Guild Wars 4th Anniversary Interview

Talking About Games had the opportunity to chat with ArenaNet's Regina Buenaobra about the state of Guild Wars now that the game approaches its fourth anniversary since release. Festivities are ahead:
What are the celebration plans for the fourth anniversary?

RB: Apart from the in-game events, we're also introducing exciting new features for players. One of the coolest new features is Zaishen Challenge Quests, which let players complete certain challenges each day, such as replaying a storyline mission or winning battles in different types of PvP. The quests offered will change each day.

One of the most suggested features we're delivering is more storage options. In celebration of our Fourth Anniversary, we're giving players a free storage pane so they'll have more inventory space for items that all characters on a single account can access. Not only that, players will be able to buy more storage panes for additional account-wide inventory space.

Another requested feature is the ability for players to access different pets after they have already charmed them. Players can do this by heading over to the Zaishen Menagerie outpost. Access to this area is completely free. There are several ways to unlock different evolutions and levels of pets, such as having members of the Zaishen Order train your pets in exchange for Balthazar Faction. We'll also give players the additional option of unlocking all standard pets by purchasing the Pet Unlock Pack.

We've saved some surprises for the anniversary, so check the website for more details.