Category: Guild Wars 2 News

The only thing worse than players being angry about an MMO is for them to not care enough to be angry.

The Guild Wars 2 World Championship has been detailed along with the most important fact that there is a $200k prize pool with the winning team taking home a cool $100k of it in addition to the title. The top six teams in the world will be heading to the ESL Studios near Los Angeles to compete in the single-elimination tournament to determine the ultimate victor.

Guild Wars 2 players are being invited to a special event to be held in game to support the LGBT community. Called Pride March Tyria, the event will take place on Sunday, June 26th at 5:00 pm Pacific / 8:00 pm Eastern. The march will begin in Ebonhawk and end in Rata Sum.

ArenaNet has sent word that the third raid wing has officially opened. Called Stronghold of the Faithful, the White Mantle take on players on their way to face off against the Keep Construct, the end boss.

That’s my totally canonical explanation for the preview encounter I ran last week, part of the Stronghold of the Faithful raid wing that goes live today for Guild Wars 2. Unlike the previous boss battles I’d had the opportunity to check out, this was more of a “gauntlet”-style encounter that required the players to continuously push forward and face down an endless wave of enemies while trying to complete their objectives.

Guild Wars 2 is offering their first look at the Keep Construct. With the game preparing for their first raid content, here is a sneak peak at what is in store for players.

In this first of a series of videos designed to go behind the scenes of The Stronghold of the Faithful, the ArenaNet team delves into the design, story, and concept behind this third and final wing of Guild Wars 2’s first raid… and just how the White Mantle play into the greater narrative.

As Pact Leader, Guild Wars 2 players have battled alongside iconic characters including Rytlock, Marjory, Braham, Kasmeer, Rox and Taimi. The group wants to stay together but they need a great name for the entire bunch. ArenaNet needs your help to think of one — a name will be selected from each represented language and it will appear in the next Living World Update and the only way to learn what the new name will be is to play the game.

Everyone knows that more content means more players and more revenue for an MMO, right? Or is that not the case with Guild Wars 2?

ArenaNet has posted the official patch notes for the latest Guild Wars 2 update that includes the commencement of PvP Season 3. In addition to the normal bug-fixes, balance and polish issues are also addressed and the 64-bit client has come out of beta testing. On starting the launcher, the 32-bit client will switch over “if conditions appear favorable”.