The original Guild Wars gets its first new DLC in almost 20 years: Afterlife, out 13 January

ArenaNet is adding new paid content to the original Guild Wars, the 2005 game that came back last year as Guild Wars Reforged. Guild Wars Afterlife is the first new DLC for it in almost two decades, and it launches on 13 January 2027 on PC (direct and on Steam), the Apple App Store and Google Play. You need Guild Wars Reforged to play it.

Afterlife is not a classic expansion with a new continent to walk across. It takes your existing characters to Xotecha, an island in the Mists, and sends them into the Unformed, a dungeon that changes every time you enter. Each run starts with a loadout you pick, then throws a different set of maps, encounters and bosses at you. Along the way you draft new skills, and those picks can come from any profession, not only your primary and secondary ones. Runs unlock rewards for future attempts as well as permanent rewards you keep outside the dungeon, and the story is told a piece at a time over repeated visits. You can go in with friends or with henchmen.

Prepurchase is open now at 23.99 US dollars or euros, rising to 29.99 at launch; ArenaNet says the discounted price varies by platform and region and did not give a pound figure. Buying early also unlocks a costume, the Vestments of the Order, straight away.

ArenaNet posted the news on the Steam page of its newer game, Guild Wars 2, which has its own Guild Wars 2 game page on GamesChart. We don't have a page for Guild Wars Reforged yet, so the figures below come from its Steam listing.