Guild Wars Factions
ArenaNet / April 22, 2009 / Rated Unrated
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Two hundred years ago, the Betrayer called Shiro Tagachi transformed the lush continent of Cantha into a devastated landscape of stone forests and crystalline seas. Now, in an empire torn asunder by war, who you fight is as important as who you serve. While the Kurzicks and Luxons battle for ever-decreasing resources, an ancient and treacherous force returns to a world he nearly destroyed.
The heroes of Cantha may have finally met their match. Which side will you choose?
Guild Wars Factions™, the second stand-alone release from developer ArenaNet®, features a new world, new mechanics, and new professions.
Join the battle for the future of Cantha — an all-new Asian-inspired continent — with players from all over the world.
Experience two new professions unique to Cantha: the deadly Assassin and the powerful Ritualist.
Fight for your faction in all-new competitive missions, challenge missions, and elite missions.
Join in furious alliance battles that will redraw the borders of the Canthan continent.
Link your account to Guild Wars® (the original Prophecies™ campaign) for additional character slots and travels between the original continent of Tyria and the new realm of Cantha.
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Guild Wars Factions is a fantasy action role-playing game and the second stand-alone campaign in the Guild Wars series developed by ArenaNet, a subsidiary of NCSOFT corporation. It serves as both a standalone game and first expansion pack to the base game, which is referred to as Prophecies. Simply referred to as Factions, it introduces the continent of Cantha, inspired by East Asian cultures, where two warring factions, the Luxons and the Kurzicks, are locked in a global persistent war. Players are able to join in this conflict, assisting their chosen faction in claiming towns on the game map.
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