NCsoft and
ArenaNet today revealed the developement of
Guild Wars 2, the sequel to their popular mission-based competitive online RPG. It was also revealed that, like its predecessors, Guild Wars 2 will not have a subscription fee. No launch date was announced, but the ArenaNet team anticipates that Guild Wars 2 will go into beta sometime in the second half of 2008. In addition, an expansion for Guild Wars, named
Eye of the North (
screenshots), was confirmed. Scheduled for Q3 2007, Guild Wars Eye of the North will feature 18 large, multi-level dungeons, 150 new skills across all 10 Guild Wars professions, 10 new Heroes, 40 new armor sets, and even more items, weapons and titles. Check full story for details - three
artwork from Guild Wars 2 and a a batch of
screenshots from Guild Wars Eye of the North have been inserted in our gallery.