Guild Wars 2, Guild Wars Expansion Announced

http://www.guildwars.com/press/releases/pressrelease-2007-03-27.php

Guild Wars 2, Guild Wars Expansion Announced

NCsoft, ArenaNet reveal future plans for high-flying online roleplaying franchise; Guild Wars: Eye of the North scheduled for holiday 2007 release

Bellevue, WA., March 27, 2007-NCsoft® and ArenaNet® today revealed their exciting plans for the future of the hugely successful Guild Wars® franchise. The companies announced that development already is underway on a full sequel to the original Guild Wars games. Guild Wars 2TM will draw from the game mechanics that made the original Guild Wars one of the most popular online games ever and will add a fully persistent world. It was also revealed that, like its predecessors, Guild Wars 2 will not have a subscription fee. No launch date was announced, but the ArenaNet team anticipates that Guild Wars 2 will go into beta sometime in the second half of 2008.

In addition, ArenaNet developers are working on the first true expansion for the Guild Wars franchise, Guild Wars: Eye of the NorthTM. Due to hit store shelves during the 2007 holiday season, Guild Wars: Eye of the NorthTM will require at least one of the previous Guild Wars campaigns (PropheciesTM, FactionsTM, or NightfallTM) in order to play. It's a game that will benefit long-time players of the Guild Wars games, with all of the content targeting existing Guild Wars characters.

"We felt it was extremely important to reward those people who have been playing Guild Wars since the game first launched in 2005," said Jeff Strain, co-founder of ArenaNet. "Those players have seen three very large campaigns created in a little under two years and so we think it's time to begin filling in the details of the existing world and to provide more content for current characters. We are thrilled to focus our time on something that our players have been asking for."

Set largely in the dungeons and caverns of the lands of Tyria that players first explored in Guild Wars Prophecies, Guild Wars: Eye of the North will have 18 large, multi-level dungeons, 150 new skills across all 10 Guild Wars professions, 10 new Heroes, 40 new armor sets, and even more items, weapons and titles.

And for those looking even further down the road at Guild Wars 2, Guild Wars: Eye of the North will provide a Hall of Monuments where players' accomplishments are memorialized and eventually inherited by their Guild Wars 2 characters, unlocking exclusive items and bonuses in Guild Wars 2.

"It's the payoff we hope players will appreciate as we continue to build on the Guild Wars franchise," said Strain. "We're excited to announce these two new products and we want players to know that Guild Wars has an extremely exciting future in the months and years ahead."

An exclusive full preview of Guild Wars 2 and Guild Wars: Eye of the North can be found in the May issue of PC Gamer which will be on newsstands by April 3. More information on the Guild Wars franchise can be found at http://www.guildwars.com/

Well the first one sucked hard so I hope they get it right this time.Bgrngod

Warcraft refused to let me play guild wars, it litterally tied my hands behind my back :oCalmityDaunt

[QUOTE="CalmityDaunt"]Warcraft refused to let me play guild wars, it litterally tied my hands behind my back :oHater3000

Hellgate London > GW.Vandalvideo

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]Hellgate London > GW.killab2oo5

[QUOTE="Hater3000"][QUOTE="CalmityDaunt"]Warcraft refused to let me play guild wars, it litterally tied my hands behind my back :oCalmityDaunt

[QUOTE="Bgrngod"]Well the first one sucked hard so I hope they get it right this time.cobrax25

Yeah, but I gave it a 3.3.  ;)  It's a pretty long, late-night, rambling review, so be warned.

 It's MY opinion that it sucked hard, not necessarily other people's.

[QUOTE="cobrax25"][QUOTE="Bgrngod"]Well the first one sucked hard so I hope they get it right this time.Bgrngod

Yeah, but I gave it a 3.3. ;)

It's MY opinion that it sucked hard, not necessarily other people's.

[QUOTE="Bgrngod"]

[QUOTE="cobrax25"][QUOTE="Bgrngod"]Well the first one sucked hard so I hope they get it right this time.mmogoon

Yeah, but I gave it a 3.3. ;)

It's MY opinion that it sucked hard, not necessarily other people's.

[QUOTE="mmogoon"][QUOTE="Bgrngod"]

[QUOTE="cobrax25"][QUOTE="Bgrngod"]Well the first one sucked hard so I hope they get it right this time.Bgrngod

Yeah, but I gave it a 3.3. ;)

It's MY opinion that it sucked hard, not necessarily other people's.

 I can understand you don't like Guild Wars, but how do you explain giving "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" a higher score then GW?:lol:

[QUOTE="Bgrngod"][QUOTE="mmogoon"][QUOTE="Bgrngod"]

[QUOTE="cobrax25"][QUOTE="Bgrngod"]Well the first one sucked hard so I hope they get it right this time.Gilgamesh51

Yeah, but I gave it a 3.3. ;)

It's MY opinion that it sucked hard, not necessarily other people's.

 I can understand you don't like Guild Wars, but how do you explain giving "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" a higher score then GW?:lol:

it was bound to happen. (after WOW) Guild Wars is the most popular MMO.cobrax25

actualy both Lineage2 and Ragnarok  are more popular

[QUOTE="killab2oo5"][QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]Hellgate London > GW.cobrax25