Riporto pari pari la press release:
Bellevue, Wa. (August 29, 2005) - ArenaNet®, creators of the #1 selling competitive online roleplaying game, Guild Wars®, announces the release of the much-anticipated Guild Wars update: Sorrow’s Furnace. To be released on September 7, 2005, the update will be available free to all Guild Wars account holders and will stream to them live at game log-in.
Sorrow's Furnace offers two large, explorable regions: Grenth's Footprint and Sorrow's Furnace. These regions will provide exciting new high-level content to Guild Wars players, and will offer new quests, new monsters, new items, and more. For characters who have completed their ascension in Guild Wars, these areas will provide new opportunities for exploration and reward.
Guild Wars is a competitive online roleplaying game that rewards player skill more than time played. Players explore a rich fantasy game world, acquire skills, build personalized characters and compete in head-to-head guild battles with players from around the world.
In addition, DirectSong will simultaneously release new music for Sorrow’s Furnace. DirectSong, the world's first official music expansion service, will offer a Sorrow's Furnace music Mini-Pak free of charge to all Guild Wars account holders who register at their website: www.directsong.com. The Mini-Pak also features a preview of Guild Wars Battle Pak 1, the first full music upgrade announced for Guild Wars, available end of September.
Per dirla in parole povere per quei poveriche non conoscono l'inglese, il 7 settembre saranno uppate le 2 nuove zone PvE, Sorrow's Furnace e Grenth's Footprints. Ci saranno quests, items, mobs nuovi per tutti, per i pre e i post ascensione.
Carina l'idea della musica scaricabile da DirectSong per questa espansione e anche per la prossima, Battle Pak 1 (disponibile a fine settembre), in modo del tutto gratuito per gli utenti di GW.
Che dire, io sono sempre più contento dell'atteggiamento commerciale dei signori di Arenanet, altre società ben più blasonate dovrebbe solamente imparare da questi signori come si gestisce un MMOG (e senza ticket, aggiungo!).![]()