Don’t miss the next episode of the Guild Wars 2 Art Show livestream, where our ArenaNet Creative Partners show their latest Guild Wars 2-inspired work, discuss art techniques, and hang out in chat. Let’s celebrate art together!

Wednesday, August 10 at noon Pacific Time (UTC-7)
Host: Inoa Art

Water Dragon Spear Skin

This weapon is as beautiful as an iridescent jellyfish, and it can be yours to wield beneath the gentle ocean waves.

As delicate as seaweed and as strong as a tsunami, these beautiful wings will make you look like a fabled water dragon. Stand fearless and command the tide.

Returning Today

20% Off—Aurene Wings Backpack and Glider Combo, Shimmerwing Skyscale Skin, Desert Racer Mount Adoption License, Desert Racer Mount Select License

Returning This Week
20% Off—Bank Tab Expansion, Bag Slot Expansion, Additional Crafting License, Shared Inventory Slot

Don’t miss the next episode of the Guild Wars 2 Art Show livestream, where our ArenaNet Creative Partners show their latest Guild Wars 2-inspired work, discuss art techniques, and hang out in chat. Let’s celebrate art together!

Wednesday, August 3 at noon Pacific Time (UTC-7)
Hosts: Kata Kemi and Paul Canavan

Festival of the Four Winds has returned to Tyria! Come kick back in the Labyrinthine Cliffs, take down watchknights in the Crown Pavilion, and complete achievements to earn new rewards, including the Zephyrite Shawl, Watchwork weapons, and more.

Read read the complete release notes on our forums.

The Guild Wars 2 community has always been our greatest source of pride, and we are honored to celebrate our upcoming tenth anniversary with you! Join us for some drinks, chats, and raffles in a cozy Guild Wars 2 atmosphere in gamescom’s home city, Cologne.

When: Thursday, August 25 from 19:00 CEST to 22:00 CEST (local time)

Where: Design Post, Deutz-Mülheimer Str. 22A, 50679 Cologne, Germany

Tickets: Guild Wars 2 10th Anniversary Community Event

The event is free, but venue capacity is limited. You will be able to reserve a ticket starting on August 5 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7), so be sure to set a reminder to secure your spot! An email with your ticket information will be sent to you by Eventbrite after successful registration.
On the day of the event, an ID check will be performed at the entrance. Bring a photo ID and your mobile or printed ticket.

Note that we will be taking photos and videos at the event that may be used for promotional purposes on our channels.

Tyrian Stamp Rally

Meet Guild Wars 2 developers, see some of Seattle, and pick up cool Guild Wars 2 swag at our stamp rally!

Here’s how it works:

Start your journey at the Seattle Central Public Library. Head up to level 4, Paccar Room 6 (follow the signs). Members of the Guild Wars 2 team will be on hand to give you your stamp book—a 10th anniversary postcard book of Guild Wars 2 art throughout the years—and a list of four locations. In the front of the book, you’ll find places for four stamps. At each location you visit, you’ll meet some more members of the Guild Wars 2 team, see a cool local Seattle place, and add a stamp to your book.

Once you’ve visited all four locations, head back to Paccar Room 6 at the library to show the team your completed stamp book and pick up Guild Wars 2 swag! (The book is yours to keep.)

The stamp rally will take place on Friday, September 2 and Saturday, September 3 from 11:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time (local time) each day. You don’t have to do the whole thing at once; drop in and participate at your leisure.

Don’t miss the next episode of the Guild Wars 2 Art Show livestream, where our ArenaNet Creative Partners show their latest Guild Wars 2-inspired work, discuss art techniques, and hang out in chat. Let’s celebrate art together!

Wednesday, July 27 at noon Pacific Time (UTC-7)
Host: DiesVitae

Greetings from the Mists! We’re happy to announce that the fourth beta event for phase one of the World vs. World World Restructuring feature will take place from August 12 through August 19. The beta event will begin with each region’s respective weekly World vs World match reset. If you’re unfamiliar with this feature or our plans for it, you can learn more about it here.

As mentioned in our June 24 WvW update, this event will allow us to test several back-end changes that we’ve been working on over the past few months. Most of these changes won’t be visible to players (unless things go horribly wrong!), but they will allow us to gather new data and stress-test some code changes. It will also give our new WvW team members (myself included!) our first experience with running a WvW World Restructuring beta event.

• We hope to test a new internal deployment system that automates many aspects of executing a World Restructuring beta, including the steps involved in team creation and matchmaking. It should simplify the internal process of hosting beta events and make it less prone to human error. This is a big step toward having the feature enabled full time on the live game servers without manual upkeep by our Platform Engineering team.
• We’ve reduced the likelihood that players will be placed on the incorrect team or realm (assuming they properly selected a WvW guild prior to the deadline).
• We’ve implemented bug fixes and mitigations for the “queue bug.”

A WvW bonus experience event will be active between August 12 and August 19 (100% bonus to World Experience, a 25% bonus to reward-track progress, and a 50% bonus to magic find).

The Alliances component of World Restructuring and the recently announced Objective Scaling Rewards feature are still in development and aren’t ready for public consumption quite yet. Please check out the June 24 WvW update for the latest information on these features.

You must select a guild to play with for this beta event. The in-game panel found in the WvW menu that allows you to select a WvW guild will be available on August 2. You must make your guild selection by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) on August 11 or you may be matchmade as an individual for the beta event (i.e., you and your guild will be placed on different teams).

As always, we’ll be watching the official forums and social media for feedback. So, sharpen your blades and get your spells ready! Let’s do this!

Floyd Grubb
Senior Game Designer