Guild Wars: Afterlife (paid DLC) announced and available for prepurchase

In a surprise announcement, ArenaNet has just announced Guild Wars: Afterlife, the first new paid DLC for Guild Wars since the release of the Bonus Mission Pack way back in 2007.
This is the first major new content that gets added to the game (outside of the new dungeons earlier this year), and it looks like it is bringing quite a few new things to the table.

Xotecha

Afterlife takes place in Xotecha, which is where Guild Wars Utopia would have taken place. In the same vein, it matches the mesoamerican style that was originally concepted for Utopia.

Xotecha is located deep within the Mists, and you as the player join the Order of the Moonless Night. These serve as shepherds for wayward spirits to help them guide toward reconciliation with any unresolved tragedies and regrets from their lives.

Spirits that linger too long in this anguish, risk being overtaken by their pains and turned into beings of pure rage, Nightmares.

A new dungeon: the Unformed

At the core of Afterlife, we have the dungeon called the Unformed. This is being described as a dungeon that is ever-changing, which might mean that there are different paths or solutions to solve it.
No two trips are described as being the same, as encounters, maps and bosses might change. I'm curious to see how this all works in the game itself.

Skill-drafting combat

One of the ways that will offer this variety is the skill-drafting combat where you build a custom skill bar that is unique for each run, which allows you to use abilities from all professions, not only your primary/secondary profession.

All new story

We are also promised new story, about Xotecha, which is a completely new place in the game world, only being rumored before in obscure books (that might not have been canon...). It's going to be cool to see how this place - and the locations - look like.

New rewards

There will also be new rewards, though what these are aren't clear yet, but these can impact future dungeon runs and permanent rewards you can use outside of Xotecha.

New allies and new foes

New enemies, like the Ancient Golems, battle powerful Nightmares and we will learn more about the Cult of Odran.

Let's see what this all entails - welcome to the world where Guild Wars gets new content!