14 years after the original release of Guild Wars 2, the beta for its successor Guild Wars 3 will already be released in fall 2027. A new piece of information should make the announcement even more appealing to fans and their budget.
Why do fans have a reason to celebrate? In an interview with IGN on YouTube, Colin Johanson, the studio head of ArenaNet, talks about initial information that Guild Wars fans can look forward to.
In addition to tidbits of information regarding the timelines in Guild Wars 3, the development for PC and console, as well as initial concept art, the head gives a promise: Guild Wars 3 will not feature a subscription model or battle pass.
Guild Wars 3 should not be a full-time job, but accessible to everyone
Why won’t Guild Wars 3 have such monetization? In the interview with IGN, Johanson makes it clear that ArenaNet focuses on solving player issues with their games when developing their MMOs. And this started already with Guild Wars 1:
When we developed “Guild Wars 1”, one of the biggest problems was that every online game required a subscription fee. So we set out to develop a game that would not have subscription fees, that anyone could play as much or as little as they wanted.
And the problem would still exist in the third part of Guild Wars. According to Johanson, players should not feel like hostages of their own game. MMOs should not feel like a second job where you have to give up a significant part of your life. A subscription or the “modern version of a subscription” in the form of a battle pass would stand in the way of that thought:
We believe that players are tired of these two things. This will be a game that you can purchase, that you can play as much or as little as you want. We will respect our players’ time and if they love it, we will offer additional content in the future that they can buy from us. But we will not take their time hostage and want them to be able to play other games as well.
Those who want to sweeten the time until the launch of Guild Wars 3 can continue to spend time with its predecessor. Because Guild Wars 2 is by no means to be neglected: Despite Guild Wars 3: The predecessor will continue to receive content, but players will have to give up on one thing for now
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