Next week marks the start of the first public beta weekend of the Guild Wars 2 expansion Heart of Thorns. At the same time, there will be a major PvP tournament at Gamescom!
Only a small part of the world
In the first beta weekend, starting on August 7 at 9 PM, Guild Wars 2 players will be mainly surveyed about their gameplay experience of Heart of Thorns. Thus, not all areas of the upcoming expansion will be available, but only a small part of the world. In a section of the “green threshold,” players can defeat initial enemies, discover secrets, and uncover the strengths and weaknesses of the new addon.
Those who have purchased the expansion in advance can directly create a level 80 character with strong equipment or even create a Revenant and explore the new and old content with it. All previously announced features of the class (the trait lines and legends) are available for testing.
Characters from the first beta event can be carried over to later weekends, allowing players to feel improvements and changes directly and provide feedback again.
Tournament at GamesCom
At the same time, a tournament will be held at GamesCom in Cologne. The four best teams in the world will compete against each other for a total prize pool of $50,000. But even those who are not interested in PvP should tune in to the livestream of the tournament, as additional details about Heart of Thorns will be revealed there.
