ArenaNet says they will have to further delay the Guild Wars 2 expansion End Of Dragons to early next year.
The announcement comes via a Blogpost on the official website which states:
“As expansion development has progressed and the real-world challenges of the past year and a half have changed the way we live and work, it’s become clear that we need a little more time to deliver our creative vision for Cantha. As a result, we’re delaying the release of Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons from late 2021 to early 2022. We appreciate your patience as we take the time to give the expansion the attention it deserves. I’m incredibly proud of the work the team is doing to bring Cantha to life, and we can’t wait for you to see and experience it for yourselves. Don’t forget to tune in on July 27 for the Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons First Look Livestream.”
The post also announced that the former Guild Wars 2 game director Colin Johanson has returned to ArenaNet to help co-lead the studio with “JT” who has been a director at the studio for a little over six years.
Colin made a brief statement as well stating:
“Hello, Guild Wars community! Colin here. I’m incredibly excited to be returning to ArenaNet. When I decided to leave the studio in 2016, it was one of the hardest decisions I’ve made in my career. I spent over 11 years working on the Guild Wars franchise as a game designer and game director.”
Josh “Grouch: Davis, who also left ArenaNet in 2016 to join Amazon, has also returned to the studio as the head of live operations.
The studio is hard at work on the game and is aiming to upgrade the engine to DirectX 11 in order to enhance frame rates and open the path for future visual upgrades. There will be an opt-in” Beta to showcase this later this year.
Davis mentioned that “this is a long-term effort”’ which suggests that they are pulling out all the stops to ensure a quality game. Fans will surely appreciate this as we have seen in numerous games that are “rushed”, we get a lot less than we bargained for. So hopefully the extra time and effort put in by Arenanet will prove fruitful and will deliver fans with an exciting and enthralling MMORPG.
While fans are waiting for the new expansion for Guild Wars 2 they can look forward to the “Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons First Look Livestream”, which will take place on Twitch on the 27th of this month.