Guild Wars has been honored with a variety of exceptional awards

Guild Wars has been honored with a variety of exceptional awards. At release, in April 2005, Guild Wars received numerous accolades including Editor's Choice, Game of the Month, Gold Awards, and other significant recognition. With the publication of 2005 Game of the Year Awards, Guild Wars again appeared on the "Best of" lists of many publications and websites. Here is a listing of some of the awards that Guild Wars has received:
Recent Awards:


1up.com - April 2006:
Best Role-Playing Game

Computer Games Magazine – March 2006:
Best Game (No. 4)
Best MMO Debut
Best Technology

IGN Best of 2005 Awards:
Best PC Persistent World Game - Editor's and Reader's Choice
Best PC RPG – Editor's Choice
Best PC Artistic Design – Reader's Choice

Play Magazine – February 2006 Issue:
PC Game of the Year
Best Action RPG
Best Graphics – Artistic
Honorable Mention – Best Original Score

Voodoo Extreme PC Game of the Year Awards:
ArenaNet – Best New Developer
One of the Top 5 Games of the Year

GameSpy's Game of the Year 2005:
PC MMORPG of the Year
One of the top 10 PC games of the Year
Best Value

Worthplaying:
Top 20 games of 2005

Metacritic:
Best PC MMORPG
Accolades and Awards at Release:
GameSpot: Review – 9.2/10 – Editors Choice Award
GameSpy: Review – 4.5/5 – Editors Choice
GameZone: Review – 9.3/10 – Editors Choice Award
ActionTrip: Review – 93/100 – Editors Choice Award
bit–tech.net: Review – 9/10 – Excellence Award
PC Games Source: Review – 94% – Editors Choice Award
GamingExcellence: Review – 9.2 – Editors Choice
WorthPlaying: Review – 9.1/10 – Editors Choice Award
Gamezone.de: Review (German) – 9.2 – Gold Award
Print Awards:
MaximumPC – August 2005 Issue Review – 9/10 Kick Ass Product Award
Computer Gaming World – July 2005 Issue: Review – 4/5 Editors Choice Award
Computer Games Magazine – July 2005 Issue: Review – 5/5 Editors Choice Award
Game Star – July 2005 Issue: Review – 85/100 Gold Award
Game Informer – July 2005 Issue: Review – 8.75/10 PC Game of the Month http://www.guildwars.com/events/press/awards/