In my mail:

Attention all Guild Wars Fans!

Direct Song is pleased to announce the release of Battle Pack One! We have worked very hard to produce the highest quality music possible to enhance your gaming experience!

This is what we strived to achieve in this release:

– A doubling of the amount of in-game music
– An increase in audio fidelity from 32 khz to 44.1 khz
– Strategic placement of the music into the game to enhance the virtual environment to its fullest

If you’ve enjoyed the music experience while playing Guild Wars, we know you are going to be pleased and impressed with Battle Pack One! It is available now for immediate download at www.directsong.com at the very reasonable price of $5.99 (USD). This is over an hour of additional music; (less than 10 cents per minute).

You’ve heard our sound before; we are the British Academy Award winning team with the track record of developing more top-selling game soundtracks than anyone else in the video game industry.

I would think about it if the previous free exp pack released by Direct Song worked, but I’m still unable to load the files on the game and still unable to hear them with the media player. I’m also wondering if this is an “official” type of product or it’s just a 3rd party add-on that Arena.net licensed to get some $$ back.

In my mind the music is a cohesive part of the game. You don’t just hire random people from another company to fill that part like an irrelevant plug-in.

I also wonder if the increased quality is just about the new files added or it includes the old ones.