ArenaNet
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ArenaNet (often colloquially shortened to ANet) is the development studio that makes Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2. They are located in Bellevue, Washington, USA, and their stated mission is to "create a state-of-the-art, interactive game network and design premier multiplayer online games for dedicated game players."
ArenaNet is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Korean company NCsoft, publishers of other MMORPGs such as City of Heroes and Lineage 2.
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[edit] History
ArenaNet was founded in 2000 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 multiplayer online games such as Warcraft, Diablo, Starcraft, World of Warcraft and the Battle.net gaming network.
The newly-formed business was originally called "Triforge", but was changed to "ArenaNet" shortly after.
ArenaNet was acquired by NCsoft in 2002.
[edit] Staff
Over the years, ArenaNet has grown to 170+ employees. Besides the three founders there are several other staff members "visible" to the community, for example Gaile Gray, Andrew Patrick, Emily Diehl or Isaiah Cartwright. A full list of the ArenaNet team can be found in the game credits, as well as on the ArenaNet website (see external links below).
[edit] ArenaNet on the wiki
ArenaNet hosts the wiki and generally play a purely technical role in maintaining the wiki. Certain ArenaNet employees often contribute as 'normal' users on Guild Wars Wiki providing detailed renders, answering player questions and listening to player feedback.
[edit] External links
- ArenaNet website
- NCsoft website
- ArenaNet on Wikipedia
