Guild Wars 2 news:

New! The SteelSeries Guild Wars 2 Gaming Keyboard
Our partners at SteelSeries, world-class creators of gaming peripherals, have made a specially designed gaming keyboard for Guild Wars  2 that is worthy of the most demanding MMO players. The Guild Wars  2 Gaming Keyboard features a ...

ArenaNet Offers Free Trial of Guild Wars 2 and Releases New Heroic Edition
ArenaNet, developer of the smash hit Guild Wars 2, commemorates a record-breaking first year with a free trial of their critically acclaimed game on August 23-25, 2013. The Seattle-area studio has also released the Guild Wars 2 Heroic ...

Short Story: What Scarlet Saw
Professor Omadd, Headmaster Emeritus of the College of Synergetics, anxiously twisted his ear as he waited for the sylvari woman to wake. She had been thrashing violently in the isolation module for days now, crying out random syllables and howling in…p...

Welcome to the Anniversary Sale!
It’s been quite a year for the Black Lion Trading Company. To celebrate, I’m putting on a huge 10-day sale! Each day we’ll be introducing a popular item from the last year of business. As an added bonus, I’m also going to be supp...

ArenaNet Panelists at PAX Prime and PAX Dev
Hi, everyone. Last week we announced our Guild Wars 2 First Anniversary Bash, which takes place at the Renaissance Hotel on Saturday, August 31 during PAX Prime weekend. That’s not all we’ve got going on that weekend! A number of Ar...

Meet the GW2 PvP Invitational Tournament Teams
Car Crash – Europe Regional Champions Ixl Super Ixl –Captain – Engineer Posi – Necromancer Lady Nag Nag Pvp – Guardian Lord Nag Nag Nag – Thief The Mogwow – Elementalist / Ranger Strategies: Car Crash employed a tacti...

Clockwork Chaos Guide
Emissaries and citizens are gathered in Divinity’s Reach, but someone else has plans for the Queen’s speech! NOTE: At the beginning of this release, the Crown Pavilion will become temporarily unavailable. Upon completing the storyline for this releas...

Clockwork Chaos Release Notes
Queen Jennah’s jubilee celebration continues in Divinity’s Reach. The Queen is preparing to address her subjects and the dignitaries from other cities – but someone else has plans for the Queen’s speech! LIVING WORLD Clockwork Chaos The nefar...

Check Out This Week’s New Gem Store Items!
Scarlet’s recent interruption on the celebration at Divinity’s Reach has some people feeling pretty low – but even in the worst of times, the Black Lion Trading Company is here for you! Treat yourself to a pick-me-up with our new Minis 3-Pack Se...

Register Today for the Guild Wars 2 Free Trial on August 23-25
From August 23-25, you can experience the living, ever-changing world of Tyria and see for yourself why Guild Wars 2 is the fastest selling MMO in history.* All you need to do to play Guild Wars 2 for free August 23-25 is create a fre...

Sign Up Today for the ESL Guild Wars 2 Opening Cup!
To kick-off the addition of Guild Wars 2 PvP to the Electronic Sports League, our friends at ESL are hosting the Guild Wars 2 Opening Cup starting on August 17. The first match begins shortly after 11am PST (8pm CEST) on August 17. Sig...

The Queen’s Speech — All-New Content Begins August 20!
Queen Jennah’s jubilee celebration continues in Divinity’s Reach! The skies are filled with hot air balloons conveying Tyrians to Her Majesty’s closing remarks. What surprises and excitement await you among Queen Jennah’s most est...

Copper-Fed Salvage-o-Matic Available in the Gem Store!
Here at the Black Lion Trading Company, we understand the needs of the modern adventurer. Heroes of today are busy; they’re always on the move and always looking for innovative ways to save on time and money. Our latest invention is made especially ...

Introducing the Winners of Our North American PvP Tournament
This past weekend (August 3-4), we hosted our first Regional Qualifying Tournament in North America, where PvP teams from across the continent competed for a spot in the Invitational Tournament. We’re happy to announce that Lack of a Scrim Feature [SYNC...

The Winners of Our European PvP Tournament
On July 27 and 28, we watched our European community compete in the first Regional Qualifying Tournament. Through a lot of teamwork and discipline, Team Paradigm  faced off against Car Crash in a fight to secure their place in our first-ever Guild W...

Introducing The Wallet
Greetings adventurers! My name is Rob Thody and I am a QA lead and project coordinator of the Guild Wars 2 Live Response Team. On this development team we primarily spend time with fixing bugs and implementing quality of life features. With the ...

Short Story: Delegation
Frostbite always walked a little sassier in the Black Citadel. Rox wasn’t sure if her albino devourer felt invigorated by the wave of strength and confidence High Legion soldiers projected, or if he was intimidated and faking it in order to blend in...

The Queen’s Jubilee Guide
Welcome to the first release of August, the Queen’s Jubilee! Upon logging in to Guild Wars 2, you will receive a mail from Queen Jennah of Kryta inviting you to a celebration being held in Divinity’s Reach. If you want to travel to the human capit...

A Look at Upcoming PvP Changes
Hey all! In addition to working on a major tournament, The PvP team has been working hard to bring some new features to PvP. A lot of feedback from the community has been taken into account with our priorities, and we’re grateful for all the feedback we...

Queen’s Jubilee Release Notes
Divinity’s Reach is hosting a magnificent celebration! Her Majesty Queen Jennah of Kryta is commemorating the tenth year of her rule and using the occasion to celebrate the triumph of humanity over the troubles they’ve encountered. Join Queen Jennah a...

Fashionables New Items in the Gem Store!
The Bazaar of the Four Winds is finished, the Zephyrites have signed their deal and flown away – and the Queen’s Jubilee is in full sway! The Black Lion Trading Company is getting into the celebratory spirit with some new mask skins and flashy Fin...

Announcing the Winner of the Captain’s Council Election
You’ve worked hard to throw your support behind your candidate for the past two weeks and now it’s time to find out who won. The Support Tokens have been counted and the winner is none other than Captain Ellen Kiel. Here’s a message with more detai...

The Social (Media) Side of Guild Wars 2
Hi! I’m Rubi Bayer, ArenaNet’s Social Media Coordinator. The Guild Wars 2 social media outlets are a big part of our interaction with all of you, so I’d like to talk a bit about what you’ll find when you join this side of our community. ...

Dungeon Rewards
Hello! I’m Isaiah Cartwright, the lead game designer for Guild Wars 2, and I would like to talk to you about some of up upcoming changes to the ways we reward players for participating in dungeons. Our goal is to make each and every dungeon p...

Queen’s Jubilee — All-New Content Begins August 6!
Divinity’s Reach is preparing for a magnificent celebration! Her Majesty Queen Jennah of Kryta is commemorating the tenth year of her rule. This is no ordinary Jubilee – the Queen is using this occasion to celebrate the triumph of humanity over the tr...