Gaming News - June 2006
Bellevue, WA (June 19, 2006) - ArenaNet announced today that Guild
Wars has sold more than two million units worldwide to date.
From ArenaNet:
“The highly successful release of Guild Wars Factions has solidified the
Guild Wars franchise as a mainstay with gamers,” says Bob McKenzie, Senior VP of
Merchandising, GameStop, Inc. “As a top seller for GameStop and EBGames, we
watch with high interest how this property continues to make a stronghold for
itself in the marketplace.”
When the first installment in this award-winning series, Guild Wars, launched
in April 2005, it revolutionized online gaming and was an instant bestseller
worldwide. Not to be outdone, ArenaNet’s hotly anticipated Guild Wars Factions,
released April 28, 2006, was the number one game in both North America and
Europe for the month of May.
“ArenaNet continues to take chances in both game design and business model,
and it’s great to have the fans respond so enthusiastically right out of the
gate with Guild Wars Factions,” says Patrick Wyatt, co-founder of ArenaNet. “Our
fans have been overwhelmingly supportive of Guild Wars, and we will continue to
make the Guild Wars franchise bigger and better with each release.”
Guild Wars and Guild Wars Factions are global online roleplaying games in
which players immerse themselves in a rich fantasy world, build personalized
characters, compete in head-to-head battles with players from around the world,
and find adventure in missions and quests. In the game that has captivated
millions of players, more than 7000 guilds worldwide are currently competing in
the Guild Wars Factions tournament season, the finalists of which will be flown
to Leipzig, Germany in August to compete for more than $100,000 in cash and
prizes. For complete tournament rules, please visit
www.guildwars.com.


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