Gaming News - September 2005
Austin, TX (September 22, 2005) - NCsoft today announced that Guild
Wars has sold more than one million units since the game launched on April 28th.
“We reached this lofty goal in an extremely short period of time,” said
Robert Garriott, president of NCsoft’s North American business. “We launched the
game in late April and throughout the notoriously slow summer buying season,
account activations just continued to grow. Our business model, which does not
require a subscription fee, coupled with the quality of the game, have struck a
chord with gamers everywhere.”
“At EBGames, Guild Wars has been one of the most successful PC products during
the summer and early fall,” said Carol Beck, vice president of merchandising at
EBGames. “As we head to the critical holiday shopping season, we expect the game
to continue to be a top seller and become one of the most requested games on
holiday shopping lists.”
“We are extremely pleased the game has been so well received in such a short
amount of time,” said ArenaNet co-founder Michael O’Brien. “Our commitment to
our players is consistently to provide high-level support for the game through
frequent gameplay and content updates and we believe that’s a big reason why we
have so many people playing the game today.”
From NCsoft:
Earlier this month ArenaNet released their Sorrow’s Furnace Update, a free
expansion of Guild Wars content that offers two new explorable regions, new
quests, new monsters, new items and more. Players already are applauding the
newly released update.
Guild Wars is a competitive online roleplaying game that rewards player skill
more than time played. Players explore a rich fantasy game world, acquire
skills, build personalized characters and compete in head-to-head guild battles
with players from around the world.
NCsoft and ArenaNet soon will be launching Guild Wars in both Japan and Taiwan
with fully-localized versions.
More information about Guild Wars can be found at
www.guildwars.com.
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