Guild Wars: MMORPG.com Guildwars GotY

What's GotY? Guild Wars won MMORPG.com's Game of the Year[/a] award in the MMORPG category. [blockquote]In order to win in this category, a game has to be currently active, and has to have excellent gameplay and graphics, a respectable following, have made a significant contribution to the genre as a whole, and all-in-all done something interesting in 2006.

This year, Guild Wars has managed to distinguish itself by releasing not one, but two stand-alone follow-ups to their popular MMORPG, not a small undertaking by any stretch of the imagination. On top of this, Guild Wars continues to maintain a unique business model that makes their game free-to-play while maintaining and growing a AAA title.

Guild Wars is innovative and entertaining while continuing to grow and please their fans. That's enough to make this game the Best of 2006.[/a]A nice award and well-deserved.