Guild Wars 2 is the sequel to the Guild Wars series by ArenaNet. Currently it consists of one base game and two expansion packs.

The base game was released on August 28th, 2012. ArenaNet offered three pre-purchase editions of the game at the time: the Digital Edition, Digital Deluxe Edition, and Collector's Edition. Anyone who pre-purchased the game was given a 3 Day Headstart, which started on August 25th, 2012 at 12:00 a.m. PDT (GMT-7).

The game is set exactly 250 years after Guild Wars Nightfall. Tyria has drastically changed due to the rise of the Elder Dragons that woke up throughout the past 200 years.