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Article: Guild Wars Nightfall Debuts to Mass Acclaim and Record-Breaking Numbers in Weekend Global Event.
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- Business Wire
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- October 5, 2006
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Nearly 500,000 Fans Played more than Four Million Hours in Landmark Gaming Event!
BELLEVUE, Wa. -- With the October 27, 2006 release of Guild Wars[R] Nightfall[TM] drawing close, nearly half a million players around the world got their first taste of one of the year's most-anticipated games in last weekend's World Preview Event. Players spent an average of 8.5 hours each over the course of the weekend, announced ArenaNet[R], developer of the award-winning Guild Wars franchise, amassing more than four million total hours of game play. This weekend's numbers shattered the previous attendance record of three million hours set during the Guild Wars Factions[TM] ...