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MarlinBackna

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06 Jan 2009 at 05:24 - 1

ArenaNet has taken a "silent" approach to the development of GW2, stating that everyone in the studio is quite busy at work on it. Because of this methinks they plan a huge PR event in the future to announce the game with screens, date of beta and release, the kind of stuff to remind that your game actually exists. But when will this happen? During April, the month of the 4th b-day of GW1? During the revamped E3 in May? During PAX in August? Never? WHEN?

My money is on April 28, 2009. The exact birthday of Guild Wars 1 (as in official release date

)

When do you think?

I also personally think that NCSoft needs to kick ANet in the butt about this, considering recent negative events affecting the company (Lord British leaving, Tabula Rasa shutting down, the reorganization of NC West, the whole Worlds.com lawsuit, etc.). NCSoft needs some emotional boost for the stockholders, and a big PR event for the sequel one of their best selling games makes sense to do so.

shoyon456

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06 Jan 2009 at 05:58 - 2

Let me first state that this has been bothering me aswell, and while I can see the advantage of withholding information, I see more negative benefits from it and since we play gw1, it obviously is a burning question to all of us.

I would like to reference a comment made by Gaile last year, in which she stated they would be sharing concept art/beta/etc... in 2008 about gw2. Obviously they pushed back the beta, and no other info has come to light.

I would like to agree with your prediction on the 4th bday of gw, but knowing anet and its' ways, it will probably be an arbitrary day with no real-life significance. And I also don't expect info for quite awhile, to my own dismay.

MarlinBackna

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06 Jan 2009 at 06:07 - 3

Quote:

but knowing anet and its' ways

They announced GW2/GWEN exactly 2 years ago in April, so that makes me think they would do so again. (I forgot to post that in the OP)

The Red Messenger

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06 Jan 2009 at 06:10 - 4

maybe theyre waiting till a few months before release so the hype doesnt have a chance to go down before its on the shelves.

blizzard gave info about diablo 3 a while back and now its out of the spotlight again..actually yeah witholding information about your game doesnt make much sense when ya think about it. showing stuff = people talking and telling their friends = advertising & marketing = sell more copies

Mystica

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06 Jan 2009 at 06:14 - 5

15.06.2009

or

17.04.2009

shoyon456

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06 Jan 2009 at 06:16 - 6

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Red Messenger

blizzard gave info about diablo 3 a while back and now its out of the spotlight again..actually yeah witholding information about your game doesnt make much sense when ya think about it. showing stuff = people talking and telling their friends = advertising & marketing = sell more copies

Exactly, as long ago as it may have been about Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 announcement, I am MUCH more hyped about it than GW2, because they have stuff to look at, and most ppl I know are anticipating it greatly...and they haven't heard much if ANYTHING about guildwars.

You can make the argument that diablo/starcraft/blizzard are long established with deep roots, but most of the people I know hyped up about diablo 3 were not around for diablo 1 or 2, and especially not starcraft 1.

Lyynyyrd

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06 Jan 2009 at 06:16 - 7

Never: Gw2 is vaporware.

Maybe April 1, 2009.

Nessar

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West Siiiiiiiiiiiiiide

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06 Jan 2009 at 06:18 - 8

April-July perhaps...I hope <<

Breakfast Mc Rit

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06 Jan 2009 at 06:24 - 9

If they ever release the game--I'm not holding my breath for it--I might still pick it up, but for now I'm through waiting.

Nomme Moon

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06 Jan 2009 at 06:24 - 10

At this point, never.

urbnatr

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06 Jan 2009 at 06:28 - 11

tomorrow is my guess

silavor

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06 Jan 2009 at 07:54 - 12

It's possible to release information on vaporware? Since when!? :O

But in all seriousness, it really should be some time in the first half of this year, seeing how we were supposed to have at least a single picture some time last year. How do you postpone giving a screenshot, anyway? Unless there's nothing to give a screenshot of...

immortius

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06 Jan 2009 at 07:59 - 13

I'ld say somewhere in the area of 3-6 months before release. Being optimistic and expecting a release by the end of the year, then... 22nd of July.

[DE]

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Scars Meadows

06 Jan 2009 at 08:00 - 14

April 1st - and then you'll be left to wonder.

MMSDome

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06 Jan 2009 at 08:26 - 15

Quote:

Originally Posted by [DE]

April 1st - and then you'll be left to wonder.

rofl thatd be good.

February 4th we will hear something you can count on it.

Winterclaw

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06 Jan 2009 at 08:28 - 16

Ideally they'd release a ton of stuff around CES or one of the other game shows.

If not, it's probably vaporware.

Bob Slydell

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06 Jan 2009 at 08:28 - 17

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarlinBackna

They announced GW2/GWEN exactly 2 years ago in April, so that makes me think they would do so again. (I forgot to post that in the OP)

Hard to believe that EoTN will be commin up on 2 Years.. O.o

Anyways, they've been taunting us by keeping us in mind that there is 'gw2' and staff is busy with it at the moment and nothing more. NO other information besides that.. it's been much too long now, i demand more information on gw2 from them now!

I wanna know at least what the system reqs are!!!

the Puppeteer

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06 Jan 2009 at 08:32 - 18

wuts GW2?

Zodiac Meteor

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At the Mac Store laughing at people that walk out with anything.

E/Mo

06 Jan 2009 at 08:55 - 19

It's not vaporware.
They won't get our hopes up just to shoot us.
........... I hope.

Epic Monkey Battle

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06 Jan 2009 at 08:59 - 20

Quote:

Originally Posted by the Puppeteer

wuts GW2?

a marketing ploy to keep us playing GW1...

Operative 14

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06 Jan 2009 at 09:02 - 21

My bet is some new information (nothing major) in April coinciding with the birthday and the original release of the information about EotN and GW2. Arenanet seems to like anniversaries like that

. If not, then sometime around mid July.

I also bet we'll start getting heavily inundated with new information at and after PAX, the kind of stuff we really want to see; screenshots, trailers, the works. Beta starting in October, then the full release of GW2 in April of 2010.

NiukNiuk

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06 Jan 2009 at 09:19 - 22

I think that we'll get news :

-When aion will come out in our countries
-During the E3/pax ?
-Never

Puddingbroodje

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E/Mo

06 Jan 2009 at 09:20 - 23

I bet on april, on the birthday of guild wars.

I hope that the beta will follow soon.

Vl Vl D

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06 Jan 2009 at 10:18 - 24

I think Duke Nukem will come before Gw2 or they will release it when the have more rank and ectoz :P

BenjZee

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06 Jan 2009 at 10:46 - 25

I give them until April to release one screenshot (not photoshopped random image) for us. This will cause major speculation threads lasting a good 50 pages each

Gwmaster

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06 Jan 2009 at 10:55 - 26

i cant believe they havent released any info yet..

my bets are on end of January or april..or december 2009
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distilledwill

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Blighty

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06 Jan 2009 at 11:01 - 27

Never! Actually, its already been released, its just they haven't told anyone yet.

In fact, if you rummage behind the old copies of The Sims 1 in GAME then you'll find it, its in a grey box with "GW2 shhh.. don't tell anyone" written in the corner.

daraaksii

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06 Jan 2009 at 11:05 - 28

It's just a good way to get away from designing new content for GW1.

dasmitchies

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06 Jan 2009 at 11:19 - 29

They don't have anything to release. Really, they don't. We just got backdoor news about the engine they licensed for graphics two months ago. When I heard of the world.com lawsuit it all made sense. They are dragging their feet until this is resolved. There will be beta until ANET is told by ncsoft it is safe. No concept art, graphics or story has even been leaked. ANET hasn't even attempted to kill the vaporware claims. They are not above answering the charge, they just can't. GW2 was a safer bet before world.scum decided they wanted to test the waters with a small game to get a bigger payday with WOW.

soulblade enforcer

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06 Jan 2009 at 11:33 - 30

You might find a hint here as to when:
http://www.guildwars.com/competitive...ishencalendar/

*the Zaishen rewards will repeat after it hits 1 cycle (12 months).

Though could change since Blizzard is playing the waiting game as well. And NCsoft is playing the juggling game with future games from the east.

But Anet, to start completely new in GW2, must’ve known that gw1 alone will not be enough to face the competitions. Game industry advances too quick. Not to mention after 4 years since the release of prophecies, the target audiences shifted dramatically.

~Soul

Shayne Hawke

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06 Jan 2009 at 12:57 - 31

My money's on them telling us about GW3 first.

Felixious

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06 Jan 2009 at 14:15 - 32

I've lost faith in ArenaNet. I'm not expecting GW2 to arrive, like, ever. If it does, it'll be a surprise. >.>

kupp

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06 Jan 2009 at 14:16 - 33

Like it's been said before, either April of before that. I'm betting on the later 4 more months of this specially when the deal was we'd get some info before 2008 ended doesn't make a lot of sense... Unless they're really backed up on their work.

Highlander Of Alba

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Rt/Mo

06 Jan 2009 at 14:32 - 34

This will; come ..only when the other games that are in pipeline for release are

gone live and been running for a little time namely Aion

As this has gone live in Korea and won top award the release for this is been put as end of Jan to end of March 2009 for EU/NA

They also have another under construction as well as GW2 this is called Blade and Soul

So in reality you may find some sort of press release /information to come around midddle of the year...

Until then I doubt it very much they will give anything about GW2 as Business policy ....

This game has a cult following just like Diablo had so they will give it some Hype then

t00115577

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06 Jan 2009 at 14:54 - 35

put me down for 50k on April 17th 2017

bizarre_status

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06 Jan 2009 at 15:41 - 36

its been too long without any hard evidence that gw2 will ever gets released, nothin' but speculations and rumors.

Kattar

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06 Jan 2009 at 15:46 - 37

Quote:

Originally Posted by wikinets article on DNF soon to be renamed GW2

It is, however, infamous for its severely protracted development schedule and is often declared either "the longest game ever in production or an elaborate in-joke at the expense of the industry". DNF was officially first announced in April 1997, and promotional information for the game was released in one form or another in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2007, and, most recently, in December 2008.

Looks like NCSoft has another few years before anything has to be released.

Shadowmoon

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06 Jan 2009 at 16:40 - 38

Hell Starcraft:Ghost had screeshots and even Starcraft 2 had multiple game play videos in the past 2 years coming up to its snail pace release. Like it has been mentioned b4, Anet lincenced a game engine in the the middle of this year. My guess is modifying the old gw1 engine wasn't panning out so they are having to start from scratch on this new engine for the past few months. I think this explain why there is no screenshots. And another thing i found odd was izzy's interview he only mentioned "future product", he never said gw2.
Also i don't beleive NCsoft can afford a snailpace developement title like blizzard can. I'm afraid if Aion flops in america, which i can see happening because it is a korean MMO, GW2 future may be in limbo.

Mister_Smiley

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06 Jan 2009 at 16:45 - 39

Well find out about the books this month or so and some concept art will be shown as well and even included in the books.

When the 3rd book comes out, it will have a beta testing key or a new mini pet key.

So i agree 4th year most likey news.

Since NCSOFT is getting sued for world.com, it all depends on how long that goes on as well.

I hope that this year, we get concept art, books and Trailer, but i won't get my hopes out.

Though i think they are waiting on AION beta to hit the rest of the world before they do anything.

Sir Skullcrasher

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06 Jan 2009 at 16:46 - 40

Could be April or they could go the Steam/Value route and take their time telling us the information regarding upcoming games. Remeber we were suppose to get updates and news on Half Life 2: Episode 3 right now but Value hasn't said anything yet.

Hopefully A-Net will let us know soon.