Guild Wars, also known as Guild Wars Prophecies, is a Competitive/Cooperative Online Role-Playing Game (CORPG) created by ArenaNet, a developer founded by individuals formerly from Blizzard Entertainment which is now wholly owned by NCsoft, a South Korean game publisher.

Overview

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While Guild Wars is considered by many to be an MMORPG it differs in its approach compared to many of its contemporaries. In particular it provides a number of features which support casual online RPG gameplay; a low level cap, instanced game worlds outside of town areas, instant travel and subscription fee free play after purchase of the game. Guild Wars is carefully maintained by the developers to support competitive play in addition to providing an RPG environment and balancing skills and professions. To emphasize these core differences from most MMORPGs the developers have termed the game a Competitive/Cooperative Online Role-Playing Game (CORPG).

Conceptually, skills (the abilities the player has available to use in game) are very important through both the RPG and competitive parts of the game. A player selects a limited number of skills (up to a maximum of eight) prior to entering a battle and needs to be careful while using those skills during a battle. An adept competitive player needs knowledge of all the game's skills and how they interwork so as to be most effective. Guild Wars' emphasis on skill selection and implementation of skill use has similarities with many collectible card games.

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Martuk Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:40:29 -0000
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Ethec Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:17:32 -0000
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Sardu Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:58:06 -0000
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Sardu Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:37:44 -0000
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Sardu Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:51:00 -0000
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New Guild Wars 2 Video Goes Behind the Scenes with the Voices of Tyria at Ten Ton Hammer
Martuk Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:13:11 -0000
Go behind the scens of Guild Wars 2. Guild Wars 2 will bring a lot of voice acting talent to the game like that of Felecia Day, Steve Blum, and many more, but these voices are often associated with the characters and gamer
Guild Wars 2 Lead Designer Talks About Instancing and Races at Ten Ton Hammer
Martuk Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:04:43 -0000
Lead Designer talks about Guild Wars 2 world design. MMORPG recently got the chance to speak with Guild Wars 2 Lead Designer Eric Flannum in an interview that explains quite a bit about how Guild Wars 2 will differ from its predece
Guild Wars 2 Races of Tyria Trailer Q&A with Ree Soesbee - World Designer and Writer at Ten Ton Hammer
Martuk Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:36:33 -0000
Explore the races of Tyria. Explore the races of Guild Wars 2 (GW2) with a new video trailer and Q&A with World Designer and Writer Ree Soesbee.

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