Hey there, Guild Wars Community. Please help VNArtist SLAgent color his work. VNArtist SLAgent is a very talented sketch artist, who creates drawings for all of the different vaults, and he has graciously drawn a GW image for us, since the VNArtists frequently run into a problem finding someone to color his images, they are giving us an opportunity to introduce his work as a Coloring Contest. Here is how this going to work. Once a month we will introduce his drawing for all to view, then you decide how you would like to color it, then submit your entry to us. Your Coloring will be judged and voted on by our Staff here at Guild Wars Vault.
That's not the title of a new home improvement show, there, that's notice that you can now embellish your desktop with a splendid new wallpaper featuring Guild Wars: Eye of the North. Find the image in your choice of ratios and resolutions here, and install it as a reminder to catch every minute of the Sneak Peek Weekend.
This weekend offers the last chance to earn qualifier points for this month's championships. The final GvG August Championship qualifier will start at 05:00 GMT on Saturday, August 25. The final 1v1 August Championship qualifier will start at 08:00 GMT on Sunday, August 26. You or your guild must have at least 20 QPs in order to participate in this weekend’s championships. Competitors will vie for prizes from ATI (Event Sponsor) and Creative (Contributing Sponsor) as well as other cool goodies that are part of the more than $10,000 in prizes offered each month! The GvG championship starts at 16:00 GMT on Saturday, August 25 and the 1v1 Championship starts at 16:00 GMT on Sunday, August 26.
Remember, players may try out skills from Guild Wars: Eye of the North during the Sneak Peek Weekend, but the skills were not function in the championship tournaments. Details here.
This weekend, you'll be able to experience Guild Wars: Eye of the North for the very first time. Join us starting at 12:01 Pacific time (-7 GMT) to visit the Far Shiverpeaks, where you'll meet some of the Heroes you've heard so much about, and take part in several of the quests within that region. Remember: All that you acquire will be yours to keep! Enjoy the Sneak Peek through 11:59 PM Pacific time on Sunday, August 26. To whet your appetite, download the manual and the official Guild Wars: Eye of the Northmap today!
ArenaNet and NCsoft proudly announced today that Guild Wars has surpassed the 4 million mark for units sold. You can read the details in today's press release. All of us at ArenaNet thank Guild Wars players everywhere for helping us reach such a remarkable milestone.
We all have heard his beautiful scores in Guild Wars and several other games. Now hear directly from the man himself who has created such a frenzy and expectant sigh when a new game preview comes out... Jeremy Soule!
* The Guild WarsSuper Fan 2007 Contest deadline has been extended until Noon Pacific time on Tuesday, August 14. If you haven’t entered, this is your last call!
* Also, those who placed as winners, honorable mentions, or finalists in the Brand the Bosses Contest take note: We will be sending out the formal notification email to each of you within the next few days. Simply provide us the confirmation that we request in the email and we will be able to begin prize distribution very soon indeed.
We have winners in the Return to Tyria Sweepstakes, for two regions! Find out about who placed, and what they won, on the sweepstakes winners pages for North America and for Europe, as well.
From the Official MMORPG website:this article
By Jon Wood
In the second of three features, Guild Wars: Eye of the North and MMORPG.com present this Region Profile on Rata Sum and the Asura, who inhabit it.
The Asura of the Tarnished Coast are a brilliant, if diminutive, people who dwelled, until recently, within the Depths of Tyria, where they regularly dealt with Dwarves, Dredge, and other underground races. However, a dangerous race from even deeper within the world--the Destroyers--overran their subterranean homes, forcing them to the surface. Now, the Asura must learn to survive in a hostile, strange, and all-too-brightly-lit world. Still, the surviving population is of two minds--half of them long for a return to their underground empires, while the other half believe their former lands are lost forever, that their future lies among the strange races of the surface world.
ArenaNet recently hosted a slew of journalists at the offices in Bellevue. The reporters engaged in in-depth interviews, toured the studio, and got in a bit of hands-on of Guild Wars: Eye of the North. Here are links to some of the reports along with a few meaty comments from the authors:
* IGN "ArenaNet has a stellar art department that's able to continually outdo itself with each successive release."
* GameSpy "...they seem to have a pretty good handle on where they want the game to go. Based on what I experienced of the expansion pack, that's a pretty good place, indeed."
* GameSpot "Though it is an expansion, Eye of the North should pack a full game's worth of content."
* Games Radar "Ultimately, Eye of the North will serve as a bridge between Guild Wars 1 and Guild Wars 2..."
* Destructoid "Guild Wars has always looked fantastic, and ArenaNet owes that to the absolutely insane art team they've got."
* MMOGNation "The focus is on the play experience. Give players the freedom to do what they want. Players who want a directed experience can grab quests and do that, folks who want to explore can go out and do that."
A significant change is coming to Guild Wars this week. We are modifying the Favor of the Gods system to allow all territories to share Favor together through PvE achievements, and to introduce Favor in certain explorable areas. Find out how you can help open the Fissure of Woe and the Underworld to players around the world, and learn about the new forms of Favor, here.
From the Official Guild Wars website: blockquote>The rules for the August season of the Guild Wars $100,000 Tournament Series are now available. We've made a few changes to the rules, updated the prizes, and are rolling out a new schedule that should make it even easier for players to participate in the matches. Find the updated rules here.
NCsoft and ArenaNet have created a new package that gives players another opportunity to join the Guild Wars world. This new product is called the Guild Wars Platinum Edition. Through this single package, players will obtain full access to both the original Guild Wars campaign and the Guild Wars: Eye of the North expansion pack. Check out the product page and an FAQ about the Platinum Edition to learn more!
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