Gothic 4: Arcania - Now Arcania: A Gothic Tale

JoWooD announced at the GC that Gothic 4: Arcania will receive a spectacular new name: Arcania: A Gothic Tale.
Maybe JoWooD prepares to leave the Gothic brand behind after the 4th game ?!
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I know nothing about the upcoming game… but it seems to me that changing the name to Acrania: A Gothic Tale would allow them to create the game and not include the nameless hero as the main character.

It's kind of like Bethesda's "An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire"… a game that was in the Elder scrolls milieu, but not directly related to the core Elder Scrolls games (Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion).

Just a thought.

Originally Posted by Gorath
Maybe JoWooD prepares to leave the Gothic brand behind after the 4th game ?!

They might as well, since they are going the console route now, and most of their target audience has never heard of these games. Fine by me, since a whole new developer is making it, the Gothic series as we know it is dead.

Too bad it isn't called Gothic: Realms of Arcania! That'd really muddy the waters

Originally Posted by doctor_kaz
They might as well, since they are going the console route now, and most of their target audience has never heard of these games. Fine by me, since a whole new developer is making it, the Gothic series as we know it is dead.

You didnīt get the hint. An unwithspoken claim attributed to PB in the pissing contest last year was that Gothic falls back to PB after Gothic 4. Since then JoWooD never said they can make more than one Gothic.
Of course they try to start a new franchise and use Gothic to accelerate it.

That ought to appease the kinds of folk who are up in arms about Fallout 3, but would've been totally cool with it if Bethsoft had named it "Fallout: District of Columbia" instead.

Originally Posted by Gorath
You didnīt get the hint. An unwithspoken claim attributed to PB in the pissing contest last year was that Gothic falls back to PB after Gothic 4. Since then JoWooD never said they can make more than one Gothic.
Of course they try to start a new franchise and use Gothic to accelerate it.

I thought that the latest news revealed that all future gothic games belong to Jowood. Every character from the gothic series is now in the hands of Jowood.

I donīt remember such a newsbit.
Why change the name and risk alienating the customer base if JoWooD owns the franchise permanently? Doesnīt make sense.

Wasn't there talk about changing the name in North America only? I remember reading such a news a couple of weeks (month?) ago. Something about the fact that Gothic isn't a well known brand in NA.

Yeah, the name came up in May. I think it was (then) intended only for NA.