It's been a hot minute since we last had a new Guild Wars game, almost 15 years in fact. Guild Wars 2 came out all the way back in 2012, the year which saw Barack Obama win his second presidential term, Gangnam Style dominate the charts, and the discovery of the Higgs Boson particle. That should put the wait for a third game into perspective.
Of course, Guild Wars 2 has been regularly supported with expansions during that time, but you can only keep building on an MMO for so long before things start feeling a little dated — as a big FF14 player, I'm aware of that more than most. It's time for a big shake-up, and Guild Wars developers ArenaNet and NCSoft are planning just that with its recent announcement at Summer Games Fest.
Yes, after almost 15 years of Guild Wars 2, a suspicious domain update, and an official tease from ArenaNet itself, it was finally confirmed during this year's Summer Game Fest that Guild Wars 3 is a real thing that's currently in development. Not only that, but it was also revealed that the game will have a beta in Fall 2027, giving us a...
