Continuing the festive theme, ArenaNet are publishing a series of Guild Wars papercraft models in the run up to Wintersday. Every Tuesday they will release a new model, culminating in something pretty impressive.

All of the models are free to download, and come as PDFs which can easily be printed out and assembled.

At the moment there are two to choose from:

• Gwen chibi doll
• Moa bird

Keep on eye on the papercraft page to see what the remaining two Guild Wars models will be!

Once again in Guild Wars, Wintersday is fast approaching, and that means the launch of the yearly Wintersday art contest.

The contest is simple – create an original work of art that combines the festive and Guild Wars themes. For inspiration you can check out the winners from 2008.

The prizes this year are:

Top Winners (3 awarded)

• One The Art of Guild Wars 2 Book, signed by members of the Guild Wars 2 development team
• One randomly selected, signed Guild Wars Penny Arcade Expo 2008 art print
• One in-game digital item: an Everlasting Reindeer Tonic

Winners (7 awarded)

• One randomly selected and signed Guild Wars Penny Arcade Expo 2008 art print
• One in-game digital item: an Everlasting Reindeer Tonic

Honorable Mentions (10 awarded)

• One in-game digital item: an Everlasting Reindeer Tonic

Head on over to the Guild Wars Wintersday 2009 contest page for more details on how to enter.

As a bonus for players with the Christmas holidays fast approaching, NCSoft have announced that, starting today, Eye of the North is now free! Buy any Guild Wars campaign from either the Guild Wars in-game store, or the NCSoft online store, and you will get the Eye of the North expansion for free.

This is a great deal for anyone who’s got one of the Guild Wars campaigns and has been considering getting another. You can get a quick comparison of the three Guild Wars campaigns and the Eye of the North expansion at this Eye of the North hub.

This offer starts today, and will run through until 5th January 2010 – so grab your copy of Eye of the North while you can!