Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns Launch Trailer Released

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The makers of Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns, the popular MMORPG’s first ever expansion, have unveiled the launch trailer. Watch the trailer below:

[gap height=”15″]The trailer showcases Heart of Thorns‘ new baddie Mordremoth, the newest elder dragon to terrorize the world of Tyria. One character that is featured in the trailer is Rhylock Brimstone, a Blood Legion tribune who becomes the first Revenant in the game. Revenant is an all-new profession that is introduced in Heart of Thorns.

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While Heart of Thorns doesn’t change much of its core gameplay, the expansion improves the end-game with additions to the mastery system, elite specialization for existing classes that allow characters to access previously unusable weapons and skills; a new area of Tyria to explore (Maguuma) and various improvements for PvE and PVP modes.

092615-gw2_2 — **Nothing dangerous about holding a fiery sword while blindfolded, said no one ever.**

The release of Heart of Thorns comes after developer ArenaNet announced that the core game would be free to play. However the expansion will be available for purchase at $49.99, which comes with the core game. ArenaNet offers additional bundles for anyone interested in purchasing Heart of Thorns.

Guild Wars 2 was released in 2012. Despite having a rocky launch of their first-party sales, ArenaNet revealed they sold over 5 million copies as of August 2015. Once whey reached 5 million units sold, the company decided to turn the game into a free-to-play model, but kept the microtransactions (Gem Store) in place.

Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns will be available for the PC on October 23, 2015.