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Colin Johanson
The ArenaNet author who signed the studio's Guild Wars philosophy post.
Colin Johanson signed ArenaNet's Guild Wars philosophy post, which sets out the product principles the studio says it is carrying into Guild Wars 3.
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The studio developing Guild Wars 3.
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16 June 2026
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