NCsoft and ArenaNet’s Guild Wars Receives Tremendous Gamer Response to its E3 for Everyone Event

Players Create More than 200,000 Accounts to Play the Five-Day E3 Demo

Seattle, WA, May 20, 2004---The Guild Wars™ "E3 for Everyone" event, held in conjunction with this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), received a massive response, according to NCsoft® and ArenaNet™. Gamers worldwide created more than 200,000 accounts to play the demo during its five-day run. The unprecedented experience allowed gamers at home to play the Guild Wars demo with and against people on the E3 show floor.