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Guild Wars: Factions

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First release
Apr 28, 2006
Developer
ArenaNet
Publisher
NCSOFT
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Strategy · Educational, Action, Fantasy
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows)

Players from around the world to battle for the future of Cantha—a complex empire dominated by bureaucracy and strife, living under the shadow of an ancient evil. You must find a way to defeat Shiro and his afflicted minions as you navigate a hostile political climate. Guild Wars Factions is the second stand-alone release from developer ArenaNet, and features a new world, new mechanics, and new professions.

Also known as GWF, GW:F

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Storyline
Two hundred years ago, the Betrayer, Shiro Tagachi, transformed the lush continent of Cantha into a devastated landscape of stone forests and crystalline seas. Now, in a land torn asunder by war, who you fight is as important as who you serve. While Kurzicks and Luxons battle for ever-decreasing resources, a horrible plague threatens the very existence of an empire still reeling from the betrayal that nearly destroyed it two centuries earlier.Read more

Two hundred years ago, the Betrayer, Shiro Tagachi, transformed the lush continent of Cantha into a devastated landscape of stone forests and crystalline seas. Now, in a land torn asunder by war, who you fight is as important as who you serve. While Kurzicks and Luxons battle for ever-decreasing resources, a horrible plague threatens the very existence of an empire still reeling from the betrayal that nearly destroyed it two centuries earlier.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Apr 28, 2006
Age ratings
PEGI 12ESRB T
Game modes
Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Multiplayer
Perspective
First person, Third person, Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
assassin, exploration, dinosaurs, magic, grinding
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80
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Multiplayer

  • Online multiplayerIGDB · 31 Oct
  • Massively multiplayer (MMO)Steam · 16 Oct
  • Online co-opIGDB · 31 Oct
  • Co-op campaignIGDB · 31 Oct

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