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Guild Wars 2 gets a retro refit

April Fools sees Super Adventure Box introduction.
Mike Holmes 1 April 2013

Super Adventure Box is an update for Guild Wars 2 that lands today, and it'll transform Tyria into a 1980s-style experience full of pixelated rabbits. It continues ArenaNet's tradition of celebrating April Fool's Day, and features retro graphics, three new levels (pogo mushrooms, platform puzzles, bunny tornadoes etc etc), and special rewards. The content will be available for a month.

Game Director Colin Johanson said: "It started out as a fun side project idea. Originally, we were going to have a laugh with a fake 8-bit update, but the more the team worked on it the more we realised we had something really cool on our hands. We figured; the gaming community are really going to love this, let's expand on the concept of the Living World in Guild Wars 2 and make it for real".

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