Guild Wars 2

[Dark Drakan]

The 10th Anniversary of Guild Wars 2 is fast approaching and ArenaNet have had a rather big announcement for the game. Not only is the next expansion in early development but the game is finally getting a Steam release.

Guild Wars 2 will launch on Steam on August 23rd and can be wishlisted now.

The base game is free to play with options to upgrade to Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns™, Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire™, and Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons™ from day one. The game has 10 years of content and enough to keep even the most hardcore of MMO players happy for some time.
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Studio Update: Guild Wars 2 Tenth Anniversary and Steam Launch on August 23​

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[Dark Drakan]

Guild Wars 2 removes DirectX 9 support

ArenaNet have announced they will be ending support for DirectX 9 to allow them to use more modern rendering features. This will give Guild Wars 2 better graphics and smoother performance, all while negatively affecting as few players as possible.

Therefore the Minimum System Requirements for the game are updating as you will require a DirectX11-compatible GPU, which shouldnt be too much of an issue seem as though it launched in 2009.
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If players are unsure if their GPUs are able to run DirectX 11, players can easily check the compatibility of their hardware by following these very simple steps:

• Enter “dxdiag” into the taskbar search box.
• Select dxdiag from the results.
• Click on the “Display 1” tab in the diagnostic tool when it pops up.
• Under the “Drivers” section on the right, read the numbers in the “Feature Levels.”
• If this list contains the number “11_0” or higher, the computer’s GPU is DirectX 11-compatible.