GW:EN Pre-Release Bonus Pack

Pre-order Guild Wars: Eye of the North and get:

• Access to the Sneak Peek Weekend that runs from August 24–26, 2007. You’ll be able to log into the game and gain early access to Eye of the North™. Everything that you gain during the Sneak Peek Weekend, including items, XP, Heroes and loot, will be permanent and available to you when the game goes live on August 31.


• Three exclusive weapons for you or any Heroes you may meet through your adventures in the Eye of the North expansion - the Glacial Blade forged by the Norn of the Shiverpeaks, the Hourglass Staff crafted by the greatest of the Asuran artificers, and the Darksteel Longbow that was once wielded by the most powerful of the Charr Stalkers.


• Access to all three Guild Wars games - Guild Wars®, Guild Wars Factions™, and Guild Wars Nightfall™ for 10 hours or 14 days, whichever comes first. If you’ve never explored the continents of Tyria, Cantha, or Elona before, now is the perfect time!

Tyria – Now the Danger Runs Deep

Guild Wars: Eye of the North is the first expansion for Guild Wars with content geared exclusively towards level 20 characters. Return to the battle-scarred continent of Tyria, the home of the original Guild Wars game. There, old friends await, ready to assist you in settling past scores. But an even greater threat looms… the land has erupted, spewing forth a race of beings with only one thought - destroy everything.

Win or lose, your actions will set the stage for Guild Wars 2.

Pre-Release Bonus Pack Special Items

The three items players will receive in the Eye of the North Pre-Release Bonus Pack were selected from entries in this summer’s Guild Wars Design-A-Weapon Contest, and until this announcement, even the artists didn’t know they had been selected for this special honour.

	We wanted something unusual, something particularly in keeping with the Eye of the North theme. We found it in the artwork created by Bora Vergili, from Istanbul, Turkey.
	We looked for something that offered a visual connection with the unknown lands of the Far Shiverpeaks, and the art of Serbian contestant Marko Cvetrovic filled that need very well indeed.
	The Glacial Blade, our third stunning new Weapon, is based on the artwork of Andre Roux of the United States .

Congratulations to Andre Roux, Bora Vergili, and Marko Cvetrovic! These fine fan artists will receive a few gifts from the Guild Wars Team, including signed copies of the Pre-Release Bonus Pack that includes their special weapons!