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Written by Robert McKay
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Monday, 20 October 2008 10:04 |
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Guild Wars is having another one of its famed theme parties. Players get to play themed mini-games and enjoy well known areas redecorated in Halloween splendor. Festivities usually include special items given as prizes that are not available at any other time.
Guild Wars is an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game) set in a medieval fantasy world with an Asian flare. It is different from most of the large MMO games in that it does not require a monthly subscription in order to play. Players simply have to have a copy of the game and an internet connection to play. The Halloween festivities will begin October 24th and wrap up on November 2nd. Highlights of the event include the “Costume Brawl”, in which players dress up as NPCs (non-player characters) and take part in a battle against other players for prizes. From the press release:It’s Halloween in Tyria, and Mad King Thorn is back to spread his own malevolent brand of lunatic fun. The maniacal monarch has come to play, and he’s got a cornucopia of mini-games, jokes, and riddles to delight and dismay his fellow revelers. You can play along if you’ve got the nerve and the know-how, but before you accept his challenges you need to understand the stakes. If you beat the Mad King at his own games, you’ll earn fabulous prizes and special mementos to mark the occasion; if you lose, you get killed. (Read the rest here)
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