Guild Wars 2 news » Coming Soon: TwitchCon and Stronghold Beta Event!

Join Us at TwitchCon!

We’ll be in San Francisco this week for TwitchCon. We’ll be presenting two full days of programming from the ArenaNet booth (#827), which we’ll stream to the official Guild Wars 2 Twitch channel. To get more details and watch live, check out our Guild Wars 2 TwitchCon page.

First Looks and Reveals

Watch the world premiere of the launch trailer for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns™. You won’t want to miss this!

Tune in to our livestream as host Rubi Bayer chats with Game Designer Irenio Calmon-Huang, who will provide an in-depth look at the ranger’s elite specialization.

Special guests will join us for several of our presentations, including popular streamers from the Guild Wars 2 community.

Developer Discussion, Behind the Scenes, and More!

Join ArenaNet developers for a discussion about Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns features, a preview of upcoming skill balances, a behind-the-scenes look at voice acting for Guild Wars 2, the making of the launch trailer, and some fun surprises.

Stronghold Beta Event

We’re hosting Stronghold exhibition matches at TwitchCon, but if you can’t make it, we have our Stronghold Beta Event happening that weekend.

From September 25 at 10:00 AM Pacific Time (UTC-7) to September 28 at 10:00 AM Pacific Time (UTC-7), everyone will have the chance to play our brand-new competitive PvP mode, Stronghold! For more information about Stronghold, check out this blog post.

Can’t Make It to TwitchCon? Join Us Online!

Keep your eyes on the TwitchCon web page to watch the livestream. We’ll be streaming all day on September 25 and 26 from 10:00 AM Pacific Time (UTC-7) to 6:00 PM Pacific Time (UTC-7).

We’ll have prize giveaways from our awesome partners, Sennheiser, Nvidia, and Corsair, during our livestream, so join us—you could win some fantastic gaming peripherals!

Our team will be posting regular updates on our social-media channels. If you don’t follow us already, you can check us out on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Google+, Tumblr, and Flickr.