More than a decade after the release of Guild Wars 2, ArenaNet has now announced that it is working on a third entry in the MMORPG series. Appropriately titled Guild Wars 3, the game was unveiled with a trailer that you can check out below. The trailer describes Guild Wars 3 as “a modern evolution of the MMO”, which would be a fairly bold claim to make in a market dominated by World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy 14.
Right off the bat, the trailer focused on one of Guild Wars 2’s most-beloved features – the mount system. It looks like Guild Wars 3 will also have a similar focus on mount collection, with plenty of unique creatures being available for players. Aside from the mount riding and a few clips of the player character being able to run up a mountain, no other gameplay details have been revealed.
Whether ArenaNet will stick to the Guild Wars tradition of eschewing a monthly subscription fee in favor of allowing players to simply buy the game just once also remains to be seen. Guild Wars 2 has certainly seen quite a bit of success with this pricing strategy, thanks in no small part to the hefty post-launch support seen by the MMORPG through the release of several expansions.
Guild Wars 3 is being developed for PC and PS5. While there is no release window yet, ArenaNet has announced that it will be kicking off beta tests for the MMORPG in Fall 2027. Players interested in checking out the beta can sign up on the game’s official website.
