This is the MMO's first living world update of the year

Jan 21, 2014 15:42 GMT  ·  By

Guild Wars 2 is getting the first living world update of the year, titled The Origins of Madness, with events starting today (January 21).

“The heroes of Tyria face a battle on two fronts, attacked by a giant wurm from beneath the Bloodtide Coast and a twisted marionette in the mountains of Lornar’s Pass,” warns the official announcement from ArenaNet.

Players are urged to take up arms with their friends and other heroes of the realm, and then attempt to fend off the approaching threat.

In-game events will have players face Scarlet Briar, the plotting Arch-villain, proceeding to unfold her machinations and reveal them to the world.

Thus, heroes will venture to the mountains of Lornar's Pass, where the Twisted Marionette awaits their arrival, and then head out to the Bloodtide Coast, to down the ancient danger that has awoken, the Great Jungle Wurm.