Guild Wars News - 6 Million Copies Sold

Posted by Keith Cross on Apr 24, 2009 | 21 comments in our forums

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.

Read more Exclusive News...

Our Rating

8.1

User Rating: 8.2

Popular Features:

The List : Top 10 MMOs Since WoW Column added on Tuesday October 13

World of Warcraft changed the MMO landscape on November 23rd, 2004, but 174 MMOs have... Read More

The List : Five Scariest MMO Launches Column added on Friday October 30

In honor of Halloween this weekend, we count down five of the scariest MMO launches... Read More

The List : Five Under the Radar MMOs Column added on Tuesday November 03

MMORPG.com's Jon Wood takes over this list this week, taking a look at five MMOs... Read More

The List : Five IPs to Bring in a New Demographic Column added on Tuesday October 20

In this week's list, Jon Wood looks at five IPs that, by taking the focus... Read More

Star Trek Online : Exclusive Screenshots, Part Three Media added on Tuesday November 03

Cryptic provides us with three exclusive peeks at Star Trek Online. This week we get... Read More