ArenaNet



ArenaNet - located in Bellevue, Washington, USA - is the development studio that makes Guild Wars.


 * Note: In colloquial chat, on forums and in this wiki, the name is often shortened to "ANet" or "A.Net".

ArenaNet is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Korean company NCsoft, publishers of other MMORPGs such as City of Heroes and Lineage 2.

ArenaNet was founded by Mike O'Brien, Patrick Wyatt and Jeff Strain. All three of them came from Blizzard Entertainment and were previously involved in the development of major multiplayer online games such as Warcraft, Starcraft and World of Warcraft.

Since that, ArenaNet has grown to 100+ employees. Besides the three founders there are several other staff members "visible" to the community, for example Gaile Gray (community relations manager) or Isaiah Cartwright (skill balancer). A full list of the ArenaNet team can be found on their website (see external links).