Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns

Release Date : October 23rd, 2015

Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is the first expansion pack for Guild Wars 2 and will be released on October 23, 2015. A playable version was available at the PAX East gaming festival, March 6-8 2015, and the EGX Rezzed gaming festival, March 12-14 2015.

Features

The Heart of Maguuma

• New jungle region with a large focus on verticality
• Four open world maps made up of three distinct biomes ^[3]
  • The roots, which run deep beneath the jungle
  • The floor of the jungle itself
  • The canopy heights, where the Pact fleet is scattered across the top of the jungle
• New personal storyline
  • Contains a secret legacy left in the heart of the jungle by Glint, right as the story of Guild Wars concluded
• Outposts – central hubs for events that you’ll defend and that evolve over time, which help the overarching objectives in each map
• Many new races and civilizations, including the Exalted, the Itzel, the Nuhoch, the saurians and the chak
• Completing content in the open world will reward you with two new armor sets per armor class, five new weapon sets and many other item skins and miniatures