Game updates

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This list contains all recent updates as published by ArenaNet. If there are undocumented changes, they are listed in a section titled "Guild Wars Wiki notes" under the related update.

Update -- March 18, 2024[edit]

  • The leeching system has been disabled due to abuse of the system by bots.
  • A player can now only resign a match once every 120 minutes, also due to excessive abuse of the system by bots.

Stephen Clarke-Willson, Game Director, Guild Wars

Update -- February 15, 2024[edit]

The title music has been updated to commemorate 6 years of uninterrupted service without downtime. The title music now features:

  • Prophecies Theme (remastered at a higher bitrate)
  • Factions Theme
  • Nightfall Theme
  • Eye of the North Theme
  • Various pieces of ambient music

Upgrades[edit]

Over the past six years, we've introduced numerous upgrades to the game, all accomplished without any downtime:

  • Enhanced graphics with extended draw distance, more detail, and anti-aliasing support
  • Camera field-of-view improvements, particularly beneficial for large or vertical displays
  • Chat upgrades to mitigate spam
  • Expanded friends list capacity
  • General latency enhancements
  • Establishment of a new datacenter in Korea to better serve players in Asia and Oceania
  • Introduction of the 15th Anniversary Weapon Set
  • And many other miscellaneous improvements.

Thank you for your support.

Stephen Clarke-Willson, Game Director, Guild Wars

Update -- February 12, 2024[edit]

  • Server maintenance build.


Update -- December 22, 2023[edit]

  • Fixed a bug where occasionally some Observer Mode game playbacks would have dead characters sliding around on the screen.


Update -- October 23, 2023[edit]

  • Server maintenance build


See also[edit]