Today, we invite you to hear directly from Studio Head Colin Johanson, Guild Wars 2® Game Director Josh Davis, and Guild Wars® Reforged Game Director Stephen Clarke-Willson about the future of the Guild Wars franchise:

Colin and Josh will also be hosting a livestream next week on Twitch to continue the conversation about the future of the Guild Wars franchise. Make sure you tune in to watch on Tuesday, June 9 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7).

As Josh mentioned in the video, after Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity™ wraps up in September, we’re turning our attention to improving the foundations of Guild Wars 2 and we want to make the most of it, with your help!

Starting with our first Hall of Monuments update coming later this year, we’re going to spend nearly a full year going back through each era of Guild Wars 2, making meaningful improvements to the player experience.

Head over to the new feedback forum and share your ideas on what you’d like us to address. We’re excited to shape the future of Guild Wars 2 alongside the community and ensure its continued success for many years to come.

In Guild Wars 3, you’ll explore Orr like you’ve never been able to before. You’ll join the Vaelwardens: a guild sworn to protect the land, the people who live beyond the walls of the towns and cities of Orr, and the nature spirits who call Orr home.

For the first time ever, you can experience the world of Tyria on both PC and PlayStation 5. We’ve built a combat system designed to feel incredible no matter how you play, whether you use a controller or a mouse and keyboard.

We have other exciting things to discuss in this blog today, but for more information on the announcement, head over to our shiny new Guild Wars 3 website. Please wishlist Guild Wars 3 on Steam and the PlayStation Store. And to keep up with the latest news—and for a chance to join the Guild Wars 3 beta in the fall of 2027—sign up for the Guild Wars 3 newsletter.

What’s Next for Guild Wars 2®?

With the Guild Wars 3 announcement, we know the community will undoubtedly be wondering what’s next for Guild Wars 2. And we’re going to tell you in detail…tomorrow! Today, we’re celebrating the first brand-new game announcement for ArenaNet in almost two decades, and that deserves its moment in the spotlight. But rest assured, we’re not done making Guild Wars 2—or Guild Wars® Reforged for that matter—and we’re committing to actively developing all three games at the same time.

Tomorrow, June 6, we’ll be releasing a studio update video, and you’ll hear directly from Studio Head Colin Johanson, Guild Wars 2 Game Director Josh Davis, and Guild Wars® Reforged Game Director Stephen Clarke-Willson as they discuss the future of the Guild Wars franchise. Look out for that video here on our blog and on our YouTube channel tomorrow at 09:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7).

Then, next week, on Tuesday, June 9 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7), join us for a livestream where Colin and Josh will continue the conversation. It’s an incredible time to be a Guild Wars fan, and we can’t wait to show you what we have planned.

Bonus Event: Summer Game Fest

Earlier this week, we kicked off the Summer Game Fest bonus event in Guild Wars 2 to show our appreciation for the Guild Wars community and to celebrate our announcement of Guild Wars 3.

Hop into the game now and earn the Guild Warrior Shoulders Skin, the Guild Warrior Cape Skin, and three Guaranteed Wardrobe Unlocks by completing events. One of the achievements is earned by completing events in any of the maps in Orr, the setting for Guild Wars 3!

You have until June 16 to unlock these rewards, and as you explore, you’ll benefit from +50% experience gain, +50% magic find, +30% WvW reward track progress, and +30% PvP reward track progress.

Summer Game Fest Sale

We’re celebrating this moment with savings on the entire Guild Wars franchise! For just three days, take advantage of discounts so you and your friends can start exploring the world of Tyria.

In the Guild Wars 2 store:

• All Standard and Deluxe Expansion Editions, Including the Latest Expansion, Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity™—35% Off
• Guild Wars 2—The Elder Dragon Saga Complete Collection (Complete Edition)—50% Off
• Past Guild Wars 2 Digital Deluxe Upgrades—35% Off
• Guild Wars 2 Living World™ Seasons—70% Off

In the Guild Wars store:

• Guild Wars Reforged—40% Off
• Guild Wars : Eye of the North™—40% Off
• Guild Wars Bonus Mission Pack—40% Off
• Additional Guild Wars In-Game Items—40% Off

Steam:

• All Guild Wars 2 Expansions—20% Off
• New Limited-Time Guild Wars 2 Expansion and Living World Bundles with Additional Savings
• All Guild Wars Reforged Content—40% Off

On Epic Games Store:

• All Guild Wars 2 Expansions—35% Off

All discounts will run from June 5 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) until June 8 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

Summer Game Fest Gem Store Sale

We’re also celebrating this moment with discounts and deals in the Gem Store now through June 16. Log in to the game, use the “O” hotkey to open the Black Lion Trading Company, and check out the Upgrades tab. Character and account upgrades are 20% off, including Character Slot Expansions, Total Makeover Kits, Name Change Contracts, mail carriers, and more!

The Account Jump Start has been discounted by 20% and is the perfect way to boost your inventory space and give your characters more ways to customize their looks. This bundle can only be purchased once per account and includes:

• Bank Tab Expansion (x2)
• Bag Slot Expansion (x2)
• Black Lion Chest Key (x10)
• Transmutation Charge (x15)
• Account-Bound Unidentified Dye (x30)

Need even more inventory space? The Upgraded Bag Slot Expansion bundle has returned for 400 gems and includes a Bag Slot Expansion and a 28 Slot Black Lion Satchel. This bundle can be purchased twice per account and truly lets you hold all the things.

Twitch Drops

Watch your favorite Guild Wars 2 streams from today through June 10 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) to earn the Summer T-Shirt Skin featuring the Guild Wars 3 logo! Check our Twitch Drops website for more information on the other rewards and learn how you can be one of the first to represent our next game!

Thank You

Many of us at ArenaNet have been waiting for this moment for a long time, and we wouldn’t be in this position without you, the Guild Wars community. Your loyalty and passion are unmatched, and it fuels us every single day. Thank you.

We’ll be back tomorrow with the video from Colin, Josh, and Stephen. Until then, join us on our new official Guild Wars Community Discord Server to keep the conversation going.

The Guild Wars 2 community has always had the official forums as a place to chat and meet other players. And while that’s not going anywhere, with Guild Wars® Reforged coming soon to mobile, we feel it’s the perfect time to have a singular shared community space for all fans of the Guild Wars franchise.

We have commissioned some incredible Discord emojis from some of our talented ArenaNet creative partners, and we can’t stop gushing over them. Check out what they made for the community and please click their links to follow their work:

Mabaki:

Malchemist: (These emojis will be animated on the server!)

Ilona:

Reirakiyo:

We’re in awe of their incredible talent and can’t wait to see their whimsical art lighting up our Discord server. And we have plans to add more emojis as time goes on as well!

Our Discord server has various channels for both our games and a community category for all Tyrians to share. Whether you’re looking for a guild or a deep discussion about lore, our Discord server has something for everyone. So come talk to us and your fellow players in the community, share your screenshots, ask questions, help new players, show us your pets, and don’t miss Summer Game Fest on Friday!

You can also read about today’s update in the full release notes.

The Journey So Far

The launch story for Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity began with an investigation into a series of secretive Inquest voyages out of Lion’s Arch. Skip down to the next section if you want to avoid story spoilers.

In your pursuit of the Inquest, you and your allies sailed to the island of Castora—a place of great danger and intrigue, where magic and history seep from the soil. While tracing the Inquest’s movements, you gained new allies in the village of Hullgarden and a deeper understanding of your enemies’ goals in this mysterious, lost place. Once refuge to the seers, Castora was a test bed for their magic, and you witnessed firsthand how the Inquest harnessed it for their own means. As you dug deeper, you learned that the Inquest kingpin, Director Vloxx, is on a mission separate from his retinue, and he claims to only be interested in the Inquest as a tool. But in the race to retrieve Ancora, a powerful seer artifact, the director pushed just ahead of your efforts. In the end, you were left questioning the motives of Vloxx, who believes that his plans are the only way to save Tyria. Is he right?

It’s been a few weeks now since Principal Biomancer Sebb’s death. Your pursuit of the Inquest lures you deeper into the thicket of Castora, straight to the heart of Eternity’s Garden, our newest map. Once through the thicket, your mission is simple: find and stop the Inquest at all costs. Forge a path through the garden and close the gap between your allies and Vloxx before it’s too late. The Inquest may have a head start, but you have Isgarren’s ancient knowledge on your side, and word has it that fractures have deepened within the Inquest ranks.

Though the dangers here are far greater than the Inquest alone, should their missions prove successful, the strength they’ll gain is incalculable. Will you make it in time?

For a refresher on the expansion story so far, check out our full recap video below:

Eternity’s Garden

Our new map for this release is Eternity’s Garden, a place of worship and innovation utilized by the seers thousands of years ago to forge great weapons and amplify the creatures of the island—and themselves. Though long abandoned, the deep forests and temples still hum with life. Castora’s defenses stand eternally ready, and all eyes are fixed upon you. Unfortunately, the Inquest have taken full advantage of their head start and have been establishing fortifications and ransacking seer ruins to exploit their technology.

Eternity’s Garden features a dense, treacherous jungle where the flora is as deadly as the fauna! It’s a mystical environment enhanced with ancient seer security measures, and surprisingly, not all of them are immediately hostile. While exploring the new map, players will discover seer culture, learn how they utilized their magic, and even befriend their constructs. Eternity’s Garden culminates in a climatic new meta-event against the Inquest, which catches the eye of a more ever-present foe. You can even obtain the rare Swiftwing Raptor mount skin as a reward for participating in the meta-event and group events found in the new zone!

Accessorize with Legendaries

Two new legendary accessories are now available for crafting. Stella Radians is a new legendary PvE accessory that illuminates your character with a celestial halo. Strife Unending is a new legendary WvW accessory; its visual effects scale up in combat as you kill enemies and resets when you are defeated. Strife Unending also applies visual effects to siege equipment that you use. Both accessories can be crafted twice, so you can have a copy in both accessory slots.

Master Castora

Today’s update also expands horizontal progression opportunities for your characters with two new Masteries and six expansion relics to earn and unlock.

Earning the Residual Mirror Magic Mastery provides you with a magic find boon after you complete a magic-mirror challenge. Learn the Combat Maneuvers Mastery to enhance the benefits of Stealthy Survivor and Lucky Shield. With this upgrade, Stealthy Survivor allows you to interact with supply stashes to apply stealth even while in combat. Lucky Shield is enhanced to automatically restore your full health points (and grant you a barrier) when you reach 25% health while on Castora!

Fresh Fashion Updates

We’re also building on the Fashion Templates feature released earlier this year, including new ways to change individual cosmetics and the ability to add more of your look to templates! Now mounts, gliders, conjured doorways, and skiffs can all be managed and dyed through your Fashion Template in a special Travel section. Additionally, the Current Fashion tab has been added to both the Wardrobe and Travel sections of Fashion Templates, so you can change cosmetics and dyes without needing to assign them to a Fashion Template.

New Wizard Vault Rewards and More!

Do you have astral acclaim burning holes in your pockets? Fear not! New rewards are now available in the Wizard’s Vault. This season, you can earn the first three pieces of the Ward Hunter’s armor set: boots, gloves, and shoulders. The new Enchanted Springer Skin adds glowing runes and magical orbs to another of your favorite mounts. Show off your physique with the “/Flex” Emote Tome, and channel the brilliant spirits of Castora with a collection of skins from the Gwyl Monarch’s weapon set.

Beyond the Wizard’s Vault, there’s also new relics, an infusion, a weapon set, and a variety of other rewards for exploring the new content and map to round out the available goodies!

Twitch Drops until May 17

Twitch Drops are running from now until Sunday, May 17 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7). Earn a Bloodstone Dye Kit, Mini Orange Kitten, Shattered Bloodstone Ascender Combo, and Pirate Captain’s Outfit by watching participating streams after connecting your Guild Wars 2 and Twitch accounts!

The Road Ahead

As always, this release is just the start of a new quarter full of events:

June

• June 2–23: Dragon Bash
• June 23–30: Fractal Rush Event
• June 30–July 7: Roller Beetle Racing Week

July

• July 7–14: PvP Rush Event
• July 14: Skills and Balance Update
• July 14–21: Dungeon Rush Event
• July 21–28: WvW Rush Event
• July 28–August 4: World Boss Rush Event

August

• August 11–September 1: Festival of the Four Winds
• August 28: Guild Wars 2’s 14th Anniversary

Lastly, we have a new ranger pet we’d like to introduce you to. We think it’s otterly adorable:

We hope you enjoy this latest update to Guild Wars 2. Happy adventuring, and we’ll see you in Tyria!
—The Guild Wars 2 Team

We’ll dive into each of these features in more detail next week, but for now, check out our trailer for next week’s release: “The Only Way.”

Spoilers ahead!

When Guild Wars® Reforged launches on mobile, newcomers can download and play select parts of the game for free as an ad-supported client. The free-to-play experience offers access to the entirety of the original Guild Wars: Prophecies™ campaign, while the rest of the game’s available content will be available for purchase. Each campaign’s paid version can be purchased as a standalone add-on for $6.99. The Guild Wars: Eye of the North™ expansion and Bonus Mission Pack will also be available on mobile for $9.99 and $5.99.

Existing Guild Wars Reforged players on ArenaNet accounts can simply log in on mobile to progress their characters across PC, Steam Deck, and mobile devices with no cost, ads, or restrictions!

Testing on mobile will begin soon for Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the Philippines while global launch is planned for this summer. Existing Guild Wars Reforged players should log in on mobile using their ArenaNet account to carry their progress over. New mobile users will log in to their devices using their Mobile IDs and will have the option to convert their account to an ArenaNet account to continue their progress on other platforms. Unfortunately, Mobile IDs cannot be linked to Steam accounts at this time.

Mobile players will share the same game servers as PC or Steam Deck players, so you can play with your existing friends and guilds on the go! Mobile’s new UI and control setup is also customizable, similar to the PC user interface. Here’s a look at the two experiences side-by-side:

We want mobile players looking for something timeless, social, and built for their enjoyment to experience Guild Wars like our original PC players did twenty-one years ago—with joy and passion! You’ll still be collecting skills throughout Tyria, fighting in tactical combat that rewards skill, exploring this magical world to your heart’s content, while not limited by energy gating or other gimmicks that waste your time or money.

If you haven’t played yet, now is a great time to download and start playing to get ready for the mobile launch. Preregistration is available now on the Google Play game page for Guild Wars Reforged. Apple App Store preregistration will be available soon and we’ll share more info about the global launch of Guild Wars Reforged on mobile this summer!

It’s time for the most pixelated party in Guild Wars 2®, the Super Adventure Festival! Moto has once again opened the doors to his virtual world, inviting players to jump, battle, and collect a treasure trove of new and returning rewards. Moto has also opened a new (partially submerged) test zone for early access!

Super Adventure Festival ends May 5. Check out the full release notes on the official forums, or log into Guild Wars 2 now and check your in-game mail for an invitation to the Super Adventure Festival. Double-click the invitation item to teleport instantly to the Super Adventure Box near Magustan Court Waypoint in Rata Sum.

A range of retro rewards is newly available! In addition to returning awards, adventurers can earn a Powered Vest, Plush Ess Backpack, the Forged-Light weapon set, a Mini Super Red Ooze, and a Retro-Forged longbow, focus, and greatsword. New homestead decorations, including the Super Rapids Flowing Water and Super Rapids Plateau, have also been added.

We’ll be partying up with some of our partners to play Super Adventure Festival. Tune into our Twitch channel at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) on April 17 to join the fun!

Enjoy the festival and good luck testing World 3’s Test Zone 2 for Moto!

Guild Wars® was released 21 years ago this month, and we’re celebrating with a sale. Save during the Anniversary Sale, now through April 16 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific (UTC-7), when you buy or gift Guild Wars® Reforged, Guild Wars Eye of the North™, or the Guild Wars Bonus Mission Pack.

• Guild Wars Reforged—40% Off
• Guild Wars Eye of the North—40% Off
• Guild Wars Bonus Mission Pack—40% Off

In addition, until April 16 save 40% on all Guild Wars Reforged in-game items!

The sale is also on Steam, but only until April 9 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific (UTC-7).

Adventure awaits!

Tyrians, rejoice! Our yearly Black Lion Trading Company’s March sales have begun! Many discounts are awaiting you, so buckle up and take a gander at our selection. During our sales, we’re adding bundles that will upgrade your account with valuable items. But that’s not all! Some cherished items are about to return to the Gem Store at a discounted price. As always, brand-new cosmetic items and Black Lion Chest updates are on the calendar, too. Follow the trail of discounted goodies over here:

March Sales Schedule

Black Lion Chest Keys will be discounted by 30% during two separate intervals. Stock up from February 27 to March 3 and from March 28 to March 31 to take full advantage of these savings!

Week 1—February 24 until March 3

• Outfits—25% off
• Unique Weapon Skins—25% off
• Featured Bundle—Fashionista’s Package (see below for details)

Week 2—March 3 until March 10

• Mount Skins—25% off
• Dye Kits—25% off
• Novelty Items—25% off
• Featured Bundle—Fashionista’s Package (see below for details)

Week 3—March 10 until March 17

• Backpiece Skins—25% off
• Gliders—25% off
• Chairs—25% off
• Featured Bundle—Build and Equipment Template Bundle (see below for details)

Week 4—March 17 until March 24

• Unique Armor Skins—25% off
• Emotes and Expansion Items—25% off (includes jade bot skins, fishing rod skins, and homestead items)
• Permanent Finishers—25% off
• Featured Bundle—Superb Storage Package (see below for details)

Week 5—March 24 until March 31

• Character and Account Upgrades—25% off (includes Bank Tab Expansions, Bag Slot Expansions, Character Slot Expansions, and gathering tools)
• Featured Bundle—Superb Storage Package (see below for details)

Fashionista’s Package

We’re kicking off our March sales with an amazing bundle tailored for all lovers of high Tyrian couture! This fashionable offer can only be purchased once per account and contains the following items:

• 1 Black Lion Outfit Voucher
• 1 Black Lion Weapons Voucher
• 1 Black Lion Cape Voucher
• 5 Guaranteed Dye Unlocks

The Fashionista’s Package is now available for 800 gems from February 24 until March 10.

Build and Equipment Template Bundle

From March 10 until March 17, upgrade your account with our returning template bundle! This offer can be obtained once per account, and it is available for 800 gems.

• 2 Build Template Expansions
• 2 Equipment Template Expansions

Superb Storage Package

From March 17 until March 31, expand your journey in Tyria with a variety of items that’ll enhance your incredible adventures. The Superb Storage Package has a limit of one purchase per account, and it is available for 1,600 gems.

• 1 Bag Slot Expansion and 20-Slot Bag
• 1 Shared Inventory Slot
• 1 Character Slot Expansion
• 1 Material Storage Expander

Have fun, and happy gaming!