Guild Wars 2

Hi. Searching the net…I have found this:
http://www.examiner.com/article/guild-wars-2-publisher-inks-unreal-engine-4-guild-wars-3-coming

Seems that NCSoft publisher wants a MMO with Unreal Engine 4. Is Arena.Net involved in this?
The idea that they could work on GW3 is pretty improbable, due to the massive updates in the last period. Will we see the next Arena.Net MMO ? Everything seems possible now, if NCSoft took this decision.

Another thing that seems interesting to me is the fact that they use UE4. I am also interested in developping games with UE4. I am a 3D modelling hobbyist and Blueprints seem all I need to make games without learning to code… To find out that a great publisher is using the same tools is awesome. In this way, their players could give a different type of feedback…we could know better what is behind the scenes.

What if Guild Wars 3 was made in the same vein as Guild Wars 1, with an emphasis on commanding customizable AI, like Heroes?

It seems like something which could co-exist excellent alongside GW2.

Pure speculation. There’s pretty much limitless possibilities here. I mean Right now NcSoft runs a product that’s actually more profitable than Guild Wars 2. And it’s their baby. It’s entirely possible they’re going to go for something more sandbox and less theme park (seeing as they already have a couple of theme parks).

NCSoft has a lot more games than GW2, so there is no obvious link.

GW2 is not quite 2 years old yet.

Id much rather see a new Unreal Tournament on the UE4 than GW3,4,5,6,7

Lineage 2 used Unreal Engine, Tera that was initially started as Lineage 3 also uses Unreal i think, so NCSoft will use it maybe simply for some of their own projects.

If NcSoft is going to make something new I’d say they will something of these two.

- Lineage. A whole new Lineage MMORPG, based on Lineage 1 and 2.
- Single Player Guild Wars series. Focuses on Guild Wars lore and story.

Since NCSoft has multiple companies…they could simply request them what they need. So…Arena.Net might work on this new project. If NCSoft says ,, we need 5 devs for this project from Arena.Net" , then 5 devs will work on that.
Recently, Arena.Net stated that they would make updates more rare and consistent, instead of small updates every two weeks. Was this decision taken by them or NCSoft requested this, to give them more time to work on the new project? When you have more time before deadline, you don’t need to struggle so hard to make players happy.

“We plan to release our best game ever using our Unreal Engine expertise and the new state-of-the-art Unreal Engine 4 tools,” NCSoft said.

If they say best game ever, and Guild Wars 2 is a model for all MMOS, then I think they might involve Arena.Net . They say they want to develop something better than GW2, but since GW2 is the best of all… what could they do more?

No one is going to comment on the date of the article?

Ok I Did It.2854:

Id much rather see a new Unreal Tournament on the UE4 than GW3,4,5,6,7

As much as I loved the older ut like 99. The last ut 3 was a colossal fail

BigfootArisen.6509:

No one is going to comment on the date of the article?

February 15, 2013

Zoid.2568:

BigfootArisen.6509:

No one is going to comment on the date of the article?

February 15, 2013

Yeah, 14 months ago. 6 months after the game hit shelves. There is no way they were already planning GW3 then.

If they will make GW3 on UE4, it will have awesome graphics and effects, but it will kill our poor PCs.

I know I won’t be buying it, now I wish I hadn’t bought this one.

Even if is true i’m not gonna bite it again even if is gwxx, in a mmo not everything resume to a fancy skin.

GW2 has the main advantage of running on lower spec PCs. For a possible sequel…for many people…updating their system might not be handy.

NCS should have expedited their acquisition of UE4 for GW2…. We would have to deal with the plethora of issues we have now….

Notice there is not one mention of ANET as being involved in this GW3 venture. Is NCSOFT taking over and ANET will soon cease to be hence the less than favorable changes in GW2?

one far fetched possibility might be getting a license for the unreal 4 engine to go back and add new engines to existing MMOs.

It’s out there, but I’ve heard it’s been done before and not impossible, just insanely difficult in most cases.

Wow, guys. Just… wow.

NC Soft is a publisher. They are not involved exclusively in Guild Wars. All they did was get the rights to make a game using this engine. The guy who wrote that article speculating on a “Guild Wars 3” is just offering his (frankly delusional) opinion. It is not based on anything but pure imagination.

Im Mudbone.1437:

Notice there is not one mention of ANET as being involved in this GW3 venture. Is NCSOFT taking over and ANET will soon cease to be hence the less than favorable changes in GW2?

I’m almost impressed at how far you’ve managed to take some amateur blogger’s completely made-up idea and run with it this far. Yep, NC Soft has seen what a unanimously-agreed failure yesterday’s feature patch was, and has fired everyone at ArenaNet. That’s totally what happened. I’m going to go register a website for my GW3 guild right now.

When I was reading reviews of this game, I read that GW2 uses a unique engine that they developed in house. It would be nice if Anet would utilize CryEngine 3 or even Unreal 3 for GW2— the program could then utilize multiple core CPUs and GPUs much better. We could then conceivably create community based mods for the game using the SDKs. But that’s calling for a complete overhaul and remake of their engine to use a new engine.

I do not foresee how it would be wise (profitable/ justified) for Anet to completely throw out their unique engine that made GW1 and GW2. They probably poured millions of dollars and thousands of man hours into making their engine before developing GW1.

So, some random nobody who wrote an article about NCSoft buying the rights to use the new Unreal engine has just decided Guild Wars 3 is happening…?

Yeah…

Chameleon Dude.1564:

So, some random nobody who wrote an article about NCSoft buying the rights to use the new Unreal engine has just decided Guild Wars 3 is happening…?

Yeah…

Hey, not what I’m saying. I’m voting for the equally far fetched use of the Unreal engine to improve an existing game. Probably not GW2 though, still too fresh. My money might be on Blade and Soul or Aion.

The more likely thing is that they’re making a new MMO.

The least likely thing is they’re going to try to relaunch City of Heroes in an attempt to get back into the super hero games market and simultaneously spite Missing Worlds Media who are also currently building their game on the unreal 4 engine.

It’s okay baby, don’t give your hopes up. Guild Wars 3 will have capes, don’t cry now.

Oh yeah, and cinematics, we’ll need those in Guild Wars 3.

buckeyecro.9614:

When I was reading reviews of this game, I read that GW2 uses a unique engine that they developed in house. It would be nice if Anet would utilize CryEngine 3 or even Unreal 3 for GW2— the program could then utilize multiple core CPUs and GPUs much better. We could then conceivably create community based mods for the game using the SDKs. But that’s calling for a complete overhaul and remake of their engine to use a new engine.

I do not foresee how it would be wise (profitable/ justified) for Anet to completely throw out their unique engine that made GW1 and GW2. They probably poured millions of dollars and thousands of man hours into making their engine before developing GW1.

Publishers usually, unfortunately don’t care of how much work have been put for a game, as long as a new game can bring them much more profit just for the initial hype. As example, the CoD sequels don’t bring something really new to the franchise, some
are really downgraded in quality. However, people continue to buy the games a lot, just by seeing the title CoD in the market. Unfortunately, for some players, the quality does not matter, it matters the name. NCSoft might think something like that, a sequel might grant them better venits just by the name. Unfortunately, sometimes, the initial hype brings bigger venits than a continuously supported game.

As already pointed out the article refers to NCSoft specifically, not Arena Net.

No doubt another NCSoft mmo, but not an Arena Net/Guild Wars related one.

Meh, only thing that engine is good for are tech demos any more, very few really good games that last more than a month or two are made on that engine.

mahri.8410:

buckeyecro.9614:

[See my previous post] . . . .

Publishers usually, unfortunately don’t care of how much work have been put for a game, as long as a new game can bring them much more profit just for the initial hype. As example, the CoD sequels don’t bring something really new to the franchise, some
are really downgraded in quality. However, people continue to buy the games a lot, just by seeing the title CoD in the market. Unfortunately, for some players, the quality does not matter, it matters the name. NCSoft might think something like that, a sequel might grant them better venits just by the name. Unfortunately, sometimes, the initial hype brings bigger venits than a continuously supported game.

Exactly. Were Anet to develop another sequel I do not realistically foresee them tossing their engine aside. Their engine is probably their main Intellectual Property. However since NCSOFT technically owns Anet and likely Anet’s IP, and are a corporation, they will do everything possible to make as much money as possible even if it means throwing out an engine or fundamentally changing a game for better or worse that they likely spent millions to create if they could recoup a massive profit after doing so.

This is very old news. The speculation is that NCSOFT will be using it for their new version of Lineage (Lineage Eternal) and other projects being developed in Korea. Blade & Soul is build on UE3 and Aion on UE2.5. Either may be upgraded to use the new engine.

Sorry to burst your bubble.

OMG OMG If only they created a spiritual successor of Lineage 2 C1-C5, I would pay them 100€ for the box and 20€ per month! I would not care!!
now I am pretty hyped up

I’d love to see a Guild Wars sequel.

Behellagh.1468:

This is very old news. The speculation is that NCSOFT will be using it for their new version of Lineage (Lineage Eternal) and other projects being developed in Korea. Blade & Soul is build on UE3 and Aion on UE2.5. Either may be upgraded to use the new engine.

Sorry to burst your bubble.

Nah .. Lineage 2 was UE 2.5 .. Aion used CryEngine. I still remember the old CrySystem.dll crashes in Aion

I’m ready for Guild Wars 3. As long as its like Guild Wars 1 and not like GW2.

We need missions. And quests. And to feel like heroes.

Not this crap they have us doing now. Sometimes I even fee like the bad guy while playing PvE.

Spiuk.8421:

I’d love to see a Guild Wars sequel.

Ha, I see what you did there.

BigfootArisen.6509:

No one is going to comment on the date of the article?

So I stupidly assumed that someone would actually read and research an article before posting about its contents like this, and didn’t bother clicking the link. Silly me.

GW3 is not going to happen for many years yet. Once GW2 is closer to 10, maybe, but it’s too expensive to go build a new game when what you’ve already got still has plenty of time and space to grow.

Kal Spiro.9745:

BigfootArisen.6509:

No one is going to comment on the date of the article?

So I stupidly assumed that someone would actually read and research an article before posting about its contents like this, and didn’t bother clicking the link. Silly me.

It came out 14 months ago. They’re still working on GW2. It took 5+ years to make GW2. They almost entirely shut down the work on GW1 during that time. GW3 is so far off that UE5 could very well be out. There is no way it is GW3.

Is that the same Examiner I see in the checkout line at the grocery store? The one that writes about Bigfoot and UFO’s?