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Happy Fourth Anniversary Guild Wars!

Congratulations to ArenaNet on the fourth anniversary of Guild Wars! Three cross-cultural campaigns after pioneer players first heeded Ascalon’s call for heroes, the game continues to draw in new players with six million units sold.

ArenaNet’s continued commitment to improving gameplay certainly helps keep people playing, even with the delays to Guild Wars 2. Sure, World of Warcraft has 11.5 million users paying $14.99 a month to wander the world and grind for hours as deformed characters — but people don’t play Guild Wars for that. They want a highly modular, aesthetically pleasing online RPG they can pick up and play anytime they feel like it — and for four years straight, Guild Wars has delivered beautifully.

April 28, 2009 · 1 Comment

Guild Wars 4th Anniversary Update

Guild Wars gets fundamental with its fourth anniversary update, addressing something that’s been a prevalent issue since the game began: storage. New equipment packs and storage tabs will help alleviate players’ need to constantly clean out inventories and juggle mule characters, time-consuming processes that regularly interfere with actual gameplay.

The new Zaishen Menagerie will allow players to unlock pets in various stages of evolution. Players can even have their pets trained for evolution. Since its inception, Guild Wars has been very proactive about reducing grind; now players won’t have to grind their pets as much, either. Click here to continue reading “Guild Wars 4th Anniversary Update”…

April 18, 2009 · 6 Comments (with 2 Conversations)