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Guild Wars gets built in Wiki goodness

by: Chuck -
More On: Guild Wars: Eye of the North
We all get stuck in games from time to time and have to hit a site like GameFaqs to get past a puzzle or figure out how to defeat a boss.  Usually this means exiting the game to fire up a web browser, finding the answer, and then firing the game back up which means lost gaming time.   The folks at Arena.Net are cutting out the middle man by building in the player-contributed Wiki into the Guild Wars user interface for the game allowing you to quickly get past something when and if you get stuck in the game.  All you have to do if open up the help panel in the game and look up what you need. 

Guild Wars Players Now Have In-Game Access to Official Guild Wars Wiki

 

Guild Wars players who may be stuck on a quest, or can't find a particular location, now have access to the extensive knowledge contained in the official player-contributed Guild Wars Wiki (wiki.GuildWars.com) right from within the game's interface. As part of the latest major update to Guild Wars, ArenaNet rolled out a beta of this in-game interface enhancement to rave reviews from its fans.

 

While playing most MMORPGs, gamers often need to check external database sites for information on quests, items and locations within their game world. In Guild Wars, players only need to open up their help panel right within the game to instantly see personalized links to current quests they are on, information about their specific skills, and recently visited locations. In addition, the help panel contains links to each player's guild page on the wiki and the pages of other guilds in that player's alliance, as well as guilds that have sent the player invitations or granted them guest privileges.

 

All of this information is contained on the official Guild Wars Wiki, which is populated and edited completely by the Guild Wars player community.

 

For more information about Guild Wars, please visit http://www.guildwars.com/.