Guild Wars 2 launches Ring of Fire-themed episode September 20

Well, it’s not Cantha or Elona, but it’s almost as good: Guild Wars 2’s next seasonal episode will be set in the Ring of Fire island chain that served as the capstone to classic Guild Wars’ Prophecies campaign.

ArenaNet told PAX-goers to expect a whole new map filled with heart quests and dailies called Ember Bay, a new thermal propulsion mastery skill, a new jumping puzzle, new gear, new bosses, the Mursaat Fortress, and a new 5v5 PvP map. As to the new PvP map, Anet’s Joshua Davis told Reddit that “it will be similar to Revenge of the Capricorn. It will go into unranked rotation on release day, but we’ll hold-off on putting it into ranked until we see how it plays on Live servers. This gives us some time to make any tweaks that might be needed. You’ll be able to see an in-depth preview of the map on Sept 17 during the World Championship.”

The whole shebang launches September 20th. Video fiends, we recommend checking out MMO Reporter’s preview!