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Guild Wars' bedroom beginnings detailed in video history

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ArenaNet's released a 15-minute history of the company, showing the humble beginnings of three people working in a bedroom after quitting Blizzard.

Founder Mike O'Brien tells of moving out of a bedroom and to Seattle to spend a summer working in his living room. The company was founded in 2000.

Guild Wars was released in 2005, published by NCSoft. O'Brien and his team are now working on Guild Wars 2, which is estimated as having a 2011 release.

It's inspirational stuff. Take a look, courtesy of BigDownload.

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Patrick Garratt

Founder & Publisher (Former)

Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.
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