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Guild Wars: Eye of the North (commonly abbreviated as GW:EN, GWEN or EotN) is an upcoming product of the [[Guild Wars]] game series. It is an expansion to all of the first three campaigns. Unlike the previous three Guild Wars products, Eye of the North is not a standalone campaign: it is an expansion pack.
 
Guild Wars: Eye of the North (commonly abbreviated as GW:EN, GWEN or EotN) is an upcoming product of the [[Guild Wars]] game series. It is an expansion to all of the first three campaigns. Unlike the previous three Guild Wars products, Eye of the North is not a standalone campaign: it is an expansion pack.
   

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Guild Wars: Eye of the North (commonly abbreviated as GW:EN, GWEN or EotN) is an upcoming product of the Guild Wars game series. It is an expansion to all of the first three campaigns. Unlike the previous three Guild Wars products, Eye of the North is not a standalone campaign: it is an expansion pack.

Eye of the North will require at least one of the Guild Wars campaigns to play, and focuses on high-level content for existing characters.

Content

The May edition of PC Gamer has announced Eye of the North, with a 15-page cover article on it, containing official information from ArenaNet. The magazine shipped on Thursday, March 15th to subscribers. It was not available on newsstands until after April 3rd.

Eye of the North will not include any new professions. James Phinney has stated that Eye of the North will involve character development beyond level 20, however Gaile Gray has clarified that this extended character development will not increase the actual level cap.

Features:

  • 40 new armor styles (4 per profession)
  • 100 new profession-specific skills
  • 50 new PvE-only skills (none of which are profession-specific)
  • 10 new heroes

Eye of the North's story is divided into three sections:

Bridging the Divide

Through the story line, Eye of the North will introduce Guild Wars players to some of the races that will be playable in the planned sequel: Guild Wars 2. It will serve another important function for players who have invested much time and effort into developing their characters... a measure of continuity will be made possible through a Hall of Monuments. Players will construct these monuments through Quests in GW:EN and may then record some of their achievements (titles) and even items, which will bestow some benefit in GW2.

Release Date

Eye of the North will be on sale during the Third Quarter of 2007. Although some retailers have provided estimated release dates, no precise date has been officially announced by ArenaNet or NCSoft, however Gaile Grey has recently stated that a release date is likely to be announced soon.

Only dates that are officially announced by ArenaNet will be posted here!

However, for personal estimation of the release date, the following facts may provide some starting points:

  • During E3 2006 ArenaNet confirmed that development on Campaign 4 was well underway[1], however the May 2007 issue of PC Gamer revealed that Campaign 4 developed into Guild Wars 2 and Eye of the North was started later, so work on Eye of the North likely began at some point after E3 2006.
  • ArenaNet sent out the first wave of alpha test invitation emails on January 9th [2]. On December 12th Gaile Gray stated that testing (from the context, implicitly out of house testing) for campaign 4 has not started [3].
  • An NCSoft press release from February 7th, 2007 states that "... the company anticipates the launching of Tabula Rasa and a new major update to the Guild Wars franchise in the latter half of 2007", which refers to the next campaign.

Notes

  • G4 has confirmed that Eye of the North includes Asura and Norn heroes.
  • It is heavily implied that Gwen will be in Eye of the North, see her article for details.
  • According to the official Guild Wars Return to Tyria Sweepstakes, the approximate retail value of a "developer signed copy of Guild Wars: Eye of the North" is $40.00. It is unknown how much the signature added to the approximated value of the game itself, if at all.

Trivia

  • Guild Wars: Eye of the North is often abbreviated GW:EN. Some players believe that this is an intentional reference to Gwen, while others believe it is a coincidence.
  • Guild Wars: Eye of the North plays 6 years after The Searing, 1076 AE, which means it plays one year after the events of Guild Wars Nightfall.

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