A possible expansion trailer was slipped into the end of the Season 2 finale.

Warning: Here Be Spoilers!

The last episode for Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 2 came out earlier this week, but it didn't end without building the hype for what is next. After players finished the episode, they were shown the below cinematic that ends with the above Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns logo and that players will find out more on January 24th at PAX South.

It isn't entirely new news that ArenaNet would be at PAX South, as their panel was revealed a couple of week's ago when the PAX South panel schedule was released. Taking place at 10:30am Central time on Saturday, January 24th, the panel Guild Wars 2: Beyond the Point of No Return has Mike O'Brien (President and Co-Founder of ArenaNet) and Colin Johanson (GW2 Director) talking about what comes after Season 2. The panel description had led to much speculation of expansion with phrases like "how we’re setting up a new framework for how an MMO can grow its universe" and "The Living World was just the beginning."

Tuesday morning, before the patch went live, keen redditers noticed a new trademark was issued to NCSOFT trademarking the name and logo for Heart of Thorns for everything imaginable, including merchandise. That was followed up by the amazing cinematic at the end of the Point of No Return patch's story that showed the same logo and the information for the PAX panel.

Then today, we received a press release with a link to the cinematic hosted on the Guild Wars 2 Youtube. The big reveal in the press release however, was that this apparently isn't just a cinematic, but a full fledged trailer:

"ArenaNet left fans with a huge cliffhanger by running an exciting trailer at the end of “Point of No Return”, the thrilling season 2 finale in Guild Wars 2’s Living World."

If you are not already, now might be the time to get hyped! Between the trailer, the trademarks and a PAX South panel booked for the main room, it seems like something big is coming and players will only need to wait until next weekend to find out what it is!

PAX South tickets are already sold out for the weekend and Saturday, so if you were not planning to attend PAX South before you won't be able to get in now. Fortunately, the panel will be livestreamed on the Guild Wars 2 Twitch channel (embedded below). The panel officially starts at 10:30am Central time with the pre-show coverage starting at 10:00 am Central.

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