"Fresh Guild Wars announced" From the Inquirer!

I hope we get a charr hero! I would totaly love to have one! ^_^

Well now we have people speculating that "Utopia" may in fact be GW2
Maybe that's why we'll be able to play new races, Tyria having reached a level of utopian coexistence. If any of this is to be believed anyway...

Heh good point. I do remember reading (from an ANet rep?) that Utopia wasn't to be an expansion but something else entirely. Or maybe I'm just getting my rumor-based chapter titles all confused.

I'm on the fence about the authenticity of the article.

What bothers me is that it is supposedly 'hundreds of years in the future'; I really hope this does not bring things like guns/other technology into the game. The high fantasy of GW is one of the things that keeps me playing.

I'm amazed and disturbed that there has been no official response on this, especially as the community is going nuts (and understandably so). The only conclusion I can draw is that elements of the article are correct, and whatever agreement they have with PCGamer is preventing an official response.

If it was outright false, why not put some minds at rest? Or why not make Inquirer remove the article? Either way, I'm sure the marketing/community relations folk are clever enough at spin to throw us some kind of bone, without breaking any (theoretical) agreement.

Utopia can be GW2 as stated above.

Also, the article states that NCSoft Announced, meaning this could, well, be another project, and they just linked it to GW.

One last thing, if Eye of the North is the fourth campaign, why did they register it on Feb, 28, 07? They said they were working on it since E3. WTF

Why would they? they have binding contract,its exclusive info,big money.

Nope. It'll have global warming and obesity as the major enemies.

...yes, "hundreds of years in the future" translates to Guns and Robots. ArenaNet is trying to appeal to the younger demographics.

Guyz, none of this is even confirmed.

Hundreds of years in the future doesnt automatically mean guns and technology. GW civilization progress could be extremely slow and even turned backward by a major catastrophe. Hell, Abaddon almost ended the entire world...

Well I'm hoping it's just the guns part. Hey, it worked for Final Fantasy XII. But who knows, maybe we'll all be firing stinger missiles at Metal Gear Shiroken.

If not guns at least crossbows which increase the fire rate of those things!!

Asked the author about this...... from inquirers.

Heres the reply: (You can contact the author from the OP link on the 'flame author' link)

"Got the official stuff from NC... it will be out later today... --Theo --"

i would find this more amusing than i am if these rumor runners would not be able to vote in a few years.

consider the following

we have a so called reporter who is mostly wrong according to someone who checked his track record.

coming from a site that according to its record is not really interested with actual facts

coming from a completely unknown and unprovable source of information

from someone who has more detailed and complete information further out than anybody could expect

AND considering the major financial impact this would have is not mentioned in the financial report.

AND...........it has something for everybody that Anet has said a flat NO to already

raise the level cap?....you got ......... it must be true
pve only skills?......you got it............it must be true
playable races?............you got it...........it must be true
multi level dungeons?...........you got it...............it must be true

WISH FULFILLMENT IN SPADES

unproven reporter
unproven site
unknown source

IT HAS TO BE TRUE BECAUSE ITS WHAT I WANT

Just a quick word to let you know that we haven't made any official announcements about Guild Wars in, oh, a couple of months. Sure, there's a little *ahem* info circulating this week. But you guys know the drill: Until we say it, it's not official. I can tell you that some of what you've read is right, some of it is wrong, and quite a bit of it is misleading. Unfortunately, we can't offer a fact check quite yet.

The good news is that the top game publications in Europe and the U.S. are preparing feature articles with major Guild Wars news -- I wasn't joking when I said a few days ago that I think it'll knock your socks off. In the U.S., PC Gamer will begin delivery of the May issue to subscribers on March 15, and it will be on newsstands on April 3. European magazines, including Joystick in France, PC Zone in the U.K., PC GamePlay in Benelux, Games Machine in Italy, and PC Gamer in Germany, will reach subscribers and newsstands before the end of March.

Knowing you guys, no matter where you're located, you'll be sharing the info from your regional magazines, and that's great. I want to make sure that I let you know, this isn't some small feature -- I would boldly say that any Guild Wars player would want to buy one of these magazines, subscriber or not! In part this is because they'll offer great articles with a lot of cool info. In part it's because the magazines will give you the chance to adopt your very own exclusive new miniature. Check our website for more info tomorrow!

Thanks Gaile!
Cleared alot of things up for me. Now for more coffee!

I personally aren't looking forward for Gw2 if this rumor is true- but time will tell.

Ashleigh.

God !! now im even more excited

I feel 100 times better now. Thank you Gaile!!!

I knew refreshing the page every 5 seconds for 3 hours would pay off!

God sorry ashleigh finally an update well people looks like it's true rejoice I tell you rejoice!! Can't wait for the magazine again!! Now the problem is finding that god damn thing!! PCGamer sorry to say has one of the worst distribution models ever. Anyway being a GW fan will find out and hunt one down from anywhere. The details will be out on the website tmw. I am not sleeping tonight Gaile and it's your fault!!
(just kidding of course but is true I won't be sleeping-->I know need to get a life!!)

DAMN! Its true! Its all about the money in the end and they have to make something they can sell more and something that will appeal to your kids, ie FUTURISTIC stuff!