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Guild Wars: Nightfall

In Guild Wars Nightfall, the third campaign in the award-winning Guild Wars universe, you will never face danger alone. Not only can you group with any of millions of players worldwide, but now, for the first…

80 26 October 2006

Guild Wars: Nightfall is an adventure developed by ArenaNet, released 26 October 2006 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Guild Wars: Nightfall is

Guild Wars: Nightfall is an adventure game developed by ArenaNet and released in 2006. It was published by NCSOFT. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on ArenaNet Guild Wars.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Guild Wars Nightfall is a fantasy action role-playing game and the third stand-alone campaign in the Guild Wars series developed by ArenaNet, a subsidiary of NCSOFT corporation. Nightfall was released worldwide on October 27, 2006, having been in development alongside Guild Wars Factions since November 2005.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It supports multiplayer for up to 16 players online, and includes co-op. Available modes: Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) and Multiplayer.

How it was received

Guild Wars: Nightfall holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel® Pentium® III 1.0 GHz or equivalent, 512 MB RAM and ATI® Radeon® 8500 or NVIDIA® GeForce™ 3 Series Video Card with 64MB of VRAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Guild Wars: Nightfall launched on 26 October 2006, within three weeks of Bully, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War and Guitar Hero II. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Bully, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War, Guitar Hero II.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Guild Wars: Nightfall yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Guild Wars: Nightfall — frequently asked questions

When did Guild Wars: Nightfall come out?
Guild Wars: Nightfall was released on 26 October 2006 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Guild Wars: Nightfall?
At minimum, Guild Wars: Nightfall needs Intel® Pentium® III 1.0 GHz or equivalent, 512 MB RAM, ATI® Radeon® 8500 or NVIDIA® GeForce™ 3 Series Video Card with 64MB of VRAM graphics, 3 GB Available HDD Space of storage.
Does Guild Wars: Nightfall have multiplayer?
Yes. Guild Wars: Nightfall supports multiplayer, including co-op for up to 16 players online.
How many GB is Guild Wars: Nightfall?
The PC system requirements give two figures: the minimum line says "3 GB Available HDD Space" and the recommended line says "4 GB Available HDD Space". Plan for the larger one, since the developer has not said which is current. Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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