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[[ArenaNet]] - located in Bellevue, Washington, USA - is the development studio that makes [[Guild Wars]]. Their 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 [[w:NC (company)|NC Corporation]], publishers of other MMORPGs such as [[w:Lineage II|Lineage 2]], [[w:Lineage (video game)|Lineage]], [[w:City of Heroes|City of Heroes]], [[w:Blade & Soul|Blade & Soul]] and [[w:Aion (video game)|Aion]].

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

==History==
ArenaNet was founded in 2000 by [[Mike O'Brien]], [[Patrick Wyatt]] and [[Jeff Strain]]. All three of them came from [[w:Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard Entertainment]] and were previously involved in the development of multiplayer online games such as [[w:Warcraft|Warcraft]], [[w:Diablo (video game)|Diablo]], [[w:StarCraft|StarCraft]], [[w:World of Warcraft|World of Warcraft]] and the [[w:Battle.net|Battle.net]] gaming network.

The newly-formed business was originally called "Triforge", but was changed to "ArenaNet" shortly after.

ArenaNet was acquired by [[NC Corporation|NCsoft]] in 2002.

==Staff==
Over the years, ArenaNet has grown to 250+ employees. Besides Mr. O'Brien, the former president of the company, there are several other staff members "visible" to the community, for example [[Stéphane Lo Presti]] and [[gw2:Rubi Bayer|Rubi Bayer]]. A full list of the ArenaNet team can be found in the [[game credits]].

==NC West==
On September 10, 2008 [[NCsoft]] decided to unite ArenaNet with NC Interactive, NC Europe and NC Austin under the management of a new organization, NC West, based in Seattle by the end of 2008.

==Guild Wars==

===News and announcements===
There are several outlets which ArenaNet uses to inform players about the game:

*''On their website:'' The GuildWars [https://www.guildwars.com/ homepage] offers news about the game. For convenient reading, all of those are copied here on the wiki at [[GuildWars.com News]].

*''At the login screen:'' Short messages inform players about important updates while logging in. An archive of all login messages is at [[Login screen announcements]].

*''In the game:'' ArenaNet representatives sometimes use the [[Frog]] or the [[The Scribe|Monastery Scribe]] to talk to players ingame about new developments. Unofficial transcripts of these sessions are stored at the [[Gaile/Frog Talk|Frog Talk]].

*''On the wiki:'' Several ArenaNet employees use the wiki to release information to the players via the wiki:
**The Community Managers maintain the [[Feedback:Developer updates|Developer Updates]] page.
**[[Game updates]] are usually directly reported onto the wiki by [[User:Stephane Lo Presti|Stéphane Lo Presti]] upon the release of a new build.
**Other [[ArenaNet:Staff presence|ArenaNet employees]] use wiki pages or their own talk pages to inform about various aspects of the game related to their field of specialization.

===Player feedback===
ArenaNet uses the wiki to give users a possibility to get into contact with the developers regarding various issues:

*[[Feedback:Main]] gives access to the bug report, skill feedback, and suggestion articles.
*[[Feedback talk:Stephane Lo Presti|Stéphane Lo Presti]] is the Wiki Community Liason for both GWW and GW2W, in addition to his role at NC.
*[[Feedback talk:Stephen Clarke-Willson|Dr. Stephen Clarke-Willson]] is the present Game Director of Guild Wars 1.
*[[Feedback talk:Mike Zadorojny|Mike Zadorojny]] is a Senior Producer of [[Guild Wars Reforged]].
:''Note:'' ''The [[Guild_Wars_Wiki_talk:Community_portal/Archive_6a#Wiki_talk_pages_are_not_forums|the wiki is not a forum]], and is generally ''not'' a good venue for reaching ArenaNet with comments and criticism regarding Guild Wars. Gameplay suggestions can be placed in the [[Feedback:Game_suggestions|Feedback]] and [[Guild_Wars_Wiki:User_pages|User]] namespaces. General discussions on talk pages are subject to [[Guild_Wars_Wiki:Talk_pages|this policy]].''

==External links==
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:* '''Guild Wars Franchise'''
* YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@guildwars2/videos
* Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/guildwars2
* Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/guildwars2.com
* TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@guildwars2
:* '''Guild Wars Reforged'''
* X: https://x.com/guildwars
* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GuildWars
* Discord: https://discord.gg/guildwars

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