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Guild Wars Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Apr 01, 2005 8:47am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars, ArenaNet
Computer & Video Games has a Guild Wars Q&A, chatting with ArenaNet producer Jeff Strain about the game. The topics include the party play, story missions, PvE and PvP gameplay, levelling up and the server network.
"hehe fed ex quest..... funny, but sooo true. That's why I didn't play WoW for that long. Like he ..."6 Comments

Guild Wars Movie

by Maarten Goldstein Mar 31, 2005 11:15am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars, ArenaNet
The guys at ArenaNet have released the Guild Wars March trailer, showing "PvM gameplay, PvP battles, and Tyrian vistas". Thanks Guild Wars Slovenija.
"I have an amazing internal conflict about this game. my ONE major concern is will I feel like ..."22 Comments

Guild Wars Dated

by Maarten Goldstein Feb 14, 2005 7:23pm CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars, ArenaNet
ArenaNet has announced a release date for Guild Wars, their highly anticipated online action RPG. The game will ship to stores in the US and Europe April 28. If you pre-order the game you can start playing April 27. We have a new in-game trailer on FileShack.
"Yeah, it's just a preview movie of the new region before the war. There are also some other su..."10 Comments

Guild Wars Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Feb 01, 2005 8:08am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars, ArenaNet
Over at Photics you can find a Guild Wars Q&A, which is only available in Flash format. Gaile Gray from ArenaNet answers questions about beta testing, porting the game, limiting battles, Guild Hall mini-games, and features implemented due to player feedback.
"Nice article. anyone have any suggested articles telling more about the game dynamics, skill syst..."6 Comments

Guild Wars Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 08, 2005 8:11am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars, ArenaNet
IGN has the latest Guild Wars Q&A, asking Jeff Strain of ArenaNet about the questing system they have in their online action RPG.
"This game rocks! Definately Pre-Ordering after this weekend event."2 Comments

Guild Wars Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Dec 27, 2004 10:45am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars, ArenaNet
Also on Computer & Video Games is this Guild Wars preview, which is more of a Q&A with ArenaNet producer Jeff Strain as he talks about visuals and gameplay style, the interface, tournaments plans and more.
"Reading this Q & A, it seems to me they might be catering to a less skilled, mass audience wh..."7 Comments

Guild Wars Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Dec 17, 2004 11:17am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars, ArenaNet
There's a Guild Wars Q&A on Telefragged, chatting with ArenaNet's Jeff Strain about this online action RPG. Topics include the preview events, instanced zones, lack of fees, non-PvP elements, and the PvP combat.
"Yeah, it was. I didn't put any questions in as to the next preview date because I didn't know wh..."5 Comments

Guild Wars Interview

by Maarten Goldstein Nov 25, 2004 9:47am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars, ArenaNet, Interview
And yet more from FileFront as they also have posted the first part of their Guild Wars interview. ArenaNet's Jeff Strain talks about things like the lack of a subscription fee, the original concept of the game, engine development, and development problems.
"Q: So a guy talkin’ crap in French will be translated into English? A: ThatâÂ..."7 Comments

Guild Wars Q&A, Profile

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 29, 2004 5:54pm CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars, ArenaNet
Over at Computer & Video Games you can find a new Guild Wars Q&A with ArenaNet's Jeff Strain, answering questions about the style of the game, combat, meeting people, the Guild system and more. Meanwhile GameSpot has the final character profile which covers the necromancer.
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Guild Wars Preview Starts Early

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 28, 2004 11:06am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars, ArenaNet
According to a news story on The Unofficial GuildWars site, ArenaNet has started the Guild Wars October preview event a day early. You can find more info and the download client right here. Thanks bipolar.
"I exited during the tutorial and now I am in Lion's gate...wtf? "170 Comments

Guild Wars Trailer

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 06, 2004 8:07pm CST tags: Trailer, RPG News, Guild Wars, ArenaNet
A Guild Wars trailer has been released by ArenaNet, showing several locations and characters from the game along with action footage. Thanks Guild Wars OGaming.
"Wow, that video was just plain crap. Don't get me wrong, GuildWars looks pretty good and the e..."6 Comments

Guild Wars Clip

by Maarten Goldstein Sep 15, 2004 8:49am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars, ArenaNet
The Guild Wars website has been updated with a second "screenclip", offering another 13 seconds of footage from ArenaNet's online action RPG.
"nice. I like in GW how the hits actually feel like they are connecting unlike WoW where all attac..."6 Comments

Guild Wars Preview, Clip

by Maarten Goldstein Sep 10, 2004 9:01am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars, ArenaNet
There's a new Guild Wars preview on PC.IGN, taking a look at the Charr army. There's also a brief new videoclip from ArenaNet's online action RPG at the official website (thanks THX).
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Guild Wars Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Aug 08, 2004 11:59am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars, ArenaNet
The Guild Hall has the latest Fansite Friday article, offering three more Guild Wars Q&As with Gaile Gray of ArenaNet.
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Guild Wars Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Jul 30, 2004 10:33am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars, ArenaNet
The Tech of Guild Wars is a PC.IGN Q&A, asking ArenaNet programmer and co-founder Jeff Strain about the streaming technology used by this online RPG. There's also a new screenshot from the game on the official website.
"Maybe there's more love for a ton of Guild Wars E3 Alpha screenshots over here.. nearly ten megs ..."4 Comments

Guild Wars Interview

by Maarten Goldstein Jul 11, 2004 1:59pm CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars, ArenaNet, Interview
Guild Wars Online Warcry has posted a transcript of a Guild Wars interview conducted during a recent Community Day organized by ArenaNet. Questions and answers are about the user limit, the streaming technology, Guild creation, trading, inventory storage, use of potions and a few other topics.
"The concept of the game is great, the mechanics of it suck. THink about it, you can dual class..."6 Comments

Guild Wars Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Jun 26, 2004 1:13pm CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars, ArenaNet
Guild Wars OGaming has a brief Q&A with Gaile Gray, community manager at Guild Wars developer ArenaNet. The questions are about guild features, summoning skills, and the game's most innovative feature.
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Guild Wars Preview

by Maarten Goldstein Jun 22, 2004 8:58am CST tags: MMO, RPG News, Guild Wars, ArenaNet
GameSpy has posted a new Guild Wars preview, offering a hands-on look at the ArenaNet MMORPG. Three new screenshots are included.
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Guild Wars E3 Demo Starts

by Maarten Goldstein May 10, 2004 9:54pm CST tags: RPG News, Demo, E3, Guild Wars, ArenaNet
A few days earlier than expected, the Guild Wars E3 demo is now playable. According to Guile Gray of ArenaNet as quoted in this GameSpot story "There was such overwhelming response to this opportunity that we felt it would be a great gift to give gamers everywhere a little extra time to play Guild Wars".
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Guild Wars Preview

by Maarten Goldstein May 07, 2004 9:46am CST tags: MMO, RPG News, Guild Wars, ArenaNet
PC.IGN has a new Guild Wars preview, offering hands-on impressions of this great looking MMORPG in development at ArenaNet. Several new screenshots accompany the article.
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