Guild Wars 2 News

In the latest dev blog for Guild Wars 2, ArenaNet talked extensively about the crafting process that will be coming out with Heart of Thorns. In the current system, players are required to acquire the precursor weapon and all the other materials needed. The new system will allow players to craft the precursor weapons themselves, saving a lot of time and [...]

Stress testing for Guild Wars 2's upcoming expansion, Heart of Thorns has been revealed to begin on March 24th. The invitees were informed via email and there will be two batches at 12pm and 5pm pdt. ArenaNet's Gaile Gray also confirmed the emails, but made sure to warn players as well. "Our invitation does not include links other than a link [...]

Today marks the start of Guild Wars 2's second PvP ladder test season. These tests are crucial to ArenaNet to let them know what changes to make to their player position algorithms, so players should help out! Of course, there are incentives to taking part in the ladder tests. Players have a chance at winning an adorable mini llama, or [...]

Even though this week's patch for Guild Wars 2 was delayed a week, there seems to be a plethora of problems. Ranging from from FoV sliders resetting, sound bugs, and FPS drops, to even connection issues and missing textures, there are too many bugs to list. There is even a bug in reporting bugs! One forum poster went to the [...]

Earlier this week, the Guild Wars 2 team revealed the new World vs. World map via livestream. The new map, "Desert Borderlands", shows off vast landscapes and some very hot areas. It will replace the current "Alpine Borderlands" once Heart of the Thorns goes live, so players should get their fix now before it's too late. The beta should be very soon [...]

There is great news for Guild Wars 2 completionists out there in the form of an announcement from ArenaNet. They are dropping the World vs. World map requirements from world completion requirements. In the official statement, they claimed that "the WvW maps will now behave like other maps not required for world completion, such as Heart of the Mists. All vistas, skill [...]

During PAX East this weekend, the staff at ArenaNet officially announced that there would be closed beta testing for Heart of Thorns coming very soon. While an official date was not announced, the Guild Wars 2 team stated that after attending Rezzed next weekend, "[they'll] start closed beta testing shortly after." The words "closed beta" might cut deep in some [...]

ArenaNet has announced that they will be attending PAX East 2015, and that they have planned events for the attendees. First and foremost, there will be a playable demo of "Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns" for anyone who wants to get a taste of the upcoming expansion. The event will also be the first time players will be able [...]

After announcing that players would be able to zoom into first-person view, Arena Net has also revealed a new feature that they call "collision sensitivity". On the latest dev diary, programmer Branden Gee went into detail about how the new camera system would improve gameplay all around. He mentions that the staff knows about issues with camera claiming that, "[they've] [...]

Guild Wars 2 has recently made a change that should please fashionista players worldwide. Players are now able to view all locked dyes in the wardrobe, as well as preview them on their characters. This will be a welcome change for those who like to customize and beautify their in-game avatars. [singlepic id=4590 w=700 h=400 float=center] For more information, check out [...]