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Guild Wars 3 Wants to End a Decade of MMO Stagnation as Western Studios Keep Walking Away From the Genre

A Guild Wars 3 character in detailed armor stands in a lush, verdant landscape, overlooking a valley with rocky formations and distant clouds.

MMORPG fans were treated to a surprise during Summer Game Fest 2026, as ArenaNet took the stage to unveil Guild Wars 3, which had been unceremoniously teased by an NCSoft executive during an investors call in March 2024. Earlier this year, a job ad suggested the project was in development with Epic’s Unreal Engine 5. The announcement of Guild Wars 3 was particularly important given the near-complete lack of triple-A MMOs in development by Western studios (with the notable exception of Riot Games’ elusive Runeterra MMO) and the recent cancellation of Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings MMO. Indeed, in […]

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