3 million hours spent on Guild Wars Factions preview weekend

by James Ransom-Wiley on Apr 3rd 2006 5:55PM

For most of us, the weekend is just 48 hours — plus the fleeting time before midnight Friday night. But somehow, Guild Wars fanatics squeezed 3 million hours into the end of week celebration. Some 500,000 players logged into the invite-only Guild Wars Factions preview opportunity this past weekend, eager to get an early look at the upcoming PvP title.

Factions will be a stand-alone game, featuring the same great "no monthly fee" policy as its predecessor. Expect the 3 million hour tally to be trumped soon after Factions' release at the end of the month.

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Tags: Guild Wars, Guild Wars Factions, GuildWars, GuildWarsFactions, NCSoft, PC, PvP

Reader Comments (5)

Yeah, I was there. And GW is balanced for both PvE and PvP. Try not to mix that up :P

Go Luxon's!

It was sweet. I had never played an MMORPG before, but now I think ill buy it when it comes out.

Kurzicks all the way!

Luxons for teh wins!!1!

Haha, yea, I was there too. Quite enjoyable. I can't wait till it comes out.

It was very cool to see the borders change over the course of the weekend. In fact, a large bubble appeared in the southern part of the continent at the end of the weekend. The assassin class was fun but I did miss the traditional cloak ability that other MMORPGs usually endow.