And then there was the invite-a-friend weekend, which let players bring three friends to Tyria.

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ArenaNet has heard our cries at the gates of Tyria to let us in.

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New content and a new one-time event which promises to change Tyria forever are coming to Guild Wars 2 this weekend.

FORBES: New 'Lost Shores' Mini-Expansion Comes To 'Guild Wars 2'

This understanding may stretch thin if players, who prepaid for GW2 in order to spend this weekend exploring the updated world of Tyria, cannot log in as the hours pass.

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In Tyria, something wicked this way comes.

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