Guild Wars consists of three stand alone episodes and an expansion pack that was released in April 2005. The games take place in the fictional world of Tyria, and each campaign focuses on events in disjoint sections or Tyria, and roughly parallel in time. The player creates a character or avatar to play the cooperative storyline in which they must save Tyria from episode-specific antagonists. Players can group together with other players and non-player characters like henchmen and heroes.
Guild Wars has received many editor's choice awards, and awards like best value, and best MMORPG game!