Guild Wars: Eye of the North - new race, Norn

After nearly 2 months of previews and cover articles in print magazines around the world, and interview/sneak-peek features at gaming websites, NCsoft and ArenaNet have finally announced release details for the first (and probably only) expansion pack for Guild Wars as we know it: Eye of the North hits store shelves on August 31, at $39.99. That's the price for North America, while it'll be €34.99 for those in Europe. It will also be available through the PlayNC online store system as a download that day.

While the expansion covers the already-known continent of Tyria that was first introduced in the original Guild Wars game (the "Prophecies" campaign, as fans know it), Eye of the North will focus its eye on the northern part of that continent (durr. i couldn't help myself, my first pun-in-a-post) -- an area that will introduce 150 new skills, and of course more dungeons, items and weapons. And don't forget the 4 new races in the storyline, some of which should be playable in GW2.

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