GW Factions World Championship

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Press Release

Guild Wars Factions World Championship Announced for Leipzig, Germany, 24-27 August
Top Guilds from Around the Globe to Compete for More than $100,000 in Cash and Prizes
Thursday 6 April 2006/... Hot on the heels of a massive global preview event for Guild Wars FactionsTM, ArenaNet?, developer of the award-winning online roleplaying game Guild Wars?, and NCsoft? Corporation, the world's leading developer and publisher of online computer games, announce today 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 gameplay taking place between 7 March and 26 June 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 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 honour of choosing the designs of next season's set of Guild Wars skill pins, new collectable 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 roleplaying game in which more than one million players explore a rich fantasy world, acquire skills, build personalised 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, innovative technology that offers a unique online gameplay experience, and a revolutionary business model with no monthly subscription fees. Guild Wars Factions is set to hit store shelves on 28 April 2006 with a suggested retail price of ?29.99 / ?44.99.

Complete details regarding the tournament rules are available at [url=\"http://guildwars.com/events/championship/factions/default.php\"]http://guildwars.com/events/championship/f...ons/default.php[/url].

For more information, please visit [url=\"http://eu.guildwars.com\"]http://eu.guildwars.com[/url].