ArenaNet announces that Guild Wars: Factions is shipping, and that the MMORPG follow-up is appearing in stores worldwide:

Wednesday 26 April 2006/... ArenaNet®, developer of the award-winning online roleplaying game Guild Wars®, and NCsoft® Europe, the world's leading developer and publisher of online computer games, announce today that one of the year's most-anticipated PC titles, Guild Wars: Factions™, has officially shipped. For fans of the game that revolutionised online roleplaying, the wait is nearly over as Guild Wars: Factions goes out today to retail stores worldwide.