NC America executive Merv Lee Kwai comments on the friendly competition between Aion 2, set for a September release, and Guild Wars 2, as both MMOs launch in a struggling genre.
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Thanks to a trailer from Friday's Summer Game Fest, we finally know when: September. , which has a beta coming late next year. As if that weren't enough to keep folks busy, ArenaNet announced a commitment to delivering more stuff for It's funny how the timing works out on these things. One minute, there's no new MMOs in sight, and then all of a sudden two get releasesimultaneously.
In an interview with PC Gamer's Wes Fenlon, executive publishing producer on Aion 2 Merv Lee Kwai said the two games might have"some competition between them, but I think it's friendly competition.
""ArenaNet is close to NC, right? The corporate relationship there. So I view, as a member of NC America, ArenaNet as a sister company of sorts. So I'm just extremely proud that we have the two MMOs that are being brought to market right now,"Kwai said.
"I'm just happy that we're both bringing products to market during this period where MMOs are struggling. " "Struggling" might seem a bit harsh, but it's plain to see what Kwai's referring to—PC Gamer's Harvey Randall wrote last year that while the most firmly entrenched games in the genre are only getting better, the future looks as familiar as it does volatile.
"If you want new MMOs to get excited about, you're out of luck," he wrote, adding that whatever game youEven though they're entering a crowded space, NCSoft chief business officer Seung-Uk Baek reckons GW3 and A2 are different enough to find their own niches. Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.
Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors "I can't reveal too much because is still under development," he said.
"But there is a directional difference … Aion 2 focuses more on massive numbers of players, like RvR. The more users, the more fun. Whereas Guild Wars 3 is more about segments of small groups playing that makes the gameplay more fun. That's all I can say at the moment.
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