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Originally Posted by Clone
You also might keep tabs on if they register any new trademarks. This also seems to get done before much other information comes out.
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WOW! That's an awesome post!
(Why didn't I think of that?!)
Yah, I did a search and presto, a history of Guild Wars appeared. Is it unusual that a new record for Guild Wars (Chapter 4) does not appear? It seems with Chapter 2 and Chapter 3, the filing was done about 5-6 months in advance. Maybe the record doesn't appear yet because it hasn't reached the "Published for Opposition" stage? I don't know how this stuff works, but maybe there's a lag from when the record is filed until it hits the website?
I wonder what all of this means?
ArenaNet is a creature of habit. While Guild Wars is a game to us, it's a job to them. It's a cool job. but it's still a job. The game making machine has to keep going. We know that it's too early to speak of Chapter 4, as it would hurt sales. I noticed a lot of people found a copy of Nightfall under their Christmas tree, as the Elona noobie zones were loaded with level 2's. Nightfall is still pretty new. We usually don't hear about the next chapter until halfway though the life-cycle.
Historically, ArenaNet has made new announcements with the New Year. The biggest announcement was in January 2004, when the new graphics were unleashed. February 2004, I was playing Guild Wars for the first time. Wow... has it been that long ago?