Patrick Wyatt, Mike O'Brien and Jeff Strain are names that many gamers won't instantly recognize. However, the same cannot be said of the hugely popular titles they can list among their combined credits; the three were core team members on Diablo, WarCraft II and StarCraft. As a result, when they announced the opening of their own studio, Triforge, and declared their goal to advance the state of the art of multiplayer Internet gaming, it definitely seized our complete attention. In the time since then, a lot has happened. Among the highlights, the company changed its name to ArenaNet and was acquired by publisher NCsoft. Late last month, it shipped its debut product, the eagerly anticipated Guild Wars, an online-only fantasy-themed action RPG with a feature set incorporating persistent characters, an instanced gameworld and streaming technology to deliver it to you.