31/07/2007 by N.IGMA.

The Guild Wars Team has dug itself out from under a deluge of emails received as entries in the “Brand the Bosses 2007″ Contest. From more than 7,500 entries, 100 finalists have been chosen, including 10 winners and 20 honorable mentions. Find out the monikers of those you’ll soon face in Guild Wars: Eye of the North on the contest winners page.

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31/07/2007 by N.IGMA.

Guild Wars $100,000 Tournament Series has forged our first repeating champions! For the second consecutive month, X Ekelon X dominated the 1v1 Championship and Virtual Dragons [vD] seized victory in GvG. You can see the final standings for the 1v1 Championship here and the GvG Championship here. This feat netted the victors, and many others, terrific prizes and Reward Points for in-game bounty. Congratulations to all who did so well in the July Series. The August Series has already commenced, so jump in and see if you have what it takes to become the new champion!
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30/07/2007 by N.IGMA.

You can get helpful information and essentials details about the Guild Wars Bonus Mission Pack in today’s Bonus Mission Pack FAQ.

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28/07/2007 by N.IGMA.

Watch competitors from around the world compete in the July Championships for prizes from ATI (Event Sponsor) and Creative (Contributing Sponsor) as well as other cool goodies that are part of the more than $10,000 in prizes offered each month! The GvG championship starts at 22:00 GMT on Saturday, July 28 and the 1v1 Championship starts at 22:00 GMT on Sunday, July 29.

And get ready to start earning qualifier points for the August Championship! Full rules for the tournament series can be found here.]]>

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26/07/2007 by N.IGMA.

You can find the GW:EN Fansite Kit here on the website. Inside are high-res renders, box art, and more. Head here to find all the goods.

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25/07/2007 by N.IGMA.

If you love the Guild Wars miniatures and dream of adding to your family of diminutive companions, you’ll want to know about the newest miniature: the Grawl. We’ll be offering keys that allow you to acquire this little guy in July and August at local fan shows such as Comic-Con, Gen Con, and PAX. Stop by the NCsoft or ArenaNet booth at any of the shows to see if you can score a key. Quantities are limited and when they’re gone, they’re gone. One per account, please. Now, don’t worry—if you can’t make the shows, we’ll be offering a chance for you to get a key later on. And European players will soon get information about upcoming local promotions that will allow you to acquire the cute little creature, as well!

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21/07/2007 by N.IGMA.

• Enabled the creation of bonus items for players who pre-ordered Guild Wars: Eye of the North.

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21/07/2007 by N.IGMA.

Guild Wars: Eye of the North Pre-Order

• Players can now pre-order Guild Wars: Eye of the North from the Guild Wars Official (in-game) Store.

Promotional Items

• Pre-order and promotional weapons that contain open component slots can once again be enhanced with upgrade components. These upgrades cannot be salvaged from the weapon once they have been applied.

Miscellaneous

• The character selection screen has been updated to Guild Wars: Eye of the North.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed several skill-related bugs that occurred during the last update. Included among these updates: Fast Casting once again works on Signets, Spawning Power once again increases weapon spell duration, and Mesmer interrupt skills once again work on Chants.
• Fixed a bug that caused Observer Mode games to disappear prematurely from the list.
• Fixed a bug that caused attributes to be listed in red text.
• Fixed a graphical map error in the Ring of Fire.

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19/07/2007 by N.IGMA.

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19/07/2007 by N.IGMA.

Fresh on the heels of Tuesday’s press release that contained information about the Guild Wars: Eye of the North Prerelease Bonus pack, we’re pleased to release a new GW:EN in-game trailer as well as the bonus pack product pages which contain concept art images, in-game screenshots, and details about the exciting special items.

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18/07/2007 by N.IGMA.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that corrupted geometry on Intel 915, 945, and 965 graphics chips.
• Fixed a Party Search issue that caused some players to crash.
• Fixed the district drop-down list so that it no longer displays unavailable districts and territories.
• Fixed a map error in D’Alessio Seaboard.

Miscellaneous

• English districts are now referred to as Common districts.

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18/07/2007 by N.IGMA.

Party Search

• Whenever a party enters Party Search, an automatic message will now broadcast to players in that party’s current district. For example, if Flamingo Avenger sets “glf monk” as the party’s description in the Party Search panel, “Flamingo Avenger: Party Search — glf monk” will appear in the Chat panel of players in the same district as Flamingo Avenger.
• Whenever a party leader broadcasts “glf”, “lfg”, “lfp”, “wtb”, “wts”, or “wtt” in All chat, that party will now be entered into Party Search automatically with that chat message used as the party’s description.

User Interface

• The Trade panel now displays the name as well as the icon of trade items present in the trade cart, and a warning message now displays when the person you are trading with changes the offer.
• The Party panel now automatically resizes vertically to match the contents of the panel.
• The Party panel now maintains the same position it was placed in while in outposts and missions.
  The Party panel join frame has been moved to the bottom of the panel.
• Allies and pets are now listed in collapsible groups in the Party panel while in a mission.

Domain of Anguish
To balance the Domain of Anguish appropriately for a wider variety of players, the difficulty of this realm has been adjusted. Some of the changes apply only to Normal mode.

• In Normal mode only, all world effects outside of the final battle have been removed.
• In Normal mode only, damage output has been reduced for a variety of monsters.
• The size of several monster groups found in the beginning areas of the City of Torqua and the Foundry of Failed Creations have been reduced.
• The Enraged ability possessed by creatures in the Domain of Anguish has been adjusted. This ability now gives the caster +50% damage when below 70% Health, and an additional +50% damage when below 30% Health.
• Fixed a bug that occasionally caused Mallyx to stop reacting in combat.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug in the Nightfall mission the Grand Court of Sebelkeh that caused rifts to erroneously display blue bars when being recaptured by the Blasphemy.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Factions quest “A Formal Introduction” from loading if players had quests from the Dragon Festival in their Quest Logs.

Miscellaneous

• The Tyrian World Map has been enlarged and adjusted in preparation for Guild Wars: Eye of the North.
• Improved the system for throttling chat spam.
• The Sunspear Rebirth Signet is now sorted under Sunspear skills in the Skills and Attributes panel.
• The Lightbringer’s Gaze and the Lightbringer’s Signet are now sorted under Lightbringer skills in the Skills and Attributes panel.
• Additional behavioral modifications have been made to the Luxon Warriors in Fort Aspenwood.
• Master Architect Gunther no longer runs in front of Fort Aspenwood’s green gate.

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17/07/2007 by N.IGMA.

You can learn all sorts of meaty details about the Guild Wars: Eye of the North Prerelease Bonus Pack in today’s press release. Find out about what the preorder pack offers you, check out the availability date, and read up on the cool new items, too!

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10/07/2007 by N.IGMA.

If you’re attending the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle this August, you’ll want to read today’s event page for information about some of the activities we’re planning at this gamer show, and hints about information yet to come. Check it out and we hope to meet you at the show!

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07/07/2007 by N.IGMA.

Bug Fixes

• Restored missing merchant to the Tomb of the Primeval Kings.
• Fixed a bug in the Dragon Festival missions that prevented rifts from closing.

Miscellaneous

• Added support for the Guild Wars Bonus Mission Pack promotion to the Guild Wars in-game store.

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06/07/2007 by N.IGMA.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused Imperial Guardsman Linro to not show up in Kaineng Center.

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