I am also looking forward to this patch, and will definetly start playing Gothic 3 again as soon as possible when it's out. I agree with ShadowMoses though - I fear they might just abandon the whole thing.
Gothic 3 Any word on next patch yet?
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Just saw this on WoG: Goto www.gothic3.com and look at the JoWooD logo ...
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The JoWooD forum link seems to be on both language pages now. It's on the left side under "Community".
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I don´t see it on the German page. But anyway, the publisher´s logo is missing. That´s very unusual. Maybe it means nothing though. It could be a simple technical problem.
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So far JoWooD Community Manager Johann Ertl and PB art director Ralf Marczinczik posted on the subject of the removed JoWooD logos. Neither said that this was an accident.
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Ralf said: "I only noticed the disappeared logos when reading the [WoG] forum.
I suspect infos about this will come from JoWooD in the next days. (... A few general sentences about contracts and confidentiality clauses....)
Sorry - thus no further infos from our side on the logo story."
Ivan Ertlov wrote, in response to a rather ironical post suspecting he probably knows more about it: "(... I´m not involved in this ...) As Ralf and KaiRo already wrote, there are commintments not necessary to "concealment" but at least to remain silent about ongoing agendas, which also can´t avoid to stick to.
But I hope, too, that everything will be cleared up transparently ASAP."
Both definitely doesn´t sound like "Ups, I pressed the wrong key during a page update." Nobody denied that something is going on.
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Ralf said: "I only noticed the disappeared logos when reading the [WoG] forum.
I suspect infos about this will come from JoWooD in the next days. (... A few general sentences about contracts and confidentiality clauses....)
Sorry - thus no further infos from our side on the logo story."
Ivan Ertlov wrote, in response to a rather ironical post suspecting he probably knows more about it: "(... I´m not involved in this ...) As Ralf and KaiRo already wrote, there are commintments not necessary to "concealment" but at least to remain silent about ongoing agendas, which also can´t avoid to stick to.
But I hope, too, that everything will be cleared up transparently ASAP."
Both definitely doesn´t sound like "Ups, I pressed the wrong key during a page update." Nobody denied that something is going on.
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Another post by Ivan Ertlov, this time at the JoWooD forum. He also doesn´t like the current information policy, which he admits he is responsible for in the public part of the JoWooD forum. Part of the current policy reg. G3 seems to be only to disclose things - or rather "consider infos for disclosure"; his posts was a bit fuzzy 
- which he know for sure. And currently his knowledge of things he can say with 100% certainty "is unfortunately limited".
What he can say for sure is: ">>The patch will come.<<, but I´ve said that before often enough. "
- which he know for sure. And currently his knowledge of things he can say with 100% certainty "is unfortunately limited".What he can say for sure is: ">>The patch will come.<<, but I´ve said that before often enough. "
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I have a gut feeling that this might maybe be related to a takeover of JoWood and that someone removed the logos because JoWood will be part of a bigger entity soon(?)
I'm not sure what company would be desperate enough to shell out its hard earned cash for the wreck of a publisher that JoWood is
but dumber things have happened in business history so I guess that it may be a possibility.
Though a simple divorce of JoWood and PB seems more likely, of course.
Guess we'll find out soon if this is something serious or not since JoWood is a public listed company at the Vienna stock exchange and thus obliged by law to send out notices about serious business matters.
I'm not sure what company would be desperate enough to shell out its hard earned cash for the wreck of a publisher that JoWood is
but dumber things have happened in business history so I guess that it may be a possibility.Though a simple divorce of JoWood and PB seems more likely, of course.
Guess we'll find out soon if this is something serious or not since JoWood is a public listed company at the Vienna stock exchange and thus obliged by law to send out notices about serious business matters.
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In any case I think we'll see another patch. I have to admit that I am not the biggest Gothic fan in the world, but I found it very couragous that the guys from PB admitted that what they released (Gothic 3) was crap. Somehow I have the feeling that these guys are honest fellows who will do their best to release another patch.
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I'm hoping for another patch as well.
Regarding all the intrigue, who can say. Maybe PB got a new publisher for future projects.
Regarding all the intrigue, who can say. Maybe PB got a new publisher for future projects.
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I think if a patch comes out soon, it would be a small one, as the biggest bugs are already fixed. Gothic3 is crap anyway, they should concentrate on the expansion (if any).
I hope for Gothic4, though The domain is already bought by the PB, hopefully they get another publisher too.
I hope for Gothic4, though
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