Guild Wars Articles
The folks over at ArenaNet have hit Guild Wars players with the latest GvG update and they've published the results! Check them out and let us know what you think over at the Guild Wars forums.
ArenaNet has announced that a brand new chapter has been added to Guild Wars to help bridge the time gap between the original and the upcoming Guild Wars 2. The new content is called Hearts of the North and features the reuniting and marriage of Gwen and Keiran Thackeray. Players will even have the opportunity to complete missions as Thackeray himself. Players can also purchase special wedding costumes in the Guild Wars Store.
Last weekend, the Gaming World Entertainment Network (GWEN), Malibu Barbie, and Gamers Giving Back sponsored an in-game Guild Wars event called "Pink Day in LA". During the event, players went to Lion's Arch and dyed their armors pink in support of breast cancer awareness. With Arena.Net's support, the event has raised almost $11,000 to date.
Recently, Guild Wars devs asked players to participate in a survey about the War in Kryta content. In the latest developer post on the Arena.Net blog, John Stumme goes over the results of the survey and adds some interesting commentary about what the results will mean in terms of the game's development. Stumme takes each question and offers the percentage results from player input and then gives away a bit of information about what the team is thinking for the future.
After surveying players, the Arena.Net team has come to the conclusion that the difficulty in obtaining Oppressor Weapons warrants their inclusion in the Hall of Monuments. These hard-to-get items can now be immortalized forever. Players still have the opportunity to give feedback by completing the War in Kryta survey that will continue to run through the weekend.
Guild Wars players are being asked to complete a short survey about the War in Kryta content. The team indicates that the survey information is to help the team as they work on Guild Wars Beyond.
Guild Wars players recently noticed that Dhuum, the god of death, was cropping up throughout the game world and cutting random players down with his scythe. As it would turn out, Dhuum was delivering bans, 3,700 of them, to many Guild Wars players who have been caught botting and manipulating PvP matches.
NCsoft and ArenaNet have announced "Guild Wars Beyond," a new on-going campaign focused on key events and characters in the Guild Wars lore which will lay the foundation for Guild Wars 2. The first event to be part of the Guild Wars Beyond campaign is the "War in Kryta" event, which is being kicked off to mark Guild Wars' fifth anniversary.
Winners for the 2009 Wintersday Art Contest have been announced! The top three winners will receive the grand prize of a signed copy of "The Art of Guild Wars 2," as well a random signed art print from last year's Penny Arcade Expo. The seven remaining winners will receive the signed PAX art print, and all winners, as well as the 10 honorable mentions will receive an Everlasting Reindeer Tonic.
This year's Wintersday celebration was fraught with problems, bugs, lag, and other myriad issues. As a result, ArenaNet has announced that the event will be returning via an update posted to the Guild Wars forums at IncGamers by the game's Community Manager Regina Buenaobra.
The Tyrian New Year will be celebrated once again with festive decorations, gifts, holiday treats and winter-appropriate weather of course. As a part of the Wintersday event celebration, MMORPG.com has partnered with the Guild Wars team to give away two brand-new Wintersday costumes--the Grenth and Dwayna costumes--allowing players to dress their characters in style this season. These two costumes fit into new costume slots on your character portrait and can be worn over existing armor.
Each year the Tyrian New Year is celebrated in Guild Wars with the Wintersday Event, where the world of Tyria is treated to fun holiday weather, festive decorations, gifts, holiday treats, and more!
After receiving hundreds of entries to this year's Halloween Art Contest the 10 winners and 10 honorable mentions have been selected! The Grand Prize winner was Freyja Fimbulvetr who put together an excellent Guild Wars costume.
NCsoft has announced today a cross-game promotion between Aion and Guild Wars. Players that purchase an Aion Collector's Edition or a first run Aion Steelbook Edition will receive an emote in Guild Wars that will show off Aion-styled wings.
ArenaNet and NCsoft have finally lifted the veil on Guild Wars 2. We know many of you have been waiting with bated breath, and we've got quite the update for you!