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According to recent reports ArenaNet is ditching the campaign format of Guild Wars for the sequel & they say a Guild Wars 2 Beta is expected to begin in 2008. The sequel will be set "Hundreds of years later, in Tyria", they have said to be making "radical" changes in GW2 that include an "overhauled environment and character control system, redefined PvP play and retooled NPC companion system. Four new playable races are to be introduced which will be as follows Sylvari, Asuras, Charr and Norn and everyone will still be pleased to know there will still be no monthly fee to pay.

Guild Wars players won't be able to transfer characters over to Guild Wars 2 from the original as its a full sequel and not an expansion, but ArenaNet are going to let people "carry achievements forward" via a Hall of Monuments which it's said are "built via quests in Eye of the North and is only available in this chapter". Eye of the North will be the final Guild Wars campaign to be released, due at the end of the year. Eye of the North's storyline will act as a bridge between Guild Wars 1 and the full sequel.

See this link for more information: PC Gamer May 2007 Information - "Guild Wars Reborn"