Very, VERY short 1.4 gb (WTF) demo. Finished in like 10 mins.

But still kinda cool. Might be a cool game.

Ehm, please don't tell me ppl still use Win2k for gaming?

QuakeCon 06: An Inside Look at QuakeWars
http://planetquake4.net/download.php?op=fileid&lid=2333

QuakeCon 06: Modding ET:QuakeWars
http://planetquake4.net/download.php?op=fileid&lid=2334

Hmm, yeah, this is kinda confusing.

I don't think that this bonus pack is the same as the preorder package.

Games Convention in Germany, Leipzig now seems like the biggest gaming show around.

http://www.gc-germany.de/

I'm definitly going this year. Guild Wars World Championships ftw!

This comment was edited on Jul 31, 05:44.

Here are two screenshots of the new professions.

http://www.guildwars.si/modules/news/article.php?storyid=848

Good choice.

The single player campain takes around 40h or more if you explore everything.

First it's Greece, then Egipt, then Orient and then the final boss fight.

Finished the German version of the game.

Cool space shooter, nice story, but gets repetitive after a while. You always have to get a better jump drive in order to get to the next story system and in order to buy it you have to do pirate/trade/escort missions, which are almost always the same.

You only have 1 ship (Darkstar One), but it can be upgraded by picking up "artifacts". It not only changes the stats of the ship (front, middle, back), but also the appearance, so it has some RPG elements.

But other than that, a nice story driven space adventure.
This comment was edited on Jun 29, 09:30.

Us GW players can only laught at such news.

Really funny stuff right here.

Guild Wars = 2.000.000 and rising!

Grats ArenaNet!

Hmm.. am I the only one that gets "Tag not found" error all over the place where menu/text/speech should be?

Stil downloading.

So, what's the verdict? Game looks promising.

Well, I have to admit I'm loving Guild Wars Factions a LOT!

Some of the multi team co-op PvE missions with 16+ players are just epic. And also the challenge missions with best daily/monthly/all-time results are very refreshing, since they offer more replayability.

Here are some HQ screenshots of the beginning areas of Factions.

http://www.guildwars.si/modules/news/article.php?storyid=755

If you wanna know what new stuff can be found in this chapter, than you might wanna check out this trailer.

http://eu.guildwars.com/images/movies/final-factions-trailer-high.wmv

Oh and ArenaNet gave out gifts for all characters that are 1 year old. People got mini-me figures of Guild Wars lore characters like Rurik, Charr, Shino etc... Funny stuff.

"Come on now you cant draw equivalence to a brand new game if its the same stuff just expanded."

It's same stuff and expanded but also tons of new gameplay mechanics. Here ya go:

* New Region: Cantha - featuring an Asia themed world.
o New towns and areas
For a list of Factions locations see: Locations (Factions)
o 4 new mission types:
+ Challenge Missions
+ Elite Missions
+ Competitive Missions
+ Alliance Battles
o 14 new missions
These missions will have a three-tier ranking system rather than the two-tier (normal/bonus) system in the Prophecies Campaign.
o New quests
For a list of Factions quests see: Quests (Factions)
o New tutorial area Shing Jea Monastery (similar to Pre-Searing for the Prophecies Campaign)
o Two new Factions that play into both PvE and PvP elements of the game:
+ The Luxon
+ The Kurzick
* 2 new professions (along with the original six core professions):
o Assassin
o Ritualist
* New henchmen with the new professions
* More character slots
o Four slots total for a stand-alone Factions Campaign account.
o Six slots total if a Factions account is combined with a Prophecies account
o More purchasable character slots (to be rolled out soon after the Factions release)
* 300 new Skills, incl. 90 new Elite Skills:
o 75 skills for each new profession
o 25 skills for each core profession
o additionally 5 duplicate skills for each old profession
* New equipment:
o 6 new armor types for each of the new and the old professions - again featuring an Asian theme
o New weapons and items
* New creatures:
o 100+ new monsters
o New NPCs
o New pets for Rangers
+ At least two different tigers (Bengal Tiger, White Tiger), two different crabs (blue, red), a crane, and a black Moa Bird
* New PvP/GvG features:
o 4 New Guild Halls
o Guild Hall Services
o Guild alliances (max 10 guilds per alliance)
o New rating system
o New guild emblems
o New Green Items

Almost forgot. Here's a short Factions movie, that shows the new stuff.

http://eu.guildwars.com/images/movies/final-factions-trailer-high.wmv

This comment was edited on Apr 28, 19:24.

Factions is a completely new game, not just 2 character slots and "some new spells".

http://guildwars.com/support/faq/guildwarsfactions-faq.php

I wish people would first check the facts, before making such statemants.

PvP is where Guild Wars shines. Global World Championships, PvP skill builds and strategies, teamplay tactics, coordination, role execution etc...

Of course the single player game is also fun, but the PvE part in Guild Wars is more like a action RPG. When you finish it, you finish it.

In Factions on the other hand the developers created new PvE types that offer more replayability like so called Challenge missions that will keep best scores (like defending from waves of mosters on a timer kinda missions), Competitive missions where multiple teams try to reach a goal (RTS elemets) and of course Alliance Battles (4+4+4 vs. 4+4+4) for control of cities, outposts, the world map and access to Elite missions.

The game is definitly evolving and this is just the beginning.

So yeah, check it out. Definitly worth even if you just play thru the new story line and get like 50+ hours of gameplay out of it.

This comment was edited on Apr 27, 15:25.

Sure they did. And not just the buisness model, but their whole network inftrastructure and the global nature of the game.

Oh they did.:)