http://guildwarsutopia.com
brings you to the actual main website.
guild wars utopia confirmed???
kyro27
vncanadian
hmmmmmmmmmmm tricky
Senrath
*sigh* They said Utopia was going to be used for a "secret" project, but it is not Chapter 4's title.
Ulivious The Reaper
hmm thats very odd.. nice job spotting that can't wait for information on it
talonrid
Guild Wars: Utopia is liscensed by Arena.Net. That's a fact. Guild Wars: Utopia is not the official name of Chapter 4, that's also a fact. It's most likely the development name, or the name of a side project.
fenix
Interesting, we'll just have to see what Anet decide to do in regards to Guild Wars: Utopia
Neo Nugget
its probably like the thing where the revolution was codename for the wii.
Scroz
i think it was the name of a side project that they dropped but don't quote me on that
Liberations
The name of an expansion pack, not a campaign maybe? I think Guild Wars needs a regular expansion pack for liek 30 dollars (US) to help smoothe out the things missing from the game. It might also be a new in game forum/voice chat/store software, you never know. 
Oh btw I went to that secret place near Fort Ranik in the pre sear and saw some things that couldnt be explained by anything in any of the chapters... ???
Oh btw I went to that secret place near Fort Ranik in the pre sear and saw some things that couldnt be explained by anything in any of the chapters... ???
fRag_Doll
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*sigh* They said Utopia was going to be used for a "secret" project, but it is not Chapter 4's title.
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Guild Wars: Utopia is liscensed by Arena.Net. That's a fact.
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aspectacle
http://www.guildwarsnightfall.com now redirects to the main guild wars page too - it didn't for a long time. I think that they've just done a clean up of their domains and redirected them correctly.
I don't think that the story on utopia has changed since gamespot said it was bogus;
http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_bl...stnews;title;4
I don't think that the story on utopia has changed since gamespot said it was bogus;
http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_bl...stnews;title;4
Puebert
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i think it was the name of a side project that they dropped but don't quote me on that
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But on topic; WOW! I thought they dropped that project.
Odd... but nice find.
Kakumei
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Originally Posted by fRag_Doll
No, GameSpot said that. They didn't name anyone from ANet as a source, so it's nothing more than rumors.
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fRag_Doll
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Unless an identified team member from either ANet or NCSoft is directly quoted, or an official announcement is made, everything is just rumors.
EDIT- I'm not trying to say chapter 4 will be called Utopia, I don't know anything. I'm just trying to get people to stop treating rumors as facts.
EDIT #2- I'd just like to point out that NCSoft don't name the games, they're just the publishers.
kumarshah
Community Day Announcement Coming.
I can feel it.
I can feel it.
Pan Head
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Originally Posted by Liberations
The name of an expansion pack, not a campaign maybe? I think Guild Wars needs a regular expansion pack for liek 30 dollars (US) to help smoothe out the things missing from the game. It might also be a new in game forum/voice chat/store software, you never know.
Oh btw I went to that secret place near Fort Ranik in the pre sear and saw some things that couldnt be explained by anything in any of the chapters... ??? |
Skyy High
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Originally Posted by Liberations
Oh btw I went to that secret place near Fort Ranik in the pre sear and saw some things that couldnt be explained by anything in any of the chapters... ???
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Winterclaw
Until Anet says yes, consider it a no. They registered the Utopia site right after they did the NF one so if they were going to make an announcement, they've had plenty of time.
Domino
Hmmm.... when you have two choices:
1. Confirm the name of your 4th title and lose some of your thunder on the big "announcement day" of the next Chapter
2. Lie and say Utopia doesn't mean anything
what are you going to pick.... c'mon people
1. Confirm the name of your 4th title and lose some of your thunder on the big "announcement day" of the next Chapter
2. Lie and say Utopia doesn't mean anything
what are you going to pick.... c'mon people
Feminist Terrorist
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Hmmm.... when you have two choices:
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Tobias Funke
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Originally Posted by Pan Head
what in pre cant be explained?
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http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Regent_...Pre-Searing%29
Nickhimself
I remember reading something where they were talking about introducing "life skills" into the game, like fishing, crafting (possibly) and some others.
This might be that update / patch / expansion.
This might be that update / patch / expansion.
Lets Get to Healing
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I remember reading something where they were talking about introducing "life skills" into the game, like fishing, crafting (possibly) and some others.
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Lord Sojar
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I remember reading something where they were talking about introducing "life skills" into the game, like fishing, crafting (possibly) and some others.
This might be that update / patch / expansion. |
On a side note... I don't want to see another game, rather an expansion. New abilities for the existing classes, maybe 1 new class, but I would prefer no new classes. Perhaps they could bring Dhuum into the story? I doubt he is dead, you can't kill a god. Grenth needs to get his ass kicked around a bit by the old man.
stuntharley
Very interesting... no it hasn't been confirmed. When someone asked Gaile Gray she seemed to skip the question, even answering questions that had been asking before about 2minutes before that. I think you people have stumbled onto something...
Terra Xin
Looks like the people that tried to quash the speculations were somewhat incorrect themselves.
I would suggest people pick from one of Gaile Gray's responses; 'maybe', 'probrably', 'perhaps', 'possibly', 'I'll have to ask what the developers have to say', 'I'll get back to you on that', '*skips the question*', 'the future is looking good'... but not 'no'. *cough* just teasing^^.
I for one would put my money on the next installment to be called Guild Wars: Utopia, mainly because they have done the exact same thing with Nightfall (http://guildwarsnightfall.com) and Factions (http://guildwarsfactions.com). Its not possible to provide hard evidence that the game will most definately be called Utopia, but trends are not easy to break.
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Until Anet says yes, consider it a no. They registered the Utopia site right after they did the NF one so if they were going to make an announcement, they've had plenty of time.
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I for one would put my money on the next installment to be called Guild Wars: Utopia, mainly because they have done the exact same thing with Nightfall (http://guildwarsnightfall.com) and Factions (http://guildwarsfactions.com). Its not possible to provide hard evidence that the game will most definately be called Utopia, but trends are not easy to break.
Arcane De Farad
Chapter 4 will be call "Return of teh Farmz0rs, I wanna 100k + XX plats"
It doesnt matter how they call it, everyone will buy it
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It doesnt matter how they call it, everyone will buy it
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Tetris L
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No they didn't. GameSpot claim NCSoft have denied it. Just because someone says something, doesn't make it true. No matter who they work for.
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freekedoutfish
It will just be one of the many website address's which Anet bought incase they need them.
I expect they have countless website address which will lead you to their main website, if you looked for them.
Since this one doesnt take you to any particular utopia website, instead of the normal one, I wouldnt put any faith in it being something special.
I expect they have countless website address which will lead you to their main website, if you looked for them.
Since this one doesnt take you to any particular utopia website, instead of the normal one, I wouldnt put any faith in it being something special.
fRag_Doll
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Originally Posted by Tetris L
GameSpot is probably THE #1 gaming website, even ahead of GS/IGN, and all the publishers have a major interest of mainatining good relations with them. If GameSpot quote a publisher respresentative then that means that they got a personal email. They wouldn't make up such quotes from rumors or hearsay.
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By failing to name their source they give NCSoft plausable deniability.
Tetris L
There's a difference between "misdirect" and lie. PR people are very careful what they say when they want to shroud something that is not yet ready to be revealed. Gaile Gray is an expert in making unclear, misdirecting statements in such cases. But she has never lied. If NCsoft say "we do not intend to use it for a product name" and later use it as the name for a campaign (which is clearly a product), that would be a plain lie. That's something I wouldn't expect them to do.
Terra Xin
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It will just be one of the many website address's which Anet bought incase they need them.
I expect they have countless website address which will lead you to their main website, if you looked for them. Since this one doesnt take you to any particular utopia website, instead of the normal one, I wouldnt put any faith in it being something special. |
-Loki-
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GameSpot is probably THE #1 gaming website, even ahead of GS/IGN
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Lonesamurai
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I used to believe that until they gave in to Microsoft and littered their PS3 section with Xbox 360 advertising.
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Deleet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skepticism
Noone knows anything concrete, other than the website. But as already pointed out, it could be for a side-project. So the conclusion is that until more evidence, the existence of GW:U is a negative.
Noone knows anything concrete, other than the website. But as already pointed out, it could be for a side-project. So the conclusion is that until more evidence, the existence of GW:U is a negative.
RTSFirebat
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He probably means Melendru's cave.
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Regent_...Pre-Searing%29 |
Oh and this redirect is not proof of anything a lot of companies setup unuse domain names to their main sites in case people try to use them.
Like we all have in this case.
Myria
Just out of curiosity, why are we all still wondering what the name of the next GW chapter will be? Not, mind you, why do we want to know, but instead why do we not already know? Presumably they've picked a name by now, likely long since, and while some things likely remain in flux there is likely quite a lot about the next chapter that is set in stone.
Why is it we know nothing whatsoever, beyond having been told they're working on... Something?
I just don't get the secrecy. I knew more about Oblivion a year before it was released than I knew about Nightfall a week before it was released -- a bit of an exageration, perhaps, but not by much. I can't imagine Anet is afraid someone is going to steal their ideas -- and. let's be honest here, originality is not their strong suit anyway -- so why is it that the name of the next chapter will likely come out because someone poked around the /whois database rather than having been announced, along with a couple of paltry details and more fanfare than is really justified, by Anet by now?
It can't be because they're afraid of losing sales on Prophecies/Factions/Nightfall, can it? Anyone buying any of those probably knows there's going to be another chapeter in a couple of months anyway -- it's not like holding off on buying AOE II because you heard AOE III is coming out soon.
I suppose the only real answer is that Anet feels a deluge of information weeks before release builds excitement better than a trickle from one chapter to the next. Perhaps they're right, certianly marketing is well outside my areas of expertise, but frankly I think tossing the playerbase a nugget now and then before the deluge starts -- like the name of the next chapter, setting, what have you -- would be a better way to go.
Why is it we know nothing whatsoever, beyond having been told they're working on... Something?
I just don't get the secrecy. I knew more about Oblivion a year before it was released than I knew about Nightfall a week before it was released -- a bit of an exageration, perhaps, but not by much. I can't imagine Anet is afraid someone is going to steal their ideas -- and. let's be honest here, originality is not their strong suit anyway -- so why is it that the name of the next chapter will likely come out because someone poked around the /whois database rather than having been announced, along with a couple of paltry details and more fanfare than is really justified, by Anet by now?
It can't be because they're afraid of losing sales on Prophecies/Factions/Nightfall, can it? Anyone buying any of those probably knows there's going to be another chapeter in a couple of months anyway -- it's not like holding off on buying AOE II because you heard AOE III is coming out soon.
I suppose the only real answer is that Anet feels a deluge of information weeks before release builds excitement better than a trickle from one chapter to the next. Perhaps they're right, certianly marketing is well outside my areas of expertise, but frankly I think tossing the playerbase a nugget now and then before the deluge starts -- like the name of the next chapter, setting, what have you -- would be a better way to go.
Lonesamurai
Actually Myria, according to some sources (namely release schedules from a few big name companies) Guild Wars Chapter 4 is due for release in September 2007, so if we go by previous releases, we'll start to hear about it June, PvP weekend in July and PvE event in August before release in September
Quite a while off yet them
Quite a while off yet them
Feminist Terrorist
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I remember reading something where they were talking about introducing "life skills" into the game, like fishing, crafting (possibly) and some others.
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Myria, my best guess about why we don't know anything is that Anet loves to keep people guessing, buzzing, talking, fussing and spreading rumors about Guild Wars. It keeps interest high, which is great for future sales. I've watched them play the players for 20 months now. It's fascinating but predictable.
Tagon
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It will just be one of the many website address's which Anet bought incase they need them.
I expect they have countless website address which will lead you to their main website, if you looked for them. Since this one doesnt take you to any particular utopia website, instead of the normal one, I wouldnt put any faith in it being something special. |