# We now know when Guild Wars 3 takes place, but even 20 years after the series began, it doesn't sound like we'll see an actual storied guild war

> Guild Wars - that series of popular massively-multiplayer online role-playing games - is named after three legendary in-universe battles, which are foundational to its story.

- **Source:** [Eurogamer](https://www.eurogamer.net/guild-wars-3-timeline-setting-no-guild-war?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a329ddede814794a0d706d9)
- **Published:** 2026-06-17
- **Category:** Gaming
- **Tags:** #guild #wars #doesn #series #actual #battles #began #games
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