There’s some more expansion of the Guild Wars storyline with the news that a new novel, linking Guild Wars with Guild Wars 2, is due to be published. The Ghosts of Ascalon is written by Matt Forbeck and Jeff Grubb, and aims to set the stage for the storyline of Guild Wars 2.Desperate to defend [...]

It’s time once again to celebrate the Canthan New Year in Guild Wars. This year it’s the Year of the Tiger, which means more fun and games on the Shing Jea Boardwalk as well as a visit from the Celestial Tiger. The Canthan New Year festival will kick off this Friday, 12th February, at 8pm GMT, [...]

If you took part in the popular Wintersday Festival this year in Guild Wars, you may have been less than impressed with some festival glitches, which affected quests, the final events, and getting that all important festival hat. The problems have not gone un-noticed, and the Guild Wars team over at ArenaNet have decided the best [...]

I missed this before Christmas, but MMORPG.com have an interview with Guild Wars 2 Lead Designer Eric Flannum, World Designer and Writer Ree Soesbee, and Environment Art Lead Dave Beetlestone. The interview sheds some more light on the social classes available to the five playable races, as well as shedding more light on the back story [...]

Wintersday kicks off today in Guild Wars, with the usual games, prizes, and special events. Along with the usual festive quests and Wintersday games, some new features are available this year. Characters now have costume slots, and costumes can be purchased from both the Guild Wars In-Game Store and the NCSoft Store. Additionally, costumes now no [...]

ArenaNet have posted up another Guild Wars 2 teaser video. This time, the video showcases the different playable races that will be available in the next Guild Wars game.Guild War 2 will feature 5 playable races – Humans, Asura, Charr, Sylvari and Norn. It will be interesting to see how the differences between the races [...]

Continuing the festive theme, ArenaNet are publishing a series of Guild Wars papercraft models in the run up to Wintersday. Every Tuesday they will release a new model, culminating in something pretty impressive. All of the models are free to download, and come as PDFs which can easily be printed out and assembled.At the moment there [...]

Once again in Guild Wars, Wintersday is fast approaching, and that means the launch of the yearly Wintersday art contest. The contest is simple – create an original work of art that combines the festive and Guild Wars themes. For inspiration you can check out the winners from 2008. The prizes this year are: Top Winners (3 awarded)[...]

As a bonus for players with the Christmas holidays fast approaching, NCSoft have announced that, starting today, Eye of the North is now free! Buy any Guild Wars campaign from either the Guild Wars in-game store, or the NCSoft online store, and you will get the Eye of the North expansion for free. This is [...]

That was quick! People have already been tackling Dhuum, and here’s a great video from YouTube showing the fight.As always with Guild Wars, the dungeon looks spectacular, and Dhuum himself looks like he will indeed pose a serious challenge. Good luck! Related Posts:A new evil: Dhuum awakens! First Guild Wars novel: The Ghosts of Ascalon Time for the [...]