| Guild Wars is a series of massive multiplayer | | | | released. There are rumors of an early 2008 |
| online role playing games (MMORPG) developed | | | | closed beta release. |
| by ArenaNet of NCsoft, the make of many | | | | |
| popular MMO's. There have been 3 stand alone | | | | The original release of Guild Wars offers |
| games that have been released and one | | | | over 30 class/profession combinations and |
| expansion. All installments of this game have | | | | more the 200 quests. Each of the stand-alone |
| been released solely for Windows systems. | | | | releases and expansions includes more |
| | | | character professions, quests, and map areas |
| The thing that makes Guild Wars different | | | | to explore. Guild Wars has a gold based |
| from most other massive multiplayers, is that | | | | economy and as a result there are many |
| it is a subscription-free game. Thats right, | | | | services offering game currency and items for |
| after the cost of the actual software, there | | | | real world cash. |
| are no monthly charges. The way Guild Wars | | | | |
| makes money is by making its players pay | | | | Just because Guild Wars is free doesn't mean |
| nominal fee for extra areas. Guild Wars' | | | | you should brush it aside as a game not worth |
| online system is similar to Battle.net | | | | your time. Guild Wars has game play features |
| developed by Blizzard, as its totally free | | | | and graphics that are competitive with other |
| for both PvP and PvM players. Coincidently, | | | | MMORPG's available on the market. With game |
| many of the developers from Blizzard that | | | | updates and new content being streamed down |
| worked on the Diablo series and some that | | | | to clients in the background, players may not |
| were involved with World Of Warcraft were | | | | notice new additions to the game. Recent |
| also involved in the development of Guild | | | | client updates have pushed the graphics |
| Wars as well. | | | | engine to new heights, and the game graphics |
| | | | are one of the lushest and most realistic |
| Development of Guild Wars 2 is in progress, | | | | experiences available. |
| but it is unknown when the game will be | | | | |