Guild Wars 2: Living World Season 3 Comes Out Of The Shadows

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 land of Tyria licking its wounds after the epic battle to defeat the Elder Dragon Mordremoth. With the dragon’s reign of terror at an end, players gather with their friends to mourn the loss of fallen comrades. All is not as it seems, though, and the players are soon alerted to an emerging threat they must investigate. What’s the cause of the mysterious happenings in the jungles of Maguuma? Has the death of Mordremoth awoken a new threat?

New Fractal and PvP content is being launched alongside the launch of Living World Season 3. A new PvP Conquest map called Revenge of the Capricorn lets players "fight for control of a faction-divided seaside town and attempt to thwart the formidable pirate ship the Capricorn and its marauding crew."

The new Fractal is described as follows.

In the new Fractal, Chaos Isles, boundaries between fractals have fallen, and realities within the Mists have begun to collide, causing adverse effects on the environment and its inhabitants. In the course of the player's foray into the unstable madness, players will be introduced to the Mysterious Asura, a curious and unknown entity who seems to have some amount of control over the recent chaos.

You can find more information on the release page or the patch notes. Don't forget that Heart of Thorns is half off until tomorrow!