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Game update for the Dragon Festival

The banners and decorations have gone up in Shing Jea Monastery, and across Cantha, as the game update yesterday brings the new content for the Dragon Festival.
Here’s the full details from ArenaNet on the new content in the latest Guild Wars update:

Decorated Shing Jea Monastery and Kaineng Center in preparation for the Dragon Festival.
Beginning at [...]

The Dragon Festival approaches!

Yes, it’s that time of year in Guild Wars when the population of Cantha celebrates the Dragon Festival! The fun kicks off next week, starting at 7pm on Thursday 3rd July, and carrying on until 7am on Monday 7th July.
The Dragon Festival is held every year in Shing Jea Monastery, and celebrates Cantha’s victories over [...]

The Deldrimor Axe and Maul

Few things are scarier than going into battle against nutters with axes and hammers. In Guild Wars, mauls and axes are the weapons of choice for that sophisticated beatdown that warriors deliver so well.
Both are available from the Artisan of Steel in Droknar’s Forge.

The Deldrimor Axe stats are:

Slashing Dmg: 6-28 (req. 9 Axe Mastery)
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Sale on Guild Wars merchandise now on

As part of the Guild Wars third anniversary celebrations, there’s a big sale of Guild Wars merchandise, available from both the Guild Wars Gear Store and the NCSoft Merchandise Store.
Head on over to http://guildwars.com/products/extras/gearstore/default.php and check out some of the great stuff that’s available. If you want something you’ll need to order soon, as these [...]

Guild Wars Third Anniversary Competition

ArenaNet are celebrating the third anniversary of Guild Wars in real style. After the in-game festivities of the past weekend, we’ve now got a fantastic competition with a chance to win some awesome Guild Wars themed swag.
Prizes include an LG E500 laptop, 3 Commodore Guild Wars PC cases, Razer gaming peripherals, copies of the Guild [...]

Guild Wars is Three Years Old

Hard to believe, but Guild Wars is three years old. Today sees the start of some massive celebrations for this momentous occasion. Login to Guild Wars and make sure you take part!
Starting today, Birthday Cupcakes begin to drop from creatures. The Hell’s Precipice end mission in Guild Wars Prophecies has been updated to give a [...]

Farewell to Gaile Gray

In case you missed out on the Guild Wars farewell party for Gaile Gray, there have been several videos posted up on YouTube showing the sendoff.
One of the best ones is this from xoxardnekoxo:

Here’s hoping we see Gaile back in the game in Guild Wars 2!

You can also subscribe to the Guild Wars: Eye of [...]

April Fools Day fun in Guild Wars

After enduring the onslaught of allegedly funny pranks during the day, it was a welcome relief to log in to Guild Wars. Only to find everyone’s character had been turned into a stick figure!

Last year we had mass sex changes, with all male characters becoming female for the day, and vice versa. Heroes and henchmen [...]

Gaile Gray steps down as Guild Wars community manager

Anyone who’s played Guild Wars will, at some point, have come across Gaile Gray, ArenaNet’s Community Manager. Gaile has been tirelessly active on forums around the net, helping people out, working hard as a gateway between ArenaNet and the players, and now she’s moving on to a new role within ArenaNet.
You can check out Gaile’s [...]

Sweet Treat Easter weekend in Guild Wars

Keep an eye out when travelling through explorable areas in Guild Wars this Easter weekend. Starting from 7pm this Friday, you can pick up random drops of Chocolate Bunnies and golden Eggs.
Here’s the low down on these special Easter items:

Golden Egg

Double-click to raise all of your attributes by 1 for 5 minutes.
This item cannot be [...]