A post from ArenaNet back in December

#1 - May 9, 2014, 9:40 a.m.

Back on Dec. 10, 2013 there was a news post announcing the final four installments of the Living World Season 1. Towards the end there was a paragraph:

“Due to the size and scope of the final four story releases in season one, the next round of major features will be bundled together into a large “feature only” release that will come after the first season of the Living World 2014 has finished. Once the story has completed, we’ll go into much greater detail on what’s to follow, but for now we want to focus on making sure our last four episodes shine.”

I and many others read it, and so far in the forums I’ve only seen speculation and rants about what’s to come and/or what hasn’t come, and there haven’t been any Living World announcements since Season 1 ended.

Did I miss something? I enjoy the game, but I’m growing weary of its static state.

MatthewMedina

#13 - May 17, 2014, 11:06 a.m.

Hey guys,

I’m not the typical “spokesdev” around the forums, so I won’t be able to give you all the answers you are looking for about what’s next, but I’ll clarify a couple of points:

The “usual suspects” who you would typically get answers from on this front have unquestionably been super busy getting the game out in China. A number of our devs were in China for the launch this past week, so I imagine that in addition to the hard work they put in over there to get the game launched, they’ll be returning home, getting over jet lag and catching their breath. I hope you can all understand that, and we appreciate your continued patience. We’re all as excited to share with you what’s coming next, as you are to hear it.

There has been, and continues to be ongoing development on projects outside of China, with the team hard at work on Living World Season 2. I can’t say anything more than that yet, other than to reiterate that we’re excited to be able to share more info on it when the time comes.

Come and check out the Festival of the Four Winds on Tuesday! Even if you experienced it back in July, we had a small-ish team revitalizing it to celebrate the China release, and there will be new things to do and see. :-)