ArenaNet, who developed Guild Wars along with publisher NCsoft, have announced the release of Guild Wars Factions, the follow-up to MMORPRG Guild Wars. The game has been showered with favourable reviews and the the fact that it’s one of the few good MMORPGs that have no monthly subscription fee doesn’t hurt it either. Players who pre-ordered the game will be given access to the game 48 hours before the global release and will be treated with special quests, allowing for exclusive in-game items. Servers supporting the release of the game will "go live" at 07:01 GMT / 08:01 CET on 28th April 2006.