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Written on February 5, 2010 at 2:41 pm, by JR
Ravious of KillTenRats fame just threw up a nice summary of events over the last couple of weeks. This includes a few choice forum posts from Regina and Martin, plus a rather amusing thread in which Martin has become something of a meme.
Martin Kerstein: Bucket Theif
Check that out here.
[Credit to Scarecrow for the awesome image.]
Written on January 25, 2010 at 7:13 pm, by JR
Eric Flannum (Lead Designer on Guild Wars 2) dropped some very interesting thoughts on our forum, by way of Community Manager Martin Kerstein. The focus is races and professions, and particularly the thought process involved in adding more.
“With professions, we’re much more concerned with how they interact with the current balance and whether they provide a different play experience. With races, their overall look and feel is generally the most important thing.”
Check that out and add your comments here.
Written on January 22, 2010 at 8:07 pm, by JR
Regina just put up a remarkably interesting post on the forum, sharing information from ArenaNet’s Audio Director, James Ackley.
“Every footstep in Guild Wars 2 is made up of three sounds: heel, toe and spray (spray is the kick of your toe, mostly only made with loose surfaces and running). With this set-up, each of those three sounds gets its own random parameters, so you never feel like you are hearing the same footsteps over and over. Using Drew’s system, we get these incredible results but keep the total memory footprint in check.”
There’s also some information on armor and clothing sounds, environmental sounds, and some great pictures of the sound effects team out recording material.
A huge thanks to James for the information, and also to Regina for putting it up.
Written on January 6, 2010 at 2:02 pm, by JR
The folks over at ZAM have awarded Guild Wars 2 their ‘Most Anticipated Original IP’ award, beating out competition from the likes of The Secret World, Final Fantasy XIV, and Jumpgate: Evolution.
Read more on ZAM, and then head over to the forum to discuss it in this thread.
Written on December 23, 2009 at 2:14 pm, by JR
Lead concept artist Kekai Kotaki sat down with the folks at evolve3d.net to talk about his work and where he draws his inspiration. Sadly he didn’t manage to sneak in any Guild Wars 2 news, but you might see a few new pieces of concept art.
You can check out that interview on evolve3d’s website, here. Want to comment? Check out this thread on our forum.
Written on December 16, 2009 at 11:29 am, by JR
New to the ArenaNet YouTube channel today is a behind the scenes look at the voice acting that went into the recent ‘The Races of Tyria’ trailer.
It includes interviews with four of the actors: Troy Baker (“Logan”), Steve Blum (“Rytlock”), Felicia day (“Zojja”), and Kari Wahlgren (“Caithe”).
Dicuss this video on the forum, here.
Written on December 9, 2009 at 10:40 am, by JR
The folks over at MMORPG have managed to corral Dave Beetlestone, Ree Soesbee and Eric Flannum into a room with MMO journalist veteren Garrett Fuller.
This is another in ArenaNet’s series of interviews focusing on lore and general overview, with no hard info on gameplay being released yet. However, as usual, the odd thing or two does slip out…
Eric Flannum referenced the Ranger class, confirming their return in Guild Wars:
“For example, in the past Rangers had to wear armor that tended to have a long coat and mask. They can still choose to wear an outfit that looks like that, but they now also have a much greater diversity of appearances to choose from.”
Head over here to check out that interview, and then over here to discuss the interview in shillo’s forum thread.
Written on December 4, 2009 at 11:34 am, by JR
True to their word, ArenaNet have released more Guild Wars 2 goodness in the form of a second trailer. Aptly titled “The Races of Tyria”, it gives you an introduction to each of the five playable races.
Some fantastic looking environments and impressive characters, retaining that signature ArenaNet style. For those of you who want to download a high-definition version, you can find download links on the official Guild Wars 2 website.
Want to share your thoughts on the trailer, or see what others think? Head over to Lihinel’s thread on the forum, here.
Enjoy!
[EDIT: They have also updated the Guild Wars 2 website to include a page detailing the five races. Check that out here!]
Written on November 10, 2009 at 9:27 am, by Inde
Dutch Sunshine pointed us to a Eurogamer.net piece of interesting news that you will want to check out for all the Guild Wars fanatics out there:
Jaeho Lee – the company’s chief financial officer, as well as chief executive of its Western arm – told investors during a recent conference call that NCsoft didn’t expect to make any major launches in 2010. Guild Wars 2 from ArenaNet, and Blade & Soul from the Lineage 2 team in Korea, would follow in 2011, he said.
“I believe there will be certain public events in the year 2010… at least a closed beta test for those titles. Commercialisation will be expected, at this point, probably some time in the year 2011,” Lee said.
We have a thread in our Tyrian Assembly forum discussing the news here: Guild Wars 2 Expected in 2011
Written on November 9, 2009 at 5:09 am, by JR
Been away for a while, and missed some interviews? Perhaps you only recently started following Guild Wars 2? Maybe you have read everything you can get your hands on, but your memory is as bad as mine?
Either way, Nox of iloveGuildWars can help you out. He has written up a huge compendium of the tidbits we know so far (including sources, for the sceptical), which you can find here.
I suggest you all immediately head over to his forum thread, and thank him for the hard work!
