PC Gamer Announces C4 info for next month! - Guild Wars Guru archive powered by Guild Wars Legacy

Shinjinbukai

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Palo Alto, California

Zealots of Shiverpeak[ZoS]

Mo/

01 Mar 2007 at 03:31 - 1

Quote: "But we'll be ----ed if we don't blow your socks off next time! We got some info on the down-low about your favorite subscription-free MMORPG, Guild Wars... The hell, you say? Well, you'll just have to wait like the rest of us [and by us, I mean people who don't work at PC Gamer...]"

It looks like the May issue is going to have our finally awaited info on C4! Which means the release won't be happening for a while.

If you want to see the quote for yourself its on the Backspace page 104 on the bottom in the green box, there is a little fluff I left out but nothing I think to relevant.

woo!

icedragon981

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At my computer

Teh Nine [lll]

N/

01 Mar 2007 at 03:39 - 2

Well, well, this should be interesting. A lot of people have been waiting for a long time for this.

Knightsaber Sith

Furnace Stoker

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W/E

01 Mar 2007 at 03:42 - 3

Someone pointed this out in Q&A a few days ago but he just quoted the same ol' tired rumors we been hearing so we just said it was probably false. But maybe it actually says something worth buying and that guy was just confused...

RichPowers

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E/N

01 Mar 2007 at 04:04 - 4

You said we'll get info in the May issue, but the title says next month! Did I miss something?

Kos Luftar

Academy Page

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Canada

Scars Meadows

W/Mo

01 Mar 2007 at 04:07 - 5

When you are a subscriber you get them months in advanced so people have April additions already and will get may ones during march.

RichPowers

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TEAM

E/N

01 Mar 2007 at 04:08 - 6

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kos Luftar

When you are a subscriber you get them months in advanced so people have April additions already and will get may ones during march.

aaahhh, makese sense. I haven't been a PC Gamer subscriber in years. Thanks for clearing that up!

MMSDome

Raged Out

Join Date: Sep 2005

01 Mar 2007 at 04:17 - 7

did you know you can also preorder chapter 4 on some websites!

This is a sack of old toe nails

Winterclaw

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W/

01 Mar 2007 at 04:29 - 8

So will it be utopia or not?

arcanemacabre

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North Kryta Province

Angel Sharks [As]

01 Mar 2007 at 04:41 - 9

Please, PC Gamer most likely has exclusive rights to any news involving the next campaign. That means Gaile's lips, or fingers, are sealed. She definately doesn't suck at her job - stop shooting the messenger.

Cacheelma

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The Ascalon Union

Me/Mo

01 Mar 2007 at 04:43 - 10

Guys, it could be something else other than C4 too. Notice how the magazine didn't say anything specific at all. Hard mode, maybe?

FoxBat

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Join Date: Apr 2006

Amazon Basin [AB]

Mo/Me

01 Mar 2007 at 05:22 - 11

That's sillier than claiming NCSoft's financial statement is referring to an auction house.

NO ONE (outside the diehard GW community) CARES ABOUT HARD MODE!!! It will NOT sell magazines, it will NOT be previewed, because most mag readers wouldn't read it! I can't think of any free update (including the radical HA changes) that ANY mag would care about! (Minus something like the NGE of SWG, if you're lucky)

It's Chapter 4, or something else you can buy. Amen!

divinechancellor

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Limited Liability Company [LLC]

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01 Mar 2007 at 05:35 - 12

dang... i might have to renew my subscription... i just canceled it :'(

Guild Wars Guy

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01 Mar 2007 at 05:53 - 13

if C4 if a Major PvP upgrade i still wont buy it i hate PvP But i Hope its not The New GuildWars Is gonna be Shweet Too bad its past my birth date on realease so i cant get it for free

Well Its Warhammer Dawn Of War 40K Dark Crusade's Lucky day :P

RichPowers

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TEAM

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01 Mar 2007 at 06:30 - 14

Vitis: It's not uncommon for studios to strike deals with major gaming mags: in exchange for exclusive update news, the game gets a splashy layout. PC Gamer also revealed Planetside's (horribly unbalanced) Battleframe Robotics before the devs did, only PS's devs told as much on the forums ("We'd tell you, but ya see we kinda have this deal...")

lightblade

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Me/Mo

01 Mar 2007 at 06:34 - 15

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichPowers

You said we'll get info in the May issue, but the title says next month! Did I miss something?

The next month of May issue is June.

Or OP missed something and read March as May and the next month of March is April.

I think the latter make more sense.

Cacheelma

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Ascalon Union

Me/Mo

01 Mar 2007 at 07:03 - 16

Quote:

Originally Posted by lightblade

The next month of May issue is June.

Or OP missed something and read March as May and the next month of March is April.

I think the latter make more sense.

Oh please, May issue is coming out next month. There's nothing strange in it. I think I see someone on this thread explained how this stuff goes already?

So yes, the issue with the teaser ("We'll have something about GW in next month's issue blah blah") is "April" issue. So, the "next" issue is May, coming to the subscribers next month.

...and I'm from Thailand. I know this stuff because I "read" this thread.

TiNkLeR

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Portugal

01 Mar 2007 at 09:45 - 17

The may issue of PC Gamer will come out in the midlle of March or late March.

And that issue of March is the May issue.

It's something that the magazines often do... So, we are in february, more 2/3weeks and we will know the news.

Kakumei

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Grind is subjective

learn this please

01 Mar 2007 at 13:43 - 18

CGW previewed Factions before any information was publicly released by Anet.

The same happened with PCGamer and Nightfall.

I see no reason why this trend wouldn't continue--I would place money on this being Chapter 4 news.

thezed

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HoTR

01 Mar 2007 at 13:47 - 19

With news coming out in a May issue I would GUESS a late July or August release.

Razorwood

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Xcoh

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01 Mar 2007 at 14:10 - 20

It's worth pointing out as well that the OP is on about the America version of the magazine, so the European one will be different.

Only really matters if you were planning to buy it though.

HalPlantagenet

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too far from Conwy

The Chained Swan

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01 Mar 2007 at 15:06 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by arcanemacabre

Please, PC Gamer most likely has exclusive rights to any news involving the next campaign. That means Gaile's lips, or fingers, are sealed. She definitely doesn't suck at her job - stop shooting the messenger.

Nevertheless, if so, it's an interesting marketing decision. Perhaps the idea is to market first and primarily to people who've never tried the game and dramatically bump the player base with Chapter 4. Such arrangements were very common in the 1950's, for example, between car companies and large advertising firms.

Does that sound antiquated and a tad irrelevant? It is. It's 2007 and they need to market concurrently to both their existing players as well those who haven't played before. We are their primary source for "word of mouth," which is now fundamental.

I deeply enjoy GW and find the game continually interesting and challenging. I hope and expect their marketing to rise to the high level of competency and creativity set by the game development team. For reference, they might want to examine some Internet marketing case studies, just as a noob Harvard MBA would when faced with the challenge.

Jelloblimp

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01 Mar 2007 at 15:33 - 22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Winterclaw

So will it be utopia or not?

Gaile has already said its not named Utopia, check devtracker forum.

Mister_Smiley

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Join Date: Mar 2006

01 Mar 2007 at 15:40 - 23

Well gaile has been wrong times, so you never know. I think it will be about Chp4 but you never really know.

Kos Luftar

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Scars Meadows

W/Mo

01 Mar 2007 at 16:42 - 24

hopefully it is info on C4 and not something like Hard Mode and someone posts the article because i have no subscription.

thezed

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HoTR

01 Mar 2007 at 17:44 - 25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kos Luftar

hopefully it is info on C4 and not something like Hard Mode and someone posts the article because i have no subscription.

Posting the article in its entirety would be a copy right violation. You will either have to pick up the issue at a newstand or rely on the pieces of info that get posted here.

darkesteyes

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Join Date: Jan 2007

01 Mar 2007 at 17:51 - 26

It is absolutely legal having bits of the information posted here, not the entire article though.

TKC!

Sir Skullcrasher

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W/Mo

01 Mar 2007 at 17:55 - 27

I wonder if we'll get another mini pet from PC Gamer magazine for Chapter 4?

DunedainJedi

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W/

01 Mar 2007 at 18:12 - 28

Check your library. Mine has PC gamer.

When does the may issue ship?

Sir Skullcrasher

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W/Mo

01 Mar 2007 at 18:18 - 29

Probably late March?

BryanM

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01 Mar 2007 at 18:32 - 30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jelloblimp

Gaile has already said its not named Utopia, check devtracker forum.

Did they also say Nightfall wasn't the name of campaign three?

Kos Luftar

Academy Page

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Scars Meadows

W/Mo

01 Mar 2007 at 18:47 - 31

Quote:

Originally Posted by thezed

Posting the article in its entirety would be a copy right violation. You will either have to pick up the issue at a newstand or rely on the pieces of info that get posted here.

ahh yes. i should have been more clear. just want the info that people can share because i wont be able to get it till may when it comes to news stands.

Shmanka

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The Brave Will Fall [Nion]

Me/

01 Mar 2007 at 18:51 - 32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cacheelma

I know this stuff because I "read" this thread.

If I could sig this... you would be the #1 quote

thelegendozelda

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W/Mo

01 Mar 2007 at 19:10 - 33

well its about time........

TiNkLeR

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01 Mar 2007 at 20:33 - 34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir Skullcrasher

Probably late March?

Middle March i think!

Tide to Go

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N/Me

01 Mar 2007 at 21:04 - 35

post info asap plz!

Silly Warrior

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In your local courthouse.

The Arctic Marauders [TAM] (elite PvE, PM)

01 Mar 2007 at 21:30 - 36

*looks at clock and goes "gahh...theres so much time and I wanna know now"

*

It'll definatly be about chapter four, nothing else worth reading in a well known maganzine. Its definatly not going to be about skill changes or HA updates, its going to be about Ch4.

Question is....who will I have to kill to get the magazine in my local grocery store so I can read it?

Anyways...its a ways off, but I'm glad PC Gamer is a well known enough mag for this to be legit.

MirageMaster

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2007

EU

01 Mar 2007 at 21:36 - 37

I dont see any good reason for anet to keep all this info secret.Ch4 should way beyond planning stage.If they are making this just cause of the silly magazine deal then they are too greedy and itll be their loss.

Knightsaber Sith

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01 Mar 2007 at 21:43 - 38

Quote:

Originally Posted by MirageMaster

I dont see any good reason for anet to keep all this info secret.Ch4 should way beyond planning stage.If they are making this just cause of the silly magazine deal then they are too greedy and itll be their loss.

Of course it's past the planning stage; but they'll announce it when they feel the time is right. Maybe they want to keep the suspense up and surprise us a bit. They're not greedy and I don't see how it's anyone's loss.

Commander Ryker

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/

01 Mar 2007 at 21:46 - 39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kos Luftar

When you are a subscriber you get them months in advanced so people have April additions already and will get may ones during march.

Magazines are alway a month or so ahead of the current month. Subscribers may get their edition a week or so in advance.

Gaile Gray

ArenaNet

Join Date: Feb 2005

01 Mar 2007 at 22:28 - 40

What? You guys thought we'd never say anything? Naturally we'd want to share big news with you! Now, what is this big news? Unfortunately, yeah... mum's still the word.

However, isn't it nice to know there's words coming in the near future?