Guild Wars Reforged, a free 20th anniversary revamp of the original Guild Wars, arrives this December

ArenaNet and collaborators 2weeks are besides teasing "further improvements to the crippled successful the future"

Guild Wars Reforged, a large update to 2005 MMORPG Guild Wars that's designed to marque it a batch much convenient to play connected modern hardware, is acceptable to deed Steam connected December 3rd. Steam Deck verification, modern controller support, and an interface revamp are among the tweaks developers ArenaNet and 2weeks person made, with the anticipation of further "improvements" down the roadworthy being teased.

"We judge that adjacent with each the advancements and innovations of the past 2 decades, Guild Wars has a batch to offer: an enchanted satellite of limitless adventure, a heavy and flexible skill-based combat system, PvE and PvP challenges of each types, and more," ArenaNet wrote successful Reforged's Steam announcement. "Guild Wars Reforged begins with a bid of updates to Guild Wars that volition beryllium wholly escaped to existing players and marque it easier than ever for caller players to acquisition it each firsthand."

Reforged, which'll beryllium escaped to folks who already ain the archetypal Guild Wars, lumps Prophecies, Factions, and Nightfall unneurotic into 1 bundle astatine the caller terms of $19.99 / immoderate the your currency equivalent turns retired to be. The aforementioned Steam Deck verification, an interface with larger substance options, positive enactment for controller and precocious DPI displays travel successful that revamped box. There's a caller quest tracking strategy and on-screen usher to the controls.

It's besides had a spot of a ocular facelift with "dynamic entity bloom effects, caller ambient occlusion, and lighting updates" designed to instrumentality vantage of modern graphics cards, portion immoderate revamped textures and positional audio enactment circular things out. Well, for present astatine least. "Guild Wars Reforged isn't astir a one-time update", ArenaNet wrote, adding that they spot this arsenic a "renewing our committedness to the game" with assistance from 2weeks, a tiny workplace immoderate erstwhile ArenaNet unit formed past year.

"Beginning arsenic a teenager, I’ve been progressive with this franchise from the precise start, collaborating with the archetypal workplace founders to make the satellite of Tyria," said 2weeks co-founder Brandon Dillon, who spent 11 years astatine ArenaNet and has since worked connected the likes of Grim Fandango Remastered astatine Double Fine. "Partnering with ArenaNet to update and amended the subordinate acquisition means the crippled tin proceed to beryllium a beloved beacon for fans of multiplayer online RPGs for years to come."

It's bully to spot Guild Wars getting immoderate TLC each these years on, particularly since sequel Guild Wars 2's successful our apical MMOs list. Plus, it's an excuse to spell backmost and work immoderate retro Guild Wars writings from the founderfolk if you fancy.