Guild Wars 2 News

If you’ve taken a liking to your Jade Bot in Guild Wars 2 and have been wishing that you could use it outside of Cantha, you’re wish my friend has been granted. Well, not immediately, but starting on January 31st you’ll be able to pilot your mechanized companion anywhere in Tyria. “Starting next Tuesday, you’ll be able to pilot your [...]

Guild Wars 2 has a lot going on over the next few weeks as ArenaNet prepares to roll out the long-awaited World vs. World changes, major balance adjustments, and the team’s updated development roadmap for 2023. Details of the various changes that will be made to the World vs. World mode will be released tomorrow, January 27th. The changes themselves [...]

Guild Wars 2 has kicked off its in-game Lunar New Year festivities ahead of the real-word celebration on January 22nd. This year, we’re celebrating the Year of the Rabbit with, you guessed it, rabbit-themed rewards! “As another new year dawns on Tyria, join the festivities in Divinity’s Reach! The Year of the Rabbit is upon us, and the Lunar New [...]

ArenaNet has announced that it will be retiring Guild Wars 2’s DirectX 9 renderer by April, so if you’re still using a lower end rig, it might be time for an upgrade. “We’re happy to announce that we are now ready to remove the DirectX 9 renderer for Guild Wars 2 and migrate all players to the DirectX 11 renderer,” [...]

Guild Wars 2 is welcoming the Year of the Water Rabbit with the return of the fantasy MMORPG’s Cantha-inspired Lunar New Year Festival. Starting January 22nd, players can once again make their way to The Crown Pavilion in Divinity’s Reach where they can take part in the celebration and earn a permanent account-wide bonus to Magic Find. “Tyrians are celebrating [...]

It’s been a busy year for Guild Wars 2 with the release of its highly-awaited End of Dragons expansion in February, its 10th anniversary celebrations, Steam launch, and its ongoing Living World Return initiative which saw the classic Season 1 campaign return to the fantasy MMORPG as permanent content. All of which have driven player numbers up to the highest [...]

Guild Wars 2 rolled out its Wintersday patch earlier this week which came with post-processing updates that looked harmless at first but ended up being a source of frustration for players. The updates in question enabled color grading by default to pave the way for the ten-year-old MMORPG’s upcoming transition to DirectX 11. According to ArenaNet, color grading would allow [...]

Winter is coming to Tyria next week with the return of Guild Wars 2’s annual Wintersday holiday event. The event will run for three weeks starting on December 13th and will feature the usual array of holiday-themed activities, including the Winter Wonderland jumping puzzle, the Secret Lair of Snowmen strike mission, and more, with exclusive seasonal rewards up for grabs. [...]

ArenaNet is determined to make sure that the upcoming changes to the Guild Wars 2 World vs World game mode is up to par as the studio kicks off its sixth WvW restructuring beta. The beta test is now live and will run until December 9th with exclusive rewards up for grabs for those who participate in the playtest. Beta [...]

This week’s Guild Wars 2 update introduces a new challenge mode for players to take on, new skins to collect, and class balance tweaks to complain about. The highlight of the update being the new Old Lion’s Court Strike Mission with new rewards available for purchase should players succeed in taking down Scarlet’s devious watchknight. The original encounter has also [...]