Tournament of Legends Announced

ArenaNet has announced the Guild Wars 2 PvP Tournament of Legends that will take place on April 26-27 in Europe and on May 3-4 in North America. Winners will receive an in-game reward in the form of a legendary weapon and a host of other in-game rewards. The blog post details the map rotation for the event so participating teams can study up on the tactics needed to win.

Format: This tournament will be a best-of-three, single-elimination tournament, with the finals being best-of-five. We’ll open sign-ups to everyone, but only 16 teams per region will make it into the Tournament (subject to change). Each region will compete on separate weekends.

Map rotation: This won’t be your standard map rotation, because we will be including Temple of the Silent Storm. As such, we’ll have determined rotations per round.

• Round 1: Forest of Niflhel, Legacy of the Foefire, Battle of Khylo
• Round 2: Temple of the Silent Storm, Forest of Niflhel, Legacy of the Foefire
• Round 3: Legacy of the Foefire, Battle of Khylo, Temple of the Silent Storm
• Round 4: Forest of Niflhel, Legacy of the Foefire, Battle of Khylo, Temple of the Silent Storm, Legacy of the Foefire

Tournament prizes: All prizes are per-player

• 1st place: Choice of Legendary (Eternity excluded), 2,000 gems, 2 Black Lion Weapon Tickets
• 2nd place: Choice of Gift of Mastery or Fortune, Choice of Precursor, 800 gems, Black Lion Weapon Ticket
• 3rd and 4th place: Choice of Gift of Mastery or Fortune, Black Lion Weapon Ticket
• 5th through 8th place: Choice of Gift of Magic or Might, Black Lion Weapon Ticket

Read more details on the Guild Wars 2 blog.