Exclusive Access to Guild Wars for Pre-Order Customers
Dates for final two Beta events confirmed.
ArenaNet, creators of the highly-anticipated online role-playing game Guild Wars, and NCsoft, the world's leading developer and publisher of online computer games, today confirmed details of a preorder programme across Europe, and simultaneously announced that the final beta events will be available only to those who have pre-ordered the game.
"We wanted to offer preorder customers the opportunity to enjoy exclusive access to Guild Wars as we near our release date," says Mike O'Brien, co-founder ArenaNet. "Caring about our fan base is something we take very seriously here at ArenaNet, and this is reflected in our decision to go with a simultaneous European and North American release and with multi-language support."
The next Beta Weekend Event will begin on 18th March, and the final Beta Weekend Event will begin on 15th April. European players wishing to take part in these exclusive final events can pre-order the game from the following sites:
UK - www.gameplay.co.uk
Germany - www.4u2play.de
France - www.alapage.com
Spain - www.centromail.es
Italy - www.mediaworld.it; www.dvd.it; www.multiplayer.it; www.pergioco.com; www.internetbookshop.it; www.dominiox.com
According to EB Games, Guild Wars is one of the best-selling preorder PC games year-to-date in North America. More than 500,000 players have participated in public preview events in the US and Europe. In Korea, Guild Wars was named the number one most anticipated game of 2005 by The Electronic Times.
Guild Wars is an online roleplaying game that rewards player skill. Players explore a rich fantasy game world, acquire skills, build personalised characters and compete in head-to-head guild battles with friends around the world. It is the first title from ArenaNet, which was founded by some of the key members of the creative teams behind the hit games Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo.
ArenaNet has created a unique, global game world that invites players from around the world to play together seamlessly. There are no sharded servers, no language-specific versions of the game and nothing to keep players from exploring the game world with friends from other countries.
More information about Guild Wars and the upcoming Beta Weekend Events can be found at www.guildwars.com.
"We wanted to offer preorder customers the opportunity to enjoy exclusive access to Guild Wars as we near our release date," says Mike O'Brien, co-founder ArenaNet. "Caring about our fan base is something we take very seriously here at ArenaNet, and this is reflected in our decision to go with a simultaneous European and North American release and with multi-language support."
The next Beta Weekend Event will begin on 18th March, and the final Beta Weekend Event will begin on 15th April. European players wishing to take part in these exclusive final events can pre-order the game from the following sites:
UK - www.gameplay.co.uk
Germany - www.4u2play.de
France - www.alapage.com
Spain - www.centromail.es
Italy - www.mediaworld.it; www.dvd.it; www.multiplayer.it; www.pergioco.com; www.internetbookshop.it; www.dominiox.com
According to EB Games, Guild Wars is one of the best-selling preorder PC games year-to-date in North America. More than 500,000 players have participated in public preview events in the US and Europe. In Korea, Guild Wars was named the number one most anticipated game of 2005 by The Electronic Times.
Guild Wars is an online roleplaying game that rewards player skill. Players explore a rich fantasy game world, acquire skills, build personalised characters and compete in head-to-head guild battles with friends around the world. It is the first title from ArenaNet, which was founded by some of the key members of the creative teams behind the hit games Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo.
ArenaNet has created a unique, global game world that invites players from around the world to play together seamlessly. There are no sharded servers, no language-specific versions of the game and nothing to keep players from exploring the game world with friends from other countries.
More information about Guild Wars and the upcoming Beta Weekend Events can be found at www.guildwars.com.