NCSoft and E3

Articus Red

Articus Red

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Join Date: Apr 2007

California

E/Me

So I was kind of hoping that at E3 we would get some good amount new info on guild wars 2 but I think from the looks of it, looks like we wont get any at all.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6190330...stnews;title;0

Icy The Mage

Icy The Mage

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Canada

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damnnn, well we won't have to wait too much longer anyways, right?? (although I expect delays much like Super smash bros brawl, thus why i'm going for GWAMM atm)

slowerpoke

slowerpoke

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2007

Cuba

gw2 news, lol
next year maybe

katherinetheblood

katherinetheblood

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2007

Highland Tsunami [HT]

N/Mo

Dont worry, they will be at Penny Arcade this year. They always go to Penny Arcade and I have heard this year is no different.

Bahumhat

Bahumhat

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Somewhere

C A K E[YuM]

huh.

E3 sure doesn't look like it'll be going anywhere after this year. 5,000 civilian limit, invite-only.

Smart move I say. By pulling out.

Adja1005

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2008

Scotland

R/

Just because NCsoft wont be at E3 doesn't mean we wont get any news on Guild Wars 2. It just means that they wont be attending E3 which to be honest has become a joke since the downsizing of the event.

E3 = epic fail, too many developers and production companies rush games and release dates for E3 only to then delay said games after E3.

StormDragonZ

StormDragonZ

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

New York

W/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by Adja1005
... too many developers and production companies rush games and release dates for E3 only to then delay said games after E3.
So true, so very very true.

Operative 14

Operative 14

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Arizona, USA

[OOP] Order of the Phoenix I

I'm in agreement with Slowerpoke. I'm not really holding my breath for any GW2 news, and certainly not a beta, anytime in the next year. If they were that far along I don't see any possible reason why they would want to keep the constituency in the dark and not even show a single piece of concept art.

Anyway, doesn't GW go in for the Penny Arcade Expo more than E3? If I remember correctly, last year they had a head line on the GW website about their attendance at PAX, but nothing about E3.

HuntMaster Avatar

HuntMaster Avatar

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Join Date: Feb 2007

Around

Pillar's of Earth [ROCK]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Adja1005
E3 = epic fail, too many developers and production companies rush games and release dates for E3 only to then delay said games after E3.
would you rather the gaming companies release on time with flaws, or show what they can at E3 and then fix those flaws before you spend money on it?

E3 is an exsample show for games, I rather them rush so we can see it at E3, but then take their time fixing all bugs so what happened with Assassin's Creed on ps3 doesnt happen to more games. Crash Bugs are killer.

Winterclaw

Winterclaw

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Join Date: May 2005

Florida

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I'm glad they aren't going for three reasons:

1. Putting together a demo for E3 can take 2-4 weeks meaning time will be wasted on it.
2. E3 has been cut back too much for it to be any good.
3. GW2 probably isn't far enough along yet

sindex

sindex

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

California

Swords of Night & Day [SWRD]

I think E3 has become a problematic all together since it’s change from a more liberal approach on the show, to a conservative one. I agree to the sense that now it’s become a way for some of these representatives on the board to “rake in the money” at the convention center. While the developers are limited to just showing some of their products in a cramped hotel room (not the convention center).

However, I have a feeling that news of GW 2 will still be arriving around this period, whether ArenaNet shows up or not. They probably will do it from their own offices then dealing with those cronies over at the LA convention center.

Red Sonya

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

It's not coming out until 2010 so it will be next E3 before you see it. Might as well just settle down and settle back it's going to be a longgggggggggggggg time before GW2 is really unveiled.

gone

Guest

Join Date: Jan 2007

which way to the schnitzel and grog? that's where i'll be.

kokuou

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2007

N/Me

From the article:

"NCsoft plans to launch a handful of games this year, including the high-profile Guild Wars 2 and Aion: Tower of Eternity."

o_O

JR

JR

Re:tired

Join Date: Nov 2005

W/

I'm fairly sure that Leipzig GC in August will be the first time anyone sees Guild Wars 2 demo material.

Clord

Clord

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Join Date: Jul 2006

Finland

Victory Via Valour

Quote:
Originally Posted by NCsoft, Foundation 9 bypass E3 '08
As for NCsoft skipping E3 2008, a representative of the publisher told GameSpot, "The timing wasn't right for our products, so it really doesn't make sense for us to go." NCsoft plans to launch a handful of games this year, including the high-profile Guild Wars 2 and Aion: Tower of Eternity.
So until it get pushed back, it is coming out this year.

Arduin

Arduin

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Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by kokuou
From the article:

"NCsoft plans to launch a handful of games this year, including the high-profile Guild Wars 2 and Aion: Tower of Eternity."

o_O
Haha, good luck on that one NCSoft.

BlackSephir

BlackSephir

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

A/N

Who's taking E3 seriously anymore? Invite-only is a heaven for people who are professional journalists, whoops, I mean hoes so if GW2 really would be on this years E3, we'd probably hear bs + lies + how much it will rawk.

netniwk

netniwk

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

Bellgium

W/E

Can't blame them tbh

FireFox

FireFox

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Texas

We Wear Sombreros [文文文], Ugly Ducklings [ugly]

The "NCsoft plans to launch a handful of games this year, including the high-profile Guild Wars 2 and Aion: Tower of Eternity." that you guys keep quoting comes from the gamespot writer and not from the NCsoft person they're talking to.

pamelf

pamelf

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Join Date: Aug 2006

Australia

Lost Templars [LoTe]

Me/Mo

What i don't get is...Aion has been advertised for the entire time GW has been out but probably won't come out until GW2 does (but Beta is already running in some asian countries). There's been info for that going around. I can't imagine that there is nothing that Anet can tell us when it's set for Beta at the end of this year...

Lest121

Lest121

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Join Date: Apr 2007

Army of Darkness

A/Mo

I was hoping to see GW2 at E3 this year oh well, if this game takes too long to be release i will be going to WOW or Age of Conan, just hope they don't take too long with GW2, Halo 2 is proof that longer dev time doesn't mean great game...............that game was the biggest P.O.S ever created.