Summary
In a March 17 forum post,Guild Wars 2game director Josh “Grouch” Davis confirmed that the game’s upcoming sixth expansion has been delayed. Davis said the nextGuild Wars 2expansion will launch in October 2025, two months after its initial August release window, to give it more development time to meet quality standards.
ThoughGuild Wars 2is approaching 13 years of active service, ArenaNet’s MMORPG shows no signs of slowing down. Following the conclusion of the End of Dragons expansion in 2023, ArenaNet shifted its focus toward yearly expansion releases, starting withSecrets of the Obscure. This pattern continued with the latest expansion,Janthir Wilds, alongside its traditional quarterly updates. Although the latter expansion packs require separate purchases, the base version ofGuild Wars 2quickly becameone of the best free-to-play RPGs on Steamfollowing its 2022 launch on Valve’s PC storefront.
Following the launch of the Repentance update,Guild Wars 2confirmed that players now havea little more time to spend on their Janthir Homesteadsbefore jumping into the next expansion.According to a forum post by Davis, the release ofGuild Wars 2’s sixth expansion was delayed from August to October 2025, a two-month change between release windows. Davis stated that the extra time would allow the development team to ensure the currently-untitled expansion meets ArenaNet’s standards without crunching to get it done.
Guild Wars 2 Delays Sixth Expansion By Two Months
Davis also confirmed that this would not change the Janthir Wilds quarterly release schedule and that the expansion’s final major update will still arrive sometime in June. Davis reassured players thatGuild Wars 2’s sixth expansion title will be revealed in the summer and that more content and events will be hosted as players wait for future updates. The two-month delay will likely impact the release of futureGuild Wars 2content updates, as the three-month cadence will accordingly shift to match the sixth expansion’s release.
The launch ofGuild Wars 2’s Repentance update was heralded by alimited-time Twitch Drops eventthat granted participants some cosmetic rewards. These included a bag slot expansion, a Lion Club miniature, and a Fuzzy Panda Hat bundle. Although the Twitch Drop campaign for the Repentance patch has since concluded, only time will tell when ArenaNet and Twitch will give players another chance to obtain these rewards.
With the launch of eachGuild Wars 2expansion,perks like new Masteriesand gameplay-altering mechanics have given players new ways to challenge themselves. It remains to be seen what ArenaNet has planned to tide players over.
