Details regarding Guild Wars 2's release schedule have been revealed during talks with NCsoft investors.
The fourth annual MMO Calendar, which raises funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, is now on sale.
Gamer Limit writes "As October starts coming to a close, one thing tends to be on every one's mind, Halloween. This spooky holiday also seems to have NCsoft captivated . The developer/producer is planning Halloween themed events across all six of its active Western titles."
A look at this week's news from the world of MMOs, including Aion, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft, Fallen Earth, Guild Wars 2, Star Trek Online and Final Fantasy XIV.
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NCsoft and ArenaNet thrilled fans today with the premiere of the first Guild Wars 2 teaser trailer at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. Show attendees were treated to a glimpse of what's to come in the much anticipated sequel, set 250 years after the original Guild Wars.
From the official Guild Wars Wiki.
ArenaNet's MMORPG Guild Wars has received a large patch bringing a myriad of PvP and PvE skill updates to the game.
Ve3tro writes: "NCsoft today announced that on the cusp of its fourth anniversary, the Guild Wars franchise has exceeded six million units sold. Guild Wars is the award-winning and genre-defining series that is one of the most popular and successful online role-playing games in the industry.
Arenanet has revealed new content that Guild Wars players can expect to see in the upcoming fourth birthday celebrations.
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NCsoft saw increased sales but a 40 percent drop in profit this past year. Fallout from that includes the company's announcement that Guild Wars 2 won't arrive until 2010-2011.
Guild Wars 2 has been more or less concealed in a shroud of mystery since its initial announcement last year, but most GW players have simply enjoyed the Eye of the North expansion and kind of waited patiently for more word on the elusive sequel. However, Destructoid has just recieved word from an internal source that the Guild Wars team will be proudly unveiling the character art for Guild Wars 2 later this week.
The Guild Wars franchise - consisting of Guild Wars, Guild Wars Factions, Guild Wars Nightfall, and Guild Wars: Eye of the North - has reached the 5 million units sold mark in Europe, North America, and Asia. The first game was released in '05, so the 5mil mark was reached within three years.
Most MMO players know the story of IGE and Affinity Media by now, (the owners of WoWhead, Allakhazam, Thottbot and WoWinterface), and their relationship. A really interesting article popped up on Radar Online today which highlights some of the dodgy characters that are involved in the Affinity Media business which had claimed to have no involvement with IGE. Brock Pierce who is an advisor and a board member of Affinity Media, is highlighted in the above article and I have to say there's some pretty unsavoury stuff here pointing at child abuse. This has been brought up before regarding Brock Pierce who has apparently denied charges but there are filed legal cases which he has tried to settle.
Issue 1 of MMOZine is out, and it includes a free Guild Wars pet for every reader, plus a chance to win a unique World of Warcraft mount, as well as previews, reviews and tutorials.