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Guild Wars
''Guild Wars'' is an online role-playing game franchise developed by ArenaNet and published by NCSoft. The games were critically well received and won many editor's choice awards, as well as awards such as "D.I.C.E. Award for Role-Playing Game of the Year, Massively Multiplayer/Persistent World Game of the Year" by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, as well as Best Value, Best Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG), and Best Game. ''Guild Wars'' was noted for being the "first major Massively multiplayer online game, MMO to adopt a business model not based on monthly subscription business model, subscription fees", its instance dungeon, instanced approach to gameplay, and the quality of the graphics and play for computers with low specifications. In April 2009, NCSoft announced that 6 million units of games in the ''Guild Wars'' series had been sold. The sequel and fourth major entry into the series, ''Guild Wars 2'', was announced in March 2007 and rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ArenaNet
ArenaNet, LLC is an American video game developer and subsidiary of NCSoft, founded in 2000 by Mike O'Brien (game developer), Mike O'Brien, Patrick Wyatt and Jeff Strain and located in Bellevue, Washington. They are most notable as developers of the Massively multiplayer online role-playing game, online role-playing game series ''Guild Wars''. History Originally named Triforge, ArenaNet was founded in 2000 by three veterans of Blizzard Entertainment: Mike O'Brien (game developer), Mike O'Brien ("Mo"), Jeff Strain, and Patrick Wyatt. They had previously held senior roles in the production of ''Warcraft'', ''StarCraft'', and ''Diablo (series), Diablo'' games, as well as in shared technologies like the battle.net service and "Mo pack" (.mpq) file format. The company was acquired by NCSoft in December 2002 during development of its then-unannounced first title, ''Guild Wars (video game), Guild Wars''. On September 10, 2008, NCSoft announced the formation of NCSoft West, headquarter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instance Dungeon
In massively multiplayer online games, an instance is a special area, typically a dungeon, that generates a new copy of the location for each group, or for a certain number of players, that enters the area. Instancing, the general term for the use of this technique, addresses several problems encountered by players in the shared spaces of virtual worlds. It is not widely known when instances were first used in this genre. However, '' The Realm Online'' (1996) is sometimes credited as introducing the concept. Design considerations The problem can be stated as follows: every player wants to be "The Hero", slay "The Monster", rescue "The Princess", and obtain "The Magic Sword". When there are thousands of players all playing the same game, clearly not everyone can be the hero. The problem of everyone wanting to kill the same monster and gain the best treasure became obvious in the game '' EverQuest'', where several groups of players would compete and sometimes harass each other in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Path Of Fire
''Path of Fire'' is the third studio album by the Swedish band Aeon. It was released on 21/24 May in Europe and 25 May in the U.S. via Metal Blade Records. Background As former bassist Max Carlberg had left Aeon at the time of the album recording and studio sessions had already been booked, preventing replacement bassist Victor Brandt from learning the songs in time, the bass on ''Path of Fire'' is handled by Aeon's guitarists Zeb Nilsson and Daniel Dlimi.Aeon Joined By Former Satyricon Bassist - Sep. 9, 2009 , Blabbermout.net Guitarist and the graphic artist of Aeon, Daniel Dlimi, commented the cover art: "I created this symbol/badge that for me reflects life, death and the path you have chosen to live your life by. It's about whatever you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Of Thorns
The heart is a muscular organ found in humans and other animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels. The heart and blood vessels together make the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissue, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon dioxide to the lungs. In humans, the heart is approximately the size of a closed fist and is located between the lungs, in the middle compartment of the chest, called the mediastinum. In humans, the heart is divided into four chambers: upper left and right atria and lower left and right ventricles. Commonly, the right atrium and ventricle are referred together as the right heart and their left counterparts as the left heart. In a healthy heart, blood flows one way through the heart due to heart valves, which prevent backflow. The heart is enclosed in a protective sac, the pericardium, which also contains a small amount of fluid. The wall of the heart is made up of three layers: epicardium, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ree Soesbee
Ree Soesbee is an American game designer of collectible card games, role-playing games, and massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), as well as a writer of primarily fantasy novels. Early life and education After Soesbee's mother died when she was 6, a relative gave her a copy of the 1983 red box edition of '' Dungeons & Dragons''. Her father, believing that the game led to demon worship, refused to let her play and hid it away. She became fascinated by the game as a result, and a pattern ensued where she would find it and play, and her father would hide it again. At the same time, she and her father watched episodes of ''Star Trek'' together. These two factors early in her life helped to develop an interest in both role-playing games and science fiction. She continued to play various role-playing games through her childhood and early adulthood, including '' Cyberpunk'', '' Shadowrun'', and '' Paranoia''. Writer Soesbee completed her MA in English Literature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rytlock's Critter Rampage
''Rytlock's Critter Rampage'' is a 2013 HTML5-based action-adventure game published by ArenaNet, developed and programmed by Delly Sartika. While not an official sequel to the Guild Wars series, it takes place in the same canon realm known to Guild Wars 2 players as the Super Adventure Box. It was released worldwide on April 19, 2013 for players to experience in web browsers everywhere. It was developed using the Construct (game engine), Construct 2 game engine. The gameplay of Rytlock's Critter Rampage focuses on exploration, the search for baubles that are used to purchase items such as potions, defeating foes, and rescuing defenseless creatures known as quaggans. The game's story takes place some time before the events of Super Adventure Box, and follows legionnaire Charr warrior Rytlock Brimstone as he goes on a rampage, destroying hostile creatures. Rytlock's Critter Rampage was an unexpected addition to the Super Adventure Box release, and is considered by many players a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Anderson (artist)
Richard Anderson is an American concept artist, illustrator, and painter. He won the Gold Spectrum Award in 2011, the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film in 2015, and he was the final person to win the Gemmell Award for Best Fantasy Cover Art. He has created artwork used on dozens of book covers, concept art used in the production of several films, and has worked both freelance and for specific companies in his career. Biography Richard Anderson is a native of Montana, where he lived in a trailer house. He began drawing when he was young, and had difficulty in school. After graduating high school, he began attending The Art Institute of Seattle, where he graduated after focusing on his drawing. In 2003, he began working as an artist at NCSoft (specifically at ArenaNet), where he worked on the ''Guild Wars'' games. After working at NCSoft for eight-and-a-half years, he moved to MPC, where he worked through 2011. He won the 2011 Gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Grubb
Jeff Grubb (born August 27, 1957) is an author of novels, short stories, and comics, as well as a computer and role-playing game designer in the fantasy genre. Grubb worked on the ''Dragonlance'' campaign setting under Tracy Hickman, and the ''Forgotten Realms'' setting with Ed Greenwood. His written works include '' The Finder's Stone Trilogy'', the '' Spelljammer'' and '' Jakandor'' campaign settings, and contributions to ''Dragonlance'' and the computer game '' Guild Wars Nightfall'' (2006). Personal life Grubb was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He met Kate Novak in high school and married her in 1983. His first year of employment involved work with air pollution control devices. Beginnings in role-playing games Grubb became a wargaming enthusiast during his high school years. He started to play Avalon Hill wargames including '' PanzerBlitz'' and ''Blitzkrieg'', and the SPI game, ''Frigate''. As a freshman, he attended the campus war-gaming club and was introduced to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Forbeck
Matt Forbeck (born August 4, 1968) is an American author and game designer from Beloit, Wisconsin. Biography Forbeck first became interested in role-playing games at age 13 when he started playing ''Dungeons & Dragons''. He earned a degree in creative writing from the Residential College at the University of Michigan and graduated in 1989. Forbeck began working full-time on games and fiction after graduating. He was the editor on an adventure by Gary Gygax for New Infinities called ''Epic of Yarth: Necropolis''. He wrote ''Outlaw'' (1991) and '' Western Hero'' (1991) for the Iron Crown Enterprises and Hero Games. Forbeck and Shane Hensley formed Pinnacle Entertainment Group to publish '' Deadlands''. Forbeck spent four years as the president of Pinnacle and was the director of the adventure games division at Human Head Studios for two years. Forbeck left Pinnacle to move to Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) just before the two companies ended their relationship, and sold hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eye Of The North
''Guild Wars: Eye of the North'' is an expansion pack to the multiplayer online role-playing game ''Guild Wars'' by ArenaNet, a subsidiary of NCSOFT. It was released worldwide on August 31, 2007. Unlike other games in the ''Guild Wars'' sequence, ''Eye of the North'' requires players to own one of the earlier three campaigns. It features no tutorial content and is intended for characters that have already reached level 10 or higher. ''Eye of the North'' does not feature new professions, but it has 18 new multi-level dungeons, 150 new skills (50 of them restricted to PٰٰVE), 40 new armor sets, and 10 new heroes''.'' In addition, there are new items, weapons, and titles. ''Eye of the North'' is in part intended to act as a bridge from ''Guild Wars'' to ''Guild Wars 2'' and introduces the new races of the '' Norn'' (dwellers on the icy slopes of the Shiver Peak Mountains to the north) and ''Asura'' (inhabitants of the southern part of the Maguuma Jungle), both of which would later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guild Wars Nightfall
''Guild Wars Nightfall'' is a fantasy action role-playing game and the third stand-alone campaign in the ''Guild Wars'' series developed by ArenaNet, a subsidiary of NCSOFT corporation. ''Nightfall'' was released worldwide on October 27, 2006, having been in development alongside ''Guild Wars Factions'' since November 2005. ''Nightfall'' takes place in the continent of Elona in the ''Guild Wars'' universe. It follows the player's character as they join the Order of the Sunspears and uncover the desire of Warmarshal Varesh to return a long forgotten god to the world through an event called Nightfall. The players, assisted by their hero allies, fight through civil war, ignorant Vabbi princes and Varesh's demon allies as they attempt to prevent the coming of Nightfall. Gameplay ''Nightfall'' is a continuation of the ''Guild Wars'' franchise and so follows the same gameplay principles. ''Guild Wars'' in previous releases attempted a marriage of Player versus Environment (or "PvE") ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
