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Phil Savage

The next Guild Wars 2 expansion releases this August, and will finally answer an 18-year-old mystery

A mechanist wielding a hammer.

Surprise! Guild Wars 2's fourth expansion, called Secrets of the Obscure, will release on August 22. This will be the first in the MMO's new style of smaller, more frequent expansions, which is why it's releasing so soon after last year's End of Dragons.

I'll get more into the what and why of this expansion below. But first, here are the four biggest things you need to know about what ArenaNet is cooking for this release:

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