{"id":23075,"date":"2012-08-29T09:16:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T23:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=23075"},"modified":"2012-08-29T09:16:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T23:16:08","slug":"guild-wars-2-now-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=23075","title":{"rendered":"Guild Wars 2\u00ae Now Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>Players pre-purchase more than one million copies<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SYDNEY \u2013 August 29, 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, developer of the renowned <em>Guild Wars <\/em>franchise, are delighted to announce the launch of <em>Guild Wars 2<\/em>.<em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Even before today\u2019s launch, more than one million fans paid for the game in full to enjoy a 3-day Headstart prior to today\u2019s official launch. Additionally, demand for the game during this Headstart has been record-breaking, with a peak concurrency of more than 400,000 players online at once. Whether it\u2019s because of the vast and dynamic world that changes based on player actions, the engaging, customizable personal storyline, or the visceral, highly-mobile action, it\u2019s clear that online gamers are eager for <em>Guild Wars 2.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the culmination of a 5-year journey and to be greeted by this level of enthusiasm by our fans is truly amazing,\u201d said Mike O\u2019Brien, president and co-founder of ArenaNet. \u201cBut really our work is just beginning. Now our focus is shifting to building on this living world we\u2019ve delivered, continuously refining our game and improving services to ensure our players have the best possible experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the game and to purchase <em>Guild Wars 2<\/em>, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myguild.com.au\">www.myguild.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Players pre-purchase more than one million copies\u00a0 SYDNEY \u2013 August 29, 2012: NCsoft\u00ae, the world\u2019s premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) and ArenaNet, developer of the renowned Guild Wars franchise, are delighted to announce the launch of Guild Wars 2. Even before today\u2019s launch, more than one million fans paid for<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=23075\">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-23075","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\/23075","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=23075"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23076,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23075\/revisions\/23076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}