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Guild Wars Prophecies is the first entry (or "campaign") in the Guild Wars series. Originally released in 2005, the game was a stylish, robust offering and notable for being free to play without any restrictions or item shops with the purchase of the retail box. The game features six core classes, a PvE component containing 25 storyline missions, and a PvP component. With the level cap at only 20, players could reach it rapidly or even start new characters for PvP at the level cap and fully trained.

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Guild Wars : Jeff Strain Video Interview
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.
Media created on 8/24/07

Region Profile, Rata Sum
In the second of three features, Guild Wars: Eye of the North and MMORPG.com present this Region Profile on Rata Sum and the Asura, who inhabit it.
General Article created on 8/10/07

Eye of the North: Region Profile, Gunnar's Hold
In the first of three features, Guild Wars: Eye of the North and MMORPG.com present this Region Profile on Gunnar's Hold and the Norn, the wild people who populate it.
Preview created on 7/25/07

Eye of the North: E3 Preview
MMORPG.com Writer Carolyn Koh is attending this year's, modified, E3. Yesterday, Carolyn attended a session with NCsoft that saw her make her way through all of the games that they were displaying. In this article, Carolyn tells us about Guild Wars: Eyes...
Preview created on 7/12/07

E3 2006 Look Forward
What's on tap for Guild Wars and Factions? Find out.
Preview created on 5/19/06

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Recent Forum Activity

Your Three wishes for GW2?
7/3/09 @ 7:17PM by SaintViktor in Lion's Arch (General)

Massively: Guild Wars Dragon Festival
7/3/09 @ 5:03PM by SaintViktor in Lion's Arch (General)

Returning from launch
7/3/09 @ 9:45AM by mcgee in Lion's Arch (General)

Returning from launch
7/2/09 @ 4:09AM by pinkapples69 in Guild Recruitment

First Guild Wars trilogy novel titled
7/1/09 @ 10:20PM by Dynamo112 in Lion's Arch (General)

Guild Wars 2 info or if the game exsist at all?
6/30/09 @ 3:36PM by grandpagamer in Lion's Arch (General)

Guild wars 2.... 2010- 2011
6/29/09 @ 12:47AM by karat76 in Lion's Arch (General)

New to GW - Starting Class Suggestion?
6/26/09 @ 11:35AM by Aladyleyna in Lion's Arch (General)

Noob Question Re: Missions
6/26/09 @ 4:54AM by benzjie in Lion's Arch (General)

Whats the funest instance? (in your opinion)
6/25/09 @ 5:38PM by Man1ac in Lion's Arch (General)

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User Rating: 8.2

Latest Guild Wars News

Developer Updates

The latest developer update from the folks at Guild Wars takes a look at balancing several PvE and PvP skills.

May 22, 2009

Xunlai Tournament House Revamp

The folks at guild wars have announced that they have completed their overhaul of the Xunlai Tournament House, giving it a new look and new functionality.

May 08, 2009

6 Million Copies Sold

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

Apr 24, 2009

4th Anniversary Events

On April 28th Guild Wars will celebrate its 4th anniversary since launch, and the people behind the game have prepared a number of events which have already begun.