October 5, 2006 (BELLEVUE, WA) – With the October 27, 2006 release of Guild Wars Nightfall drawing close, nearly half a million players around the world got their first taste of one of the year’s most-anticipated games in last weekend’s World Preview Event. Players spent an average of 8.5 hours each over the course of the weekend, announced ArenaNet, developer of the award-winning Guild Wars franchise, amassing more than four million total hours of game play.
500,000 players and the average playtime is 8.5 hours? That’s one huge group of hardcore gamers if I’ve ever seen one! You can view the full release on the official site.