ArenaNet and NCsoft proudly announced today that Guild Wars has surpassed the 4 million mark for units sold. You can read the details in today's press release. All of us at ArenaNet thank Guild Wars players everywhere for helping us reach such a remarkable milestone.
Our 2007 Super Fans have been selected and notified by email. Each will be receiving two tickets to the early access VIP portion of the Guild Wars After-Hours Party at PAX. Yet again this is not merely a local event, as party guests will be traveling from the east coast, the west coast, and all points in between. You can read some of the award-winning entries here.
While players and guilds continue to battle it out in the August season of the $100,000 Guild Wars Tournament series, we're now able to offer you a preview of the rules for the September season. Find the schedule, the map rotation, and the all-important prize list here.
The Guild Wars Super Fan 2007 Contest deadline has been extended until Noon Pacific time on Tuesday, August 14. If you haven’t entered, this is your last call!
Also, those who placed as winners, honorable mentions, or finalists in the Brand the Bosses Contest take note: We will be sending out the formal notification email to each of you within the next few days. Simply provide us the confirmation that we request in the email and we will be able to begin prize distribution very soon indeed.
ArenaNet recently hosted a slew of journalists at the offices in Bellevue. The reporters engaged in in-depth interviews, toured the studio, and got in a bit of hands-on of Guild Wars: Eye of the North. Here are links to some of the reports along with a few meaty comments from the authors:
IGN "ArenaNet has a stellar art department that's able to continually outdo itself with each successive release."
GameSpy "...they seem to have a pretty good handle on where they want the game to go. Based on what I experienced of the expansion pack, that's a pretty good place, indeed."
GameSpot "Though it is an expansion, Eye of the North should pack a full game's worth of content."
Games Radar "Ultimately, Eye of the North will serve as a bridge between Guild Wars 1 and Guild Wars 2..."
Destructoid "Guild Wars has always looked fantastic, and ArenaNet owes that to the absolutely insane art team they've got."
MMOGNation "The focus is on the play experience. Give players the freedom to do what they want. Players who want a directed experience can grab quests and do that, folks who want to explore can go out and do that."
We have winners in the Return to Tyria Sweepstakes, for two regions! Find out about who placed, and what they won, on the sweepstakes winners pages for North America and for Europe, as well.
A significant change is coming to Guild Wars this week. We are modifying the Favor of the Gods system to allow all territories to share Favor together through PvE achievements, and to introduce Favor in certain explorable areas. Find out how you can help open the Fissure of Woe and the Underworld to players around the world, and learn about the new forms of Favor, here.
The rules for the August season of the Guild Wars $100,000 Tournament Series are now available. We've made a few changes to the rules, updated the prizes, and are rolling out a new schedule that should make it even easier for players to participate in the matches. Find the updated rules here.
NCsoft and ArenaNet have created a new package that gives players another opportunity to join the Guild Wars world. This new product is called the Guild Wars Platinum Edition. Through this single package, players will obtain full access to both the original Guild Wars campaign and the Guild Wars: Eye of the North expansion pack. Check out the product page and an FAQ about the Platinum Edition to learn more!
Players have asked about the upcoming Sneak Peek Weekend. You can learn a few details about the who, what, when, and where of the event in today's Sneak Peek Weekend events page.
If you're curious about what high level players are using these days in the way of skills, if you want to see how the metagame evolves from month to month, if you're just wondering what hit you during the playoffs, you should check out the charts that show skill usages during the June and July Series playoffs.
