ArenaNet has quite a bit in store for Guild Wars 2 fans in 2013. The team has already began discussing their plans for updates we’ll be seeing early on in the year, including custom arenas, leaderboards, and 1 team vs. 1 team PvP matches for tournaments. On the PvE front, we also received an update from Colin Johanson who talked about the January and February game updates as well as some future plans to make fighting mobs out in the world a little more interesting. Here’s the first bit of news:

Originally posted by ColinJohanson (Source)

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There will be a blog post in around week or so that summarizes the high level plan for the first 6 months of 2013 for Gw2.

Then each of the individual releases for January, February, etc. will have their own release pages on our website, as well as blog posts describing specific important new features where appropriate.

More info coming in about a week once it’s all edited and localized!

Keep reading to see the other dev tracker announcements.

With 2013 right around the corner, many gamers are setting their sights on predicting the next year’s shifts and exciting entries in the MMORPG world. Among the speculation, one popular prediction is the hope of ArenaNet launching or announcing the first expansion for Guild Wars 2. Given the history of Guild Wars, the current trend of MMORPG expansion launches, and the nature of ArenaNet’s GW2 updates thus far, an announced expansion this coming year seems quite likely. But taking speculation aside, we also have a bit of evidence on our hands that agrees with that predication.

In a recent Korean financial analysis, NCsoft, which is Guild Wars 2′s publisher, has reportedly recorded 2012 as being a successful year financially. This should come as no surprise to fans of the game, since even through the end of the year, Guild Wars 2 retained high sales. The financial company predicts that based off this information, ArenaNet and NCsoft should be able to release an expansion during the second half of 2013.

And meanwhile, the fans say: “Yep, saw it coming!” Happy 2013, folks!