Guild Wars Factions World Championship Announced In Leipzig, Germany, 24-27 August

Hot on the heels of a massive global preview event for Guild Wars Factions, ArenaNet, developer of the online role playing game Guild Wars, and NCsoft Corporation, the world’s leading developer and publisher of online computer games, announced the date and location of the Guild Wars Factions World Championship. The Guild Wars Factions World Championship event will take place at the biggest European electronic game show, GC Game Convention in Leipzig, Germany, 24-27 August 2006.

Dirk Metzger, marketing director, NCsoft Europe, commented: "Guild Wars has been a huge success in Europe – it topped the charts all across Europe when it was released last year and the momentum has been building ever since. The news that the Guild Wars Factions World Championship will be held in Leipzig will be greeted with enormous enthusiasm by the fans and we are looking forward to creating a real buzz during the Game Convention."

The Guild Wars Factions World Championship is a culmination of the Guild Wars Factions Championship Series, comprised of three seasons of competitive game play, taking place between March 7 and June 26, 2006. The Championship Series is open to all Guild Wars players, and at the end of each season, the top 16 guilds on the Guild Wars Ladder will compete in post-season playoffs for Guild Wars Factions Championship Points.

The five guilds from around the world with the most Championship Points at the end of the three qualifying seasons, along with the winner of the upcoming Guild Wars Factions Championship Open Event, will be awarded with a trip to the GC Game Convention in Leipzig, where they will compete for more than $100,000 in cash and prizes. The winner of the Guild Wars Factions World Championship will also earn the honor of choosing the designs of next season’s set of Guild Wars skill pins, new collectible badges given to Guild Wars fans at events throughout the year.

Guild Wars Factions is the highly anticipated stand-alone follow-up to the critically acclaimed game Guild Wars, an online role playing game, in which more than one million players explore a rich fantasy world, acquire skills, build personalized characters and compete in head-to-head battles with players from around the globe.

ArenaNet attributes the success of Guild Wars to compelling game design and innovative technology that offers a unique online game play experience, and a revolutionary business model with no monthly subscription fees.



Complete details regarding the tournament rules are available HERE

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