{"id":21928,"date":"2012-06-30T15:34:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T05:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=21928"},"modified":"2012-06-30T15:34:35","modified_gmt":"2012-06-30T05:34:35","slug":"guild-wars-2-launches-august-28-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=21928","title":{"rendered":"Guild Wars\u00ae 2 Launches August 28, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SYDNEY, Australia \u2013 June 28, 2012:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncsoft.com\">NCsoft<\/a>\u00ae, the world\u2019s premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), and ArenaNet\u2122, developer of the renowned <em>Guild Wars <\/em>franchise, today announce that <em>Guild Wars 2<\/em>, the most anticipated game of 2012, will launch worldwide on August 28, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Building on sales of more than seven million units of the original game, <em>Guild Wars 2<\/em> redefines massively multiplayer online roleplaying games with visceral, action-oriented combat; a gorgeous, living world full of constantly evolving dynamic events; customizable personal storylines that are unique to each player; intense Player vs. Player combat between small teams or massive armies; and most importantly, a shared online world where players work together as allies instead of as rivals \u2014 all with no monthly subscription fee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re offering gamers an experience that delivers on the promise of online gaming with a truly social experience in an immense, shared world<em>,<\/em>\u201d said Mike O\u2019Brien, president and co-founder of ArenaNet. \u201cAfter five years of creation, development, and polish, announcing the launch date of <em>Guild Wars 2 <\/em>is a huge milestone for us, but the thing we\u2019re most looking forward to is seeing gamers from all over the globe explore this world and begin creating their own stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As they prepare for launch, ArenaNet will focus on polishing <em>Guild Wars 2<\/em> to ensure the highest quality experience on launch day, which includes hosting a final Beta Weekend Event July 20-22 2012.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Beta Weekend Event and <em>Guild Wars 2<\/em>, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myguild.com.au\">www.myguild.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>**View the official launch trailer here: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/t-CB0hheQRg\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/t-CB0hheQRg<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY, Australia \u2013 June 28, 2012: NCsoft\u00ae, the world\u2019s premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), and ArenaNet\u2122, developer of the renowned Guild Wars franchise, today announce that Guild Wars 2, the most anticipated game of 2012, will launch worldwide on August 28, 2012. Building on sales of more than seven million<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=21928\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21928"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21930,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21928\/revisions\/21930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}