`E3 for Everyone!' NCsoft and ArenaNet Announce That The Guild Wars E3 Show Experience Will Be Open to All; Gamers Will Be Able to Play Online from Home or from the Show Floor.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers E3Expo 2004 SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2004 ArenaNet(tm), founded by the developers who helped create StarCraft(R), Warcraft(tm), Diablo(R) and Battle.net(tm), and NCsoft(R), the world's top developer and publisher of online computer games, are pleased to invite gamers worldwide to join the Guild Wars This article is for the Guild Wars series. For the first release of the series, see Guild Wars Prophecies. Guild Wars is an episodic series of multiplayer online role-playing games, for the Microsoft Windows operating system. (tm) E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) show floor experience. From May 12 through 14, while Guild Wars is being demonstrated on the E3 show floor, players from around the world will be able to join in the fun and play the game in real-time over the Internet. This is a unique opportunity for gamers to play a sneak preview sneak preview n. A single public showing of a movie before its general release. Noun 1. sneak preview - a preview to test audience reactions of Guild Wars months before it is released. Guild Wars is currently in the alpha development stage and typically gamers must wait until a game enters closed beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the before a select number of people are allowed to play it. E3 for Everyone will also be the first time for many gamers to experience an E3 event, as this premier U.S. trade show is not open to the general public. While many games provide a controlled demonstration of gameplay on the E3 show floor, it is very rare for the public to have access to this game play experience in an open forum. This one-time-only Guild Wars E3 experience will include solo player quests, cooperative missions that introduce the Guild Wars story, a competitive arena for multiplayer combat, and a competitive worldwide tournament that will run continuously, offering multiple levels and a variety of game types. Distribution of the Guild Wars E3 client will begin in late April via magazine CD. At the beginning of May the client will be available via online download. Industry partnerships assisting with distribution of the E3 client include the gaming press, online gaming See gaming. sites, and online retailers. The game's official Web site, www.guildwars.com, will offer additional download access. Once the client is available, ArenaNet encourages gamers to share the 64k zipped gaming client with their friends via e-mail. "We feel very strongly that E3 is an exciting event for all gamers as the industry puts its very best games on display. We are very proud to go one step further and to open our E3 experience not just for those fortunate enough to attend the show, but to gamers worldwide," stated Jeff Strain Jeff Strain is a game programmer and one of the three founders of ArenaNet. He is currently the leader of the Art and Production teams. He was previously the lead programmer of Blizzard's MMORPG World of Warcraft. He also created the StarCraft campaign editor and worked on Diablo and Warcraft III. , co-founder of ArenaNet. "Because Guild Wars is a social game, we also wanted to enable gamers to play with their friends. We thought the best way to make this happen was simply to allow gamers to invite each other by emailing the client." Guild Wars Key Features -- Victory earned with skill, not hours played Whether battling against monsters to fulfill a quest, or working with guild mates to reach the highest levels of tournament play, Guild Wars rewards players more for gaming skills than for the number of hours played. -- FREE online play that is safe and secure Enjoy your playing time, don't pay for it. Unlike other online role-playing games See:
-- It's about always having fun With personally spawned missions for all adventures, Guild Wars focuses on what's fun in a role-playing game role-playing game n. A game in which players assume the roles of characters and act out fantastical adventures, the outcomes of which are partially determined by chance, as by the roll of dice. : constant action fighting monsters, playing with and against other players, and finding that next great item. Personal missions also remove the tedium usually associated with massively multiplayer games like excessive travel time, play-limiting death penalties, and spawn camping This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. . Guild Wars is expected to launch in the 2nd Half of 2004. Additional information about Guild Wars and the E3 event can be found at: www.guildwars.com. Minimum System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. for the Guild Wars E3 Experience -- Windows 98/ME/2000 XP -- 800 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Pentium 3 or equivalent -- 256 MB RAM -- GeForce 2 class video card with 32MB RAM -- 250 MB hard drive space -- Internet connection About NCsoft Corporation Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, NCsoft Corp. is the world's leading developer and publisher of online games. Founded in 1997, NCsoft is home to Lineage(R), the world's most successful online role-playing game. NCsoft has joint venture offices located in Japan, Taiwan, and China. In fiscal year 2003, NCsoft posted revenues of KRW KRW In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Korean Won. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. (Korean Won
About ArenaNet ArenaNet, located in Seattle, Wash., is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of NCsoft and was founded by key members of the creative teams that developed the hit game series StarCraft, Warcraft, and Diablo as well as Battle.net, one of the most-successful gaming networks in the world. ArenaNet is building a state-of-the-art, interactive game network and developing premier multiplayer online games for dedicated game players. More information about ArenaNet can be found at www.arena.net. NCsoft is a registered trademark of NCsoft Corp. ArenaNet and Guild Wars are trademarks of NCsoft Corp. Lineage is a registered trademark of NC Interactive. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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