June 19, 2006
Guild Wars Hits Two Million
NCsoft Europe has announced that the Guild
Wars franchise has sold more than two million units worldwide to date.
"We’re incredibly pleased with Guild Wars’
performance in Europe," said Max Brown, European Sales & Operations Director.
"Guild Wars Prophecies was number one for 6 weeks when it launched in April 2005
now we are back with Guild Wars Factions which went number one all across Europe
in its week of launch. The interesting thing we are seeing now is that Guild
Wars Prophecies is back in the top ten, so the success of Guild Wars Factions is
driving sales of Guild Wars Prophecies. The Guild Wars franchise offers
tremendous value for money and the reappearance in the charts is a reflection of
this."
When the first installment in this award-winning
series launched in April 2005, it revolutionized online gaming and went straight
to the top of the charts in countries all over the world. Not one to sit on its
laurels, ArenaNet’s follow-up – the highly-anticipated Guild Wars Factions,
released April 28, 2006 – was the number one game in both North America and
Europe for the month of May.
"ArenaNet continues to take chances in both game
design and business model, and it’s great to have the fans respond so
enthusiastically right out of the gate with Guild Wars Factions," says Patrick
Wyatt, co-founder of ArenaNet. "Our fans have been overwhelmingly supportive of
Guild Wars and we will continue to make the Guild Wars franchise bigger and
better with each release."
Guild Wars and Guild Wars Factions are global
online role-playing games in which players immerse themselves in a rich fantasy
world, build personalized characters, compete in head-to-head battles with
players from around the world and find adventure in missions and quests. In the
game that has captivated millions of players, more than 7000 guilds worldwide
are currently competing in the Guild Wars Factions tournament season, the
finalists of which will be flown to Leipzig, Germany in August to compete for
more than $100,000 in cash and prizes.
For the complete tournament rules, as well
as information on both games, please visit
http://eu.guildwars.com
