Guild Wars (video game)

Guild Wars
DeveloperArenaNet
Publishers
DesignersMike O'Brien
James Phinney
SeriesGuild Wars
PlatformMicrosoft Windows
ReleaseApril 28, 2005
GenresMassively multiplayer online, action role-playing
ModeMultiplayer

Guild Wars is a multiplayer online action role-playing game developed by ArenaNet, a subsidiary of South Korean game publisher NCSOFT, and released in 2005. As the original installment of the Guild Wars series, its campaign was retroactively titled Prophecies to differentiate it from the content of subsequent releases. The game contains a co-operative role-playing portion and a competitive Player versus Player (PvP) portion. In PvP, players may use either their co-operative characters or PvP-exclusive characters who are inherently maximum level and have account-based access to unlocked content.

A rerelease of the game titled Guild Wars Reforged, with upgraded visuals and audio, a redesigned high-DPI–friendly interface, a new quest-tracking system, and full modern controller support was officially released on December 3, 2025.