ArenaNet announces Mistbound, an official Guild Wars card game

ArenaNet and parent NC have revealed Mistbound, an official Guild Wars card game developed by NC with involvement from bilibili. The announcement follows the studio's recent reveal of Guild Wars 3. Mistbound leans into the series' "card game roots," inspired by Magic: The Gathering, and places units and commanders on a dynamic 5x3 tactical grid where cards can reposition turn by turn.

NC describes this as "dynamic movement gameplay," an approach intended to express strategic complexity through the battlefield rather than by loading individual cards with dense mechanics. Battles will use mechanics like knockbacks, pulls and flanking, and familiar Guild Wars characters can appear as commanders with unique abilities.

The game will feature contributions from the series' original musicians and voice performances for returning characters.

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