Guild Wars, the MMORPG developed by ArenaNet and first launched in 2005, is celebrating its twentieth anniversary with a brand new full version that bundles all the sport’s content material into one handy package deal.
It is referred to as Guild Wars: The twentieth Anniversary Masterpiece Assortment, and for $40 it should bundle collectively all three of the sport’s expansion-like campaigns (Prophecies, Factions, and Dusk) together with the sport’s one “true” growth, Eye of the North. It should additionally embrace new weapon upgrades in addition to long-unobtainable preorder and territory-specific weapons and pets that shall be added again to the sport within the type of uncommon drops from the sport’s high-level enemies.
In terms of the newly added weapon upgrades, they are going to sport the “of the Occupation” modifier and also will be added to the sport’s rare-drop loot tables. The upgrades will let gamers acquire entry to attributes they usually would not be capable to, enabling new builds. The upgrades may also add a beauty glowing streak impact to weapons within the shade related to the given occupation.
To sweeten the birthday bash, Guild Wars: The twentieth Anniversary Masterpiece Assortment shall be 80% off and value simply $8 from April 15-29 through the Guild Wars 2 website, with in-game objects discounted 60%. Different editions of Guild Wars, together with Guild Wars Trilogy, the Eye of the North growth, and every particular person marketing campaign, may also be 80% off on Steam and different storefronts at some stage in the sale.
Guild Wars made a reputation for itself 20 years in the past as one of many first MMORPGs within the wake of video games like World of Warcraft to not require a month-to-month subscription payment. It obtained new content material within the type of further, standalone campaigns that added new quests, areas, and courses, with a extra conventional growth, 2007’s Eye of the North, setting the stage for its 2012 sequel Guild Wars 2. Now free-to-play, Guild Wars 2 continues to be receiving new updates, with its newest growth, Janthir Wilds, including a brand new weapon and participant housing final 12 months.
As for what’s subsequent for the franchise, Guild Wars 3 was unceremoniously confirmed to be in growth by NCSoft co-CEO Park Byung-moo throughout an investor name final 12 months, however no additional particulars have been formally introduced.