03-08-2003, 07:53 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-10-2003, 07:49 AM by Gaile Gray.)
bschultz,Mar 7 2003, 03:43 AM Wrote:"Founded by ex-Blizzard programmers who worked on the likes of Starcraft, World of Warcraft, and Warcraft II and III, ArenaNet was acquired by Korean developer/publisher NCsoft late last year. Its debut title, eXarch, seems like it won't stray too far fromthe roleplaying well, as it bears a strong resembalance to a sci-fi/fantasy online-only version of Diablo."Hello,
that blurb was taken out of my April 2003 PC Gamer mag. just though all of you would like to know considering ArenaNet hasnt even officially announced the game yet! it also had a very small screenshot of a guy in some kind of high tech armor wacking some baddies with a sword.
So a new Action rpg buy the ex-big wigs of blizzard eh? sounds pretty swell!
I received a couple of e-mails about this post, so I wanted to clear up a few things, while giving a wave of greeting to the LL and especially to my buddy Bolty, whom I've known for years. Ok, here goes:
ArenaNet is the name of our company, founded in March 2000 by Patrick Wyatt, Mike O'Brien, and Jeff Strain, former Blizzard executives. Their lineage is a bit more extensive then listed, though, and I don't mean to quibble but I'm darn proud of them so I'll point out that it actually goes back (with Patrick) to the original Warcraft, and extends (with Mike) to the creation of Battle.Net, the world's largest gaming network and includes StarEdit (with Jeff) the powerful and highly-regarded world editor for StarCraft. Our company was acquired in December 2002 by NCsoft, a powerhouse in gaming about whom I know you will be hearing more and more.
The biggest clarification though is that eXarch is... not our title. I don't have PCGamer in my hands at this moment, but that won't be our screenshot, either, I'm positive. Now, I know what that leads to is the question "So what IS your title?" and unfortunately we're not quite ready to go public with that, nor genre, nor release window. And yes, I know that's a little frustrating, since I've been on the fan side and I know what information is so eagerly sought! But if you guys can hold on for a while, I promise you news about what will be a wonderful game. Cross my heart! :)