Guild Wars: State of the Game & Weekend Event @ Official Site

Following on from last week's Guild Wars State of the Game article is this week's episode focusing on arena play. Snip:

Random Arena versus Team Arena

In the Random Arena (RA) players enter solo with a character and get paired with three other random players. This has some advantages and some disadvantages. Random players will have random builds and should not be relied upon to form a well-rounded team. Sometimes you won't be paired with a Monk healer, or sometimes you may lack a Warrior tank.

Also in the headlines is the following announcement regarding this coming weekend's in-game event.

This coming weekend offers special bonuses for players who enjoy missions, roleplaying, and unique items. Factions players will be granted access to all Canthan elite missions the entire weekend via an NPC in Kaineng Center. In addition, there will be double rare loot drops within Canthan Elite Missions during the weekend! This exciting weekend will begin on Friday, August 4, at 12:01 a.m. PDT (07:01 GMT) and will end Sunday, August 6, at 11:59 p.m. (that's Monday, August 7 at 06:59 GMT). We hope to see you there!

Source: Guild Wars