Guild Wars Asura Mini-Pet and "Eye of the North"

Guild Wars will release a new mini-pet named Asura, and it's going to be made available via various magazines, similar to what they did with the Miniature Gray Giant. For the Philippines, it will most likely be the PC Gamer magazine from the US (May issue #161). To those wondering which of the two is the mini-pet, I think it's the small one. :P

When they did the promo for the Miniature Gray Giant, it was basically a promo for the then upcoming Nightfall campaign. Since Nightfall, we've been in the dark regarding what the campaign slated for this year would be. Perhaps Asura is another promo. Well, NCSoft gave a hint in GDC 2007. The next Guild ways could very well be called "Eye of the North", and is hinted to finish off what Prophecies started.

If everything does come full circle, what's next? Apparently, it's Guild Wars 2! If the rumors about Guild Wars 2 coming out around 2009 are correct, this should imply an engine upgrade (or perhaps several engine upgrades) to be current with the times on its release date. Since this is all too far in the future for the common folk, my only comment as of now is what they are planning to do with all the characters players have made in the current Guild Wars games...?

Anyway, those things are still too far off. I hope I somehow get into the closed betas. Anyone who's been reading this blog from its inception knows how big a Guild Wars fan I am, so I'm hoping AND expecting a lot! For now, I just gotta be on a lookout for that mini-pet mag...

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Update here.