Brighton, United Kingdom (5th September, 2006) - NCsoft Europe and ArenaNet®, developer of the award-winning online role-playing game Guild Wars®, are extremely pleased to announce that on Saturday 26th August War Machine of Korea was crowned Guild Wars Factions™ World Champion, walking away with $50,000 of the $100,000 prize money, bringing War Machine’s total earnings in the last three months up to $75,000. Runners up Idiot Savants of America also took home a healthy $25,000.

August 24, 2006 (BELLEVUE, WA) – ArenaNet® and NCsoft® today announced that Guild Wars Nightfall™, the next game in the award-winning and critically-acclaimed Guild Wars® franchise, will be available in stores worldwide October 27, 2006. 

Guild Wars Factions™ World Championship Final & Unveiling of Guild Wars Nightfall™ at Games Convention 2006

In-Game Interface and Digital Distribution Will Allow Players to Purchase, Download and Play Guild Wars® Games and Accessories Immediately.

Fans to get first taste of next Guild Wars® game in new retail package that will include exclusive character items, an additional character slot, screenshots and more.

Guild Wars Players Invited to Play in Exclusive Player-Versus-Player Event as Beta Testing Launches for Next Guild Wars Campaign

NCsoft Europe Celebrates The Long Term Success Of The World’s Favourite Massively Multiplayer Franchise With New Retail Offering

City of Villains’ Ghost Widow to Make Guest Appearance

Europe’s Number One PC Game Confirms More than Two Million Units Sold

Accounts re-activated for all City of Villains/City of Heroes players.