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• Guild Wars 2: huge year of updates kicks off January 26

  Guild Wars 2 gets its first major update of the year shortly, and there’s a ton of stuff on the cards beyond that.

• Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns expansion available now

  The Guild Wars 2 expansion pack Heart of Thorns is now available worldwide.

• Guild Wars 2 is $10 this weekend

  ArenaNet is offering Guild Wars 2 for $10 this weekend only, and hosting a double XP event during the same period.

• Guild Wars 2 is now 50% off until December 7

  Guild Wars 2 is joining the Black Friday festivities by slashing its price in half.

• Guild Wars 2 is 50% off until May 11 through official website

  Guild Wars 2 is on sale until May 11, so from now until then you can knock 50% off the MMO via the official website. The Digital Heroic Edition will run you $24.99 instead of $49.99, and the Digital Deluxe Edition will run you $34.99 instead of $69.99. Each versions contains various bonuses, so head […]

• Guild Wars is celebrating its ninth anniversary next week

  Guild Wars is celebrating its ninth anniversary, and players of the first entry of the MMO can participate in the event come on April 22. In the meantime, players have reported bonus items are already dropping, and as of today, minigames have started. Come next week, players can take a stroll down Shing Jea Boardwalk, […]

• Guild Wars 2's Tower of Nightmares event goes live next week

  Guild Wars 2’s next Halloween update will go live next week and its called Tower of Nightmares. As it sounds, the event revolves around a tower in the Kessex Hills where the krait have been working “tirelessly on a terror unlike anything seen before in Tyria.” Marjory Delaqua and Kasmeer Meade are investigating the magic […]

• Guild Wars 2 sees player numbers increase following post-launch slump

  After an impressive launch, Guild Wars 2 suffered a drop in player numbers after it launched last year. Now people are heading back to Tyria slowly but surely, and the designers believe it’s a result of newly-introduced fortnightly updates.

• Guild Wars 1 dev has no plans to abandon community, MMO could last 'forever'

  Guild Wars developer ArenaNet has stressed that although Guild Wars 2 is the team’s focus, it has no intention of abandoning the original game’s community. It could last forever, lead content designer Mike Zadorojny has said.

• Guild Wars novel Sea of Sorrows releases next week

  The third Guild Wars novel, Sea of Sorrows, will finally release next week, ArenaNet has announced.

• Guild Wars 2 video shows highlights from Last Stand at Southsun

  A Guild Wars 2 video showing gameplay highlights from the “Last Stand at Southsun” release, is below. In it, players “join forces to discover the culprit behind the chaos” on the tropical island of Southsun Cove. The Secret of Southsun launched on May 14, and the “Last Stand” event runs this week.

• Guild Wars development halted, support to be maintained through automated service

  ArenaNet has announced development on Guild Wars will cease, in order to focus on Guild Wars 2 and it’s monthly content.

• Guild Wars 8th anniversary event announced, detailed

  Guild Wars developer ArenaNet has posted details of its 8th anniversary event, which marks the original game’s milestone. Celebrations will kick off April 22 and run to April 29.

• Guild Wars 2 developers discuss the "state-of-the-game" in latest video

  ArenaNet and the folks over at Guild Wars 2 Guru have collaborated on a video in which development team members Tyler Bearce, Karl McClain and Johnathan Sharp discuss the “state-of-the-game”. According to Massively, the topics covered span balancing, matchmaking, Spirit Watch and future plans. The video is a bit long, so grab some refreshment before […]

• Guild Wars 2 server "Guesting" coming with January update

  ArenNet has announced that the Guesting feature for Guild Wars 2 will launch with the January update. The feature allows players to “visit” different worlds (servers) temporarily, so they can quest with friends and other members of the community. Think of it as visiting the house next door but not taking up permanent residence. There […]

• Guild Wars 2 Wintersday screens show a snowy wonderland

  The Wintersday even in Guild Wars 2 starts tomorrow, and runs through January 3. To celebrate the festivities, ArenaNet as released another batch of screenshots. Have a look at snowy wonderland inthe gallery below. If you missed the other set of screenshots, go have a look through here, where we’ve also posted a handy schedule […]

• Guild Wars 2 video teases Shadow of the Mad King Halloween content

  Guild Wars 2 players are in for a Halloween treat soon, and ArenaNet has released a teaser video to whet the appetite. Have a watch below. Shadow of the Mad King will go live on October 22 and the new acts run through October 31. Thanks, TenTonHammer.

• ArenaNet looking into causes of group splitting in GW2

  Guild Wars 2 players have been running into some issues with grouping, with many party members getting lost within the MMO’s overflow servers. ArenaNet studio head and co-founder Mike O’Brien has said the team is aware of the issue, but until players spread out more into the game world, it’s going to happen.

• WoW and Battle.net service pulled from Iran due to US sanctions - Blizzard

  Blizzard issued a response regarding the inability to access Battle.net or World of Warcraft servers from Iran. According to the post, the issue stems from applied US sanctions instead of government bans on specific content – although the latter is still true as well.