{"id":84574,"date":"2026-06-16T15:15:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=84574"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:36:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:36:32","slug":"guild-wars-3-wont-have-hidden-subscriptions-like-battle-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=84574","title":{"rendered":"Guild Wars 3 Won\u2019t Have \u201cHidden\u201d Subscriptions Like Battle Passes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/guild-wars-3-is-real-and-its-coming-to-ps5-and-pc\/\">Guild Wars 3<\/a>, the next MMORPG from developer ArenaNet, won&#8217;t have a paid subscription, and it won&#8217;t include battle passes or other paid seasonal systems, either.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4743930\/Guild_Wars_3\/\">blog post<\/a>, studio head Colin Johanson outlined the core pillars ArenaNet is focused on when it comes to creating the third entry in the Guild Wars franchise, freshly announced as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/summer-game-fest-live-2026-all-the-biggest-announcements-and-games\/\">Summer Games Fest 2026<\/a>. One of those key pillars is something that has been a main focus of every Guild Wars title&#8211;no subscription fee, one of the key ways Guild Wars has always set itself apart from other MMOs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;When Guild Wars launched in 2005, that wasn&#8217;t the norm,&#8221; Johanson said. &#8220;Subscription fees were a core part of the MMO model. Choosing not to have one wasn&#8217;t just a pricing decision; it was a statement about accessibility and long-term value. We carried that forward into Guild Wars 2, and it remains just as important today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ITPzxITngqA  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How Guild Wars 3 will differ is that it won&#8217;t feature any kind of subscription. Johanson said subscriptions in many live-service games or MMOs have evolved to be &#8220;hidden&#8221; inside &#8220;optional packages that obfuscates the subscription from the player.&#8221; He described things<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guild Wars 3, the next MMORPG from developer ArenaNet, won&#8217;t have a paid subscription, and it won&#8217;t include battle passes or other paid seasonal systems, either. In a blog post, studio head Colin Johanson outlined the core pillars ArenaNet is focused on when it comes to creating the third entry in the Guild Wars franchise,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":84576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84574"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84577,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84574\/revisions\/84577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}