{"id":1986937,"date":"2026-06-12T15:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1986937"},"modified":"2026-06-12T15:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:02:23","slug":"we-now-know-when-guild-wars-3-takes-place-but-even-20-years-after-the-series-began-it-doesnt-sound-like-well-see-an-actual-storied-guild-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1986937","title":{"rendered":"We now know when Guild Wars 3 takes place, but even 20 years after the series began, it doesn&#8217;t sound like we&#8217;ll see an actual storied guild war"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/guild-wars-3\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Guild Wars 3<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">We now know when Guild Wars 3 takes place, but even 20 years after the series began, it doesn&#8217;t sound like we&#8217;ll see an actual storied guild war<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Asura-bout that?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/guild-wars-3-art.png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Art of Guild Wars 3 showing people standing on cliff and looking at city.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"guild-wars-3-art.png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>ArenaNet<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Staff Writer<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-12T15:02:23+00:00\">June 12, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/guild-wars-3-timeline-setting-no-guild-war?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          1 comment<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"9f5cf91b-fc78-424c-b6e8-0d4a3145d875\" data-name=\"Guild Wars 3\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Guild Wars 3\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Guild Wars 3\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Guild Wars 3\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Guild Wars 3\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Guild Wars 3\" title=\"Follow Guild Wars 3\"><br \/>\n  Follow Guild Wars 3<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Guild Wars &#8211; that series of popular massively-multiplayer online role-playing games &#8211; is named after three legendary in-universe battles, which are foundational to its story. However, two games in and 20 years later, we&#8217;ve still never actually seen one of these battles ourselves. And that doesn&#8217;t look to be changing with Guild Wars 3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j6VjPvQobvg&amp;t=66s\">In a new video released on the official Guild Wars YouTube channel<\/a>, developer ArenaNet pulled back the curtain a little to reveal more about the setting of Guild Wars 3. We discovered that the new game takes place around 1000 years before Guild Wars 1, when human gods wandered the kingdom of Orr.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Guild Wars 3 - Announcement Trailer | IGN Summer of Gaming\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wicnYjyyZHY?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/wicnYjyyZHY\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Guild Wars 3 &#8211; Announcement Trailer | IGN Summer of Gaming<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the Guild Wars 3 announcement traler.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wicnYjyyZHY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These gods gave out magic to the kingdom&#8217;s trusted guilds &#8211; the eponymous warring guilds &#8211; and players get to join one known as the Vaelwardens. Importantly, though, these are not the same guilds that earn the series its name. Those guilds duke it out over magical bloodstones many years later after the gods leave Orr (due to dragon-related shenanigans). This game, Guild Wars 3, takes place before the gods decide to pack up and move on.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are still threats to fend off, though, some of which are teased in this video, including dealing with those who want magic but aren&#8217;t gifted it and others seeking to do wrong with newfound powers. But it does mean the historic events of the guild wars won&#8217;t be seen. With the gods still around in the game&#8217;s proposed setting, it would mean our characters would need to live for more than 100 years to see a famous guild war in action.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn&#8217;t mean there&#8217;s not room for some <em>very<\/em> interesting moments in Guild Wars 3. Much of what happens in Orr in this period is a mystery, though there are a few key events that shape the entire series. There&#8217;s the god Abbadon giving magic to all the races, not just humans; there&#8217;s Grenth becoming a relatively new god in the pantheon; and there&#8217;s more.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, to step away from the lore-delve for a moment, the original Guild Wars gained its name  due to an emphasis on the guild-vs-guild, player-versus-player combat, so it didn&#8217;t perhaps matter that we saw a canonical guild war in-action or not. But it&#8217;s a recurring question that resurfaces now and again regardless, especially from newer members of the playerbase.<\/p>\n<p>Guild Wars 3 was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/guild-wars-3-announcement-summer-game-fest\">one of the more exciting reveals at this years&#8217; Summer Game Fest<\/a>, and has already won hearts courtesy of the studio head confirming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/guild-wars-3-no-battle-pass-no-subscription\">no subscription or battle pass will be present<\/a>. Expect more videoed deep-dives as we lead up to the game&#8217;s Q4 2027 beta release.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Guild Wars &#8211; that series of popular massively-multiplayer online role-playing games &#8211; is named after three legendary in-universe battles, which are foundational to its story. However, two games in and 20 years later, we&#8217;ve still never actually seen one of these battles ourselves. And that doesn&#8217;t look to be changing with Guild Wars 3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j6VjPvQobvg&amp;t=66s\">In a new video released on the official Guild Wars YouTube channel<\/a>, developer ArenaNet pulled back the curtain a little to reveal more about the setting of Guild Wars 3. We discovered that the new game takes place around 1000 years before Guild Wars 1, when human gods wandered the kingdom of Orr.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Guild Wars 3 - Announcement Trailer | IGN Summer of Gaming\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wicnYjyyZHY?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/wicnYjyyZHY\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Guild Wars 3 &#8211; Announcement Trailer | IGN Summer of Gaming<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the Guild Wars 3 announcement traler.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wicnYjyyZHY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These gods gave out magic to the kingdom&#8217;s trusted guilds &#8211; the eponymous warring guilds &#8211; and players get to join one known as the Vaelwardens. Importantly, though, these are not the same guilds that earn the series its name. Those guilds duke it out over magical bloodstones many years later after the gods leave Orr (due to dragon-related shenanigans). This game, Guild Wars 3, takes place before the gods decide to pack up and move on.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are still threats to fend off, though, some of which are teased in this video, including dealing with those who want magic but aren&#8217;t gifted it and others seeking to do wrong with newfound powers. But it does mean the historic events of the guild wars won&#8217;t be seen. With the gods still around in the game&#8217;s proposed setting, it would mean our characters would need to live for more than 100 years to see a famous guild war in action.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn&#8217;t mean there&#8217;s not room for some <em>very<\/em> interesting moments in Guild Wars 3. Much of what happens in Orr in this period is a mystery, though there are a few key events that shape the entire series. There&#8217;s the god Abbadon giving magic to all the races, not just humans; there&#8217;s Grenth becoming a relatively new god in the pantheon; and there&#8217;s more.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, to step away from the lore-delve for a moment, the original Guild Wars gained its name  due to an emphasis on the guild-vs-guild, player-versus-player combat, so it didn&#8217;t perhaps matter that we saw a canonical guild war in-action or not. But it&#8217;s a recurring question that resurfaces now and again regardless, especially from newer members of the playerbase.<\/p>\n<p>Guild Wars 3 was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/guild-wars-3-announcement-summer-game-fest\">one of the more exciting reveals at this years&#8217; Summer Game Fest<\/a>, and has already won hearts courtesy of the studio head confirming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/guild-wars-3-no-battle-pass-no-subscription\">no subscription or battle pass will be present<\/a>. Expect more videoed deep-dives as we lead up to the game&#8217;s Q4 2027 beta release.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Guild Wars 3 We now know when Guild Wars 3 takes place, but even 20 years after the series began, it doesn&#8217;t sound like we&#8217;ll see an actual storied guild war Asura-bout that? 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