NCsoft has announced that Guild Wars, which is set to celebrate its fourth anniversary since launch, has sold more than 6 million copies.

SEATTLE, Washington - April 24, 2009 - NCsoft®, the world's premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), and ArenaNet®, a wholly owned subsidiary of NCsoft and the acclaimed developer of Guild Wars®, today announced that on the cusp of its fourth anniversary, the Guild Wars franchise has exceeded six million units sold. Guild Wars is the award-winning and genre-defining series that is one of the most popular and successful online role-playing games in the industry.

To commemorate these milestones, ArenaNet has just released a major content update, including new quest content and extra storage options. Additional in-game birthday festivities will be available starting on April 28th, the official anniversary of the game.

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Congrats, NCsoft!

Congrats ArenaNet - all well deserved.

Guildwars is one of the best game if played in my MMO history. Keep it on Arenanet...

Looking forward to GW2  \o/

 yay for arenanet :D

Gratz and I'm still amazed that people would pay to play what is basically an offline (ie HEAVILY instanced) NOT Massively mutiplayer game.

If anything this demonstrates the value of a rich, deep, immersive, game world vs the kill-me-kill-you PvP toys offered by other vendors.

Go Go GW.

Originally posted by Flummoxed

Gratz and I'm still amazed that people would pay to play what is basically an offline (ie HEAVILY instanced) NOT Massively mutiplayer game.

Uh, what?  They pay for the game and get the online play for free.  It's no different than any other single-player game out there.  There's no month fee.  Your comment makes no sense.

One of the best games ever made. Congrats Arenanet!

gratz ANET! you deserve it!
and great content update too!

Originally posted by Flummoxed

Gratz and I'm still amazed that people would pay to play what is basically an offline (ie HEAVILY instanced) NOT Massively mutiplayer game.

If anything this demonstrates the value of a rich, deep, immersive, game world vs the kill-me-kill-you PvP toys offered by other vendors.

Go Go GW.

Uh, pay to play?

This isn't WoW, if that's what you're thinking!

We only buy the game (like WoW) but there's no MONTHLY FEES (unlike WoW and others)

so um you forget that not only is it PvP but PvE as well and it Vastly Differs WoW.

better read up on your games, before you post.

Thanks.

 Grates to GW!

I follow them on twitter :-D

as well as looking for updates in game

and on their website!

Originally posted by Flummoxed

Gratz and I'm still amazed that people would pay to play what is basically an offline (ie HEAVILY instanced) NOT Massively mutiplayer game.

I've been playing Super Mario Galaxy lately, which is an offline, single player game.  I haven't figured out how to chat with guildies or group with other actual people as I commonly did in Guild Wars.  Nor have I figured out how to PvP against other actual players the way I could in Guild Wars.  Am I just missing something, or is Guild Wars a lot more online and multiplayer than your average offline single player game?  You seem to think it's not the latter.

You can't knock success.

Originally posted by Ozmodan

You can't knock success.

No, but people will try to anyway.

Grats Guild Wars and Happy Birthday!

best mmorpg ever

Originally posted by Raizeen

best mmorpg ever

It's not a true mmo, altough it's great.  Being all instanced =/= true mmo.

While it is true, this game isn't an MMO like FFXI or WoW, it isn't the only heavy instanced MMO to exist out there.  It is, imo, the best example of this kind of MMO (the other one that comes to my mind atm is Phantasy Star Universe).  I also think even amongst real MMO, this game is one of the better games.  It is the only one, that I know of, that gives your character (player characters) a voice.  Not only that, but the voice acting is pretty good.

i guess the six million copies sold makes it the 2 nd most  popular mmo after warcaft ? that no meagre achievment . i ve always ment to play it but never seam to have the time . the one thing i did nt like in it and its a small thing was that i could nt jump .

Originally posted by Aguitha

Originally posted by Raizeen

best mmorpg ever

 

It's not a true mmo, altough it's great.  Being all instanced =/= true mmo.

But AoC is all instanced and they class that as a 'true mmo'....0.o

But GW beats that hands down. Probibly one of the most fun I have had was a couple years pounding away at GW. Got the last expansion...just haven't had time to go threw it yet. Lets just hope GW2 is just as much fun!

best mmorpg ive played i just hope they dont mess up gw2

Originally posted by Flummoxed

Gratz and I'm still amazed that people would pay to play what is basically an offline (ie HEAVILY instanced) NOT Massively mutiplayer game.

If anything this demonstrates the value of a rich, deep, immersive, game world vs the kill-me-kill-you PvP toys offered by other vendors.

Go Go GW.

You pay for the game once and play it online free with other ppl or your buddies (or alone if you like) in cooperative missions and quests and pvp plus regular updates/fixe, special events, clans/guilds, chat...  that is ONLINE game to me! So stop your whining.  It is an MMO .. it is just a different type of MMO that works!

They forgot to mention what they have done to people who bought gw when it was released and for some reason stopped playing until they forgot their passwords, and that they cannot retrieve them now because the system aint working for ages, forcing people to buy gw again if they want to play a game they already payed for and played.

Actually would be nice if the company hosting GW were investigated and prossecuted due to this.. its highly illegal, probably is breaking lots of market laws aswel.