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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 Chat Thread

by Maarten Goldstein Dec 04, 2004 10:27am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars
By popular demand, here's a dedicated thread to talk about this weekend's Guild Wars preview event. You can find a new preview of the game at GameSpy.
"according to eleectronics boutiques "comp...the release date for guild wars has been pushed back ..."33 Comments

Guild Wars Interview

by Maarten Goldstein Dec 03, 2004 8:16am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars, Interview
The second part of FileFront's Guild Wars interview is now online. ArenNet's Jeff Strain answers questions about things like design challenges, PvP combat and memorable moments during development.
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Guild Wars Beta Invites

by Maarten Goldstein Dec 02, 2004 10:06am CST tags: RPG News, Beta, Guild Wars
If you want to play this weekend's Guild Wars preview build, various Guild Wars fansites as well as HomeLAN Fed are giving out keys. Some involve a contest, others are being given out first come first serve basis.
"its this weekend? :( now that i have wow, why do i need this?"25 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 Impressions

by Maarten Goldstein Nov 08, 2004 8:40am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars
HomeLAN Fed, 2404.org and Primo Technology all have updated Guild Wars impressions, based on playing the game during a closed preview event the past weekend.
"I really enjoyed the guild vs. guild combat this time around. When you move up the ladder and get..."5 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 Profile, Impressions

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 29, 2004 10:02am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars
GameSpot has a new Guild Wars profile, this time taking a look at the elementalist. HomeLAN Fed has preview event impressions here and here, PC.IGN has more impressions of the game as well.
"So I played this today, its not bad, but it doesn't excite me much. I never played Diablo, but ta..."9 Comments

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 Preview, Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 28, 2004 9:08am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars
There's a new Guild Wars preview on GameSpy, going hands-on with the upcoming preview version. There are also team member Q&As here and here.
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Guild Wars Profile

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 27, 2004 5:45pm CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars
A new Guild Wars profile can be found at GameSpot this afternoon. This time the game's warrior class is highlighted, by ways of a developer interview, screenshots and a list of attributes, abilities and skills.
"OMG! Fabulous! Can't wait to play in the WPE... To bad my friends want to play WoW (ok... i do to..."4 Comments

Guild Wars Preview

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 27, 2004 9:41am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars
Guild Wars OGaming has posted a new Alpha Journal, offering impressions of the build people will be trying out this Halloween weekend. You can download the preview client here on FileShack.
"Looking very good, if you like competitive teamplay shooters like CS, Q3 and UT as well as Diablo..."3 Comments

New Guild Wars Profile

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 26, 2004 5:04pm CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars
Another Guild Wars profession profile has been posted at GameSpot. This time they focus on the ranger. Two screenshots are included. A new preview event of the game is starting soon.
"I'm still waiting for the Necro preview. Thinking of trying a Mesmer/Necro combo so I get a bonu..."12 Comments

Guild Wars Profile

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 25, 2004 4:38pm CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars
GameSpot has posted the first two Guild Wars character profiles, offering an overview of the monk and the mesmer. There are also new video developers interviews on the GameSpot Guild Wars media page.
"You know, this is probably the first title I've seen where the in-game imagery actually lives up ..."8 Comments

Guild Wars Preview, Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 16, 2004 11:26am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars
FileFront has a Guild Wars preview posted, while the latest Guild Wars Fansite Friday Q&A is up at Knights Templar.
"Only 12 days to go until the World Preview Event. Woohoo! :)"1 Comment

The Armies of Guild Wars

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 14, 2004 10:03am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars
PC.IGN has taken another look at the armies of Guild Wars, this time profiling the Undead. New screenshots and movies are included.
"sometimes I feel like they are spreading me too thin here... I got the e3 taste... was absolutely..."5 Comments

Guild Wars Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 11, 2004 4:51pm CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars
A new Guild Wars Q&A has appeared on GameSpot, featuring producer Jeff Strain answering questions about the dual-class system, skills, and the role of items in the game. Four new screenshots are included.
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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 Oct 01, 2004 9:27am CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars
The official Guild Wars website now has the fourth "screenclip" from the game, showing another 11 seconds of gameplay footage.
"goddamn this game looks hot. I really cant believe it's not getting the hype from the shack th..."10 Comments

Guild Wars Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Sep 25, 2004 1:14pm CST tags: RPG News, Guild Wars
Legendary Wars is the latest Guild Wars website with a Fansite Friday Q&A about the game. Fansite Friday #16 answers questions about a day/night cycle, large scale PvP battles and having just one melee profession.
"I'm looking forward to the Open event at the end of October!(everyone can play for 3 days oct 29-..."3 Comments
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