ArenaNet may be hard at work on a new entry in the Guild Wars series, but it apparently won’t stop it from releasing brand-new content for the 21-year-old original. Guild Wars Afterlife has just been announced, and it’s a full paid expansion for Guild Wars arriving next January.
Excitingly for old-school Guild Wars fans, Afterlife seems to bring back some content from the long-cancelled Utopia campaign, including the mystical, Mesoamerican-inspired setting of Xotecha. The new expansion will take players away from the continent of Tyria and into the Mists to explore the lost land of the dead.
The expansion’s mechanics seem to be purpose-built for replayability. Xotecha’s new dungeon is an ever-changing expanse called the Unformed, where no two runs will be the same. This dynamic design even extends to your character build, with a custom skill-drafting mechanic allowing you to change up your abilities on the fly.
