Guild Wars 2 news:

Save 20% on Character Slot Expansions!
This Wednesday, April 9 through Wednesday, April 16, Evon Gnashblade is shredding the price of Character Slot Expansions! You can find them for 20% off in the Upgrades category of the Gem Store. Log in to Guild Wars 2 and press “O”...

New Drum instrument and Avian Minis in the Gem Store!
I’m proud to present you with this week’s newest offerings from the Black Lion Trading Company! We’re bringing you three beautiful miniature birds for your collection and a drum that will revolutionize your sense of rhythm! ...

Tournament of Legends Sign Ups Now Open
Sign-ups for the Guild Wars 2 Tournament of Legends are now open! Make sure to check out the original Tournament of Legends blog post to see the exact times of when the tournament will be starting, as well as some clarification on the substitu...

Weekend Sale: Bag Slot and Bank Tab Expansions!
The Black Lion Trading Company is running some special promotions this weekend! We’re not just putting bank and bag slots on sale – the Digital Deluxe Upgrade is on sale as well! To top it all off, every account can pick up two free items from the...

Save 50% on Guild Wars 2 from Now Until April 13
For a limited time only we’re slashing the price of Guild Wars 2 in half! From April 4 to April 13, save a massive 50% on Guild Wars 2 – our lowest price ever. Visit buy.guildwars2.com and pick up your copy today!* * Off...

The Megaserver System: World Bosses and Events
We recently announced our plans for the exciting new megaserver system in Guild Wars 2, which will help maximize your social experience in the open world. Making this transition requires some changes to the way world bosses function, as we will no longe...

The Megaserver System: Guilds and the Future
We recently announced the exciting new megaserver project for Guild Wars 2, a system to maximize players’ social experience in our open world. We’ve also talked about what impact the megaserver system will have on world boss events, map-wide...

Introducing the Megaserver System
We’re down to the last major feature to announce in our upcoming April 15 Feature Pack, and it’s a pretty huge one: we’re making it easier to play with your friends on every PvE map, regardless of home world! By restructuring the relationship betwee...

New Finishers, Back Items, and More in the Gem Store!
This week, we’re pleased to bring you the musical Micnstrel Finisher, the eerie Glowing Crimson Mask, the fiercely adorable Warrior Quaggan Backpack, and more! Read on to learn about this week’s new items. ...

PvP Reward Tracks and Gear Unification
Hello again Tyria! There are a lot of great new changes happening in the Mists with rewards, gear, build-making, and more! It’s incredibly exciting to finally be able to share with you all of the updates and improvements the team has been working on! ...

Starting Today: World vs. World Spring Tournament 2014!
It’s almost time for WvW Spring Tournament 2014 to start! Tonight, when the weekly WvW matchups reset, the tournament will officially begin. Prepare to represent your world in the Mist War in nine weeks of epic combat! Need a refresher on some of the c...

Social Play Improvements
As part of this upcoming feature pack, we’ve been working on community-focused improvements to a few of our core systems.I wanted to take the time to point out just a few of these highly requested features before they come out on April 15. First,...

Introducing the Wardrobe System
One of the many exciting features coming in the April 2014 Feature Pack is the new Wardrobe, an account-wide system that allows you to collect every skin in the game! Account Wardrobe: The Basics Guild Wars 2 has a tremendous variety of gear...

Dyes in the New Account Wardrobe
With the new Wardrobe system changing the way you interact with your gear’s appearance, we felt that this was the perfect time to introduce some updates to the dye system. In the April 2014 Feature Pack, dyes will be getting a significant overhaul. ...

Brilliant New Items in the Gem Store
The Black Lion Trading Company is pleased to present new dyes, a flashy new finisher, and the Frost Wasp Logging tool. A portion of all profits goes to the welfare of the citizens of Lion’s Arch! Read on to learn about new items, deals, and mor...

Announcing the Guild Wars 2 Tournament of Legends
Greetings fellow Tyrians! Allie Murdock here; Community Coordinator at ArenaNet. I’m excited to announce our first Guild Wars 2 Tournament of Legends on April 26-27 for Europe and May 3-4 for North America. The Tournament of Legends is special becaus...

Runes, Sigils, and Balance Updates
Yesterday we introduced you to some of the upcoming changes to the traits system. Those changes, while exciting, are just one part of the balance updates bundled into the April 2014 Feature Pack! Today we’re going to talk about some big changes to r...

Learn About Critical Damage Changes
One of the balance changes coming in the April 2014 Feature Pack is the introduction of ferocity, a brand new stat that will affect your critical damage. Ferocity is being introduced to make bonus critical damage easier to understand, more easily scaled a...

Announcing the April 2014 Feature Pack!
ArenaNet is excited to announce our first release that focuses exclusively on in-game features: the April 2014 Feature Pack, which hits Guild Wars 2 on April 15! “Between now and the April 15 release, we’ll announce and discuss each m...

Release Notes for the Battle for Lion’s Arch: Aftermath
At long last, the siege of Lion’s Arch has been broken and Scarlet’s reign of terror is at an end. Despite Scarlet’s death, all is not well: Lion’s Arch is little more than a smoldering husk, citizens are still camped near Vigil, the Durmand Prior...

New Hair Styles, Minis, and More in the Gem Store!
Congratulations, heroes, we’ve freed Lion’s Arch! Celebrate in style with new hair styles, adorable new miniatures, increased Collection stacks, and discounts! ...

The Final Countdown
What mysterious rewards are hidden within the depths of the Ultimate Citizen’s Rescue Bag for those who defeat Scarlet’s Prime Hologram? Heroes in the vanguard of the forces assaulting Scarlet’s airship are finding rare rewards from past releases as...

Scarlet’s Spaulders and Grasp in the Gem Store!
All of us here at the Black Lion Trading Company would like to express our pride in the folks currently storming Lion’s Arch to reclaim the city. As the company is currently serving as part of the Lionguard, you’ll be pleased to know that all of y...

Get Ready for WvW Spring Tournament 2014
When we first announced WvW Spring Tournament 2014, I mentioned that we’d have more details to provide about it. To begin with, we’ve decided to extend the duration of the tournament to nine weeks total, so the competition will run from March 28 throu...

Fantastic New Items in the Gem Store!
The tides of battle have changed, my friends! The Lionguard – generously equipped by yours truly – is working side-by-side with heroes to retake Lion’s Arch from that evil sylvari and her villainous crew. Fight in style with this week’s new&nb...