart of Thorns expansion.  This time the star of the show is the Necromancer, gaining the ability to become a great sword wielding Reaper.  The Reaper draws from horror genre inspirations, and brings a slow yet explosive gameplay that focuses on "slow attacks with a big payout", letting [...]

Guild Wars 2's twitter is at it again with another splash art of what seems to be a greatsword wielding necromancer specialization.  No doubt they will release the full details on their site soon. Leave a comment below of what you think the name of the new class is! You can check out the official Guild Wars 2 expansion, Heart [...]

Not long after their Chronomancer reveal, Guild Wars 2 has been keeping the hype-train rolling by unveiling the new Guardian Elite Specialization... the Dragonhunter.   Dragonhunters will have access to the longbow as a weapon, but rather than firing mundane arrows, they will be focused on firing massive single projectiles at high velocity.   The specialization also offers new benefits... [...]

Shortly after the epic announcement of the Chronomancer specialization for Mesemers, Guild Wars 2 has tweeted a new teaser image portraying a Guardian wielding a bow.  What could this new specialization be?

Guild Wars 2 has announced the Mesmer's new elite specialization, the Chronomancer.  Time magic has always been a challenge in game design, and Guild Wars 2's take on the class is not just the ability to haste and slow... but the power to stop and even revert time!  Players will have to balance the dualities of the past and future [...]

Guild Wars 2 has released some new art on Facebook today which reveals Mesmer holding a shield.  Current speculations point towards Mesmers being able to wield shields in the game's first expansion, Heart of Thorns. There is no announced release date for Heart of Thorns, and you can see the Heart of Thorns website here.

Although the release date for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns has not yet been announced, players will be able to sink their teeth into the expansion's featured "Stronghold PvP Game Mode" which will be live for 24 hours starting on April 14th.  In Stronghold, gamers will be able to hire NPCs to lead the charge into enemy lines-- with the [...]