Guild Wars (GW)
ArenaNet | Official Site
CORPG | Genre:Fantasy | Status:Final (rel 04/26/05) | Pub:NCSoft
PVP:Yes | Distribution:Download,Retail | Retail Price:$19.95 | Pay Type:Free | Monthly Fee:Free
Desktop Client | System Req:
| ESRB:T
PVP:Yes | Distribution:Download,Retail | Retail Price:$19.95 | Pay Type:Free | Monthly Fee:Free
Desktop Client | System Req:
| ESRB:T
Guild Wars Overview and Recent Content
Guild Wars: Prophecies, the first game developed by Arena.Net, is the original game in the Guild Wars series. Released in 2005, the game is an instanced "MMOG" and is free to play without any restrictions with the purchase of the retail box. Since the original release, Arena.Net has release two stand alone 'campaigns' and one expansion: Factions (2006), Nightfall (2006) and Eye of the North (expansion, 2007).
Guild Wars features a both a cooperative PvE and a competitive PvP component both of which are hosted by Arena.Net. The game depicts the history of the fictional fantasy world of Tyria. Players can group with other players and non-player characters, known as (hired) henchmen or (earned) heroes. PvP combat is consensual, team based, and limited to areas designed for such combat.
RACES: Human
CLASSES: ("Professions"): Elementalist, Mesmer, Monk, Necromancer, Ranger, Warrior
Latest Features
- Eye of the North Review
- Review created on 11/10/11
- Eye of the North was released four years ago and was the final expansion for Guild Wars. In our latest review, MMORPG.com's Som Pourfarzaneh checks out Eye of the North and offers his thoughts on how it holds up after...
- Feast Your Eyes - Our First Ever Video Review
- Media created on 8/23/11
- In our latest "first ever" feature, MMORPG.com presents a video review of the Guild Wars Trilogy. The trilogy of games includes the original Guild Wars as well as Factions, Nightfall and the final installment of Eye of the North. MMORPG.com's...
- Trilogy Re-Review
- Review created on 8/2/11
- In our latest review, MMORPG.com's Mobin Koohestani puts the Guild Wars trilogy, the game that put ArenaNet on the map, through its paces.
- Guild Wars : Jeff Strain Video Interview
- Media created on 8/24/07
- MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood is in Leipzig for the Games Convention. While there, he caught up with ArenaNet Co-Founder Jeff Strain to talk about Guild Wars; past, present and future.
Looking For Guild!!!
2/10/12 @ 6:05AM by daniel!!! in Guild Recruitment
Looking for Guild & Title Partners
2/8/12 @ 4:11PM by Powermike in Guild Recruitment
Warming Myself up for GW2
2/8/12 @ 4:08PM by Powermike in Guild Recruitment
yayy got hacked :|
2/6/12 @ 7:24AM by daniel!!! in Lion's Arch (General)
New player looking for group/guild for HOM
2/5/12 @ 2:55PM by Ethan623 in Lion's Arch (General)
Canthan New Year
2/2/12 @ 7:02AM by thedarkess in Lion's Arch (General)
havent played in years
1/25/12 @ 8:15PM by thedarkess in Lion's Arch (General)
I'm not sure if I'm doing this right.
1/24/12 @ 5:48PM by Vannor in Lion's Arch (General)
Story and Lore?
1/23/12 @ 8:55PM by Khrymson in Lion's Arch (General)
I'm afraid for my ele
1/7/12 @ 5:11PM by Kuraphimaru in Lion's Arch (General)
Our Rating
8.6
User Rating: 8.2
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