Guild Wars 2 – 2016 PvP World Championship Announced

Guild Wars 2 has crowned their Season 1 champions, are only a few days away from crowning the Season 2 champions, which just leaves one event left on their competitive PvP calendar for the year of 2016. That event of course is the 2016 World PvP Championship. ArenaNet will be partnering with ESL, the world’s largest eSport company, to host the Guild Wars 2 PvP World Championship on September 17th 2016. The event will be hosted at ESL Studios in Burbank, California. This event will be single-elimination, bringing three teams from America and three teams from Europe together to battle it out. Who will be crowned the best team in the world? Be sure to tune in and find out!

Largest Guild Wars 2 PvP Prize Pool to Date

The Guild Wars 2 – 2016 World PvP Championship will have the highest prize pool in Guild Wars history! The six teams that qualify for the championship will be battling it out for a prize pool totaling $200,000 USD! To earn a spot among the final six teams, a team must first emerge victorious from the double elimination qualifiers to be held on August 6th and 7th. Seeding in the qualifier event will be determined by regular season placement in Season 2 of the Guild Wars Pro League. Tickets to the Guild Wars 2 PvP World Championship will be available for purchase a few months prior to the event for those attending in person. The event will also be livestreamed on the Official Guild Wars 2 Twitch Channel for any who want to watch it from the comfort of their own homes. Make sure you keep your eye out for more information on this tournament! We know we’ll be watching for sure!