~~~Gothic 3 Latest News~~~ 


         Official site updated

	   The official teaser site has been enhanced by all the screenshots and some character designs which were published on the E3.
 	 Yet there's something new: In a screenshot description the coast village we already know is called "Kap Dun".
    Teaser page 






         New ingame video and screenshot

	   RPG Union hast just published a new ingame video showing the pre alpha version of Gothic 3. Unfortunately, nothing really new can
	 be seen. In order to download the file, you first have to register on the site. In addition a new screenshot with some hornrunners  
	 can be seen there.
    New sceenshot 
    New ingame video 






         E3 Trailer

	   As a present for its fifth anniversary, World of Gothic received the trailer that was shown behind closed doors on this year's E3.
    Download the trailer 



         Wallpapers

	   Three official wallpapers have been released on the official website of Gothic 3. They show the official logo, an ingame picture of 
	 a minecrawler and the already known Xardas artwork.

    Wallpapers  



         E3 presentation video 

	   Finally some ingame scenes have been shown at the E3 in Los Angeles. Although they were recorded using a very early pre alpha version
         without any shadowing, sky effects and other important graphic elements, you can already gain an impression from what the nature and
	 fights will look like. At the end of the video by JustGamers.de Stefan Berger from JoWooD is interviewed - unfortunately completely in 
	 German  but he doesn't provide any new information.
          
	Update:
           Some new ingame scenes were shown at the German TV gaming show GigaGames. They don't differ much from the first ones because they were taken 
         from the same pre alpha demo, but yet they're worth seeing. An interview with Stefan Berger (in German, but no new information is given) follows 
	 at the  end of the clip.
	
    Download at World of Gothic  





    Info from gothic 1-2 about gothic3:




Nordmar - Ian says(boss of the old mine-gothic 1: "They know the right technique in the blast furnaces of Nordmar.



Capital – first story of gothic2: The king's gaze wandered across the city to the harbor. 
The wretched merchant ship Esmeralda, remnant of his formerly impressive fleet,
 was all that was left to him. The remainder of his navy rested at the bottom of 
the sea now, defeated and sunken by the orcs' mighty galleys.
He tore his eyes away from the sorry sight and looked at the massive chimneys of
 the melting furnaces. Their fires had not been burning for two weeks now. Sooty
 and pathetic they towered, like the skeleton of a once powerful kingdom.
Whithout the ore, the king's army had suffered one defeat after another. 
The armories were empty, and without the ore, there was no way to turn the tide.
Whichever way Rhobar looked at it, he needed the ore!

The king's gaze wandered across the city to the harbor. The wretched merchant ship Esmeralda,
 remnant of his formerly impressive fleet, was all that was left to him.
 The remainder of his navy rested at the bottom of the sea now, defeated and sunken by the orcs' mighty galleys.
He tore his eyes away from the sorry sight and looked at the massive chimneys of the melting furnaces.
 Their fires had not been burning for two weeks now. Sooty and pathetic they towered,
 like the skeleton of a once powerful kingdom.
Whithout the ore, the king's army had suffered one defeat after another. 
The armories were empty, and without the ore, there was no way to turn the tide.
Whichever way Rhobar looked at it, he needed the ore!



Battle of Varant(gothic1 book)



The war had been decided .Varant had lost its seaports vital to army supplies 
.King Rhobar has not lingered on the battle for many a long time ,
but he left his general to deal with the enemy troops.Varant had only one large force left , 
commanded by Lukkor ,the most capable warlord of the Varant army ,who had more that once turned defeat into victory 
.But know his army was trapped the situation was helpless ,even though his army greatly outnumbered the enemy .
Lee, was hero from Myrtana has lured him into this trap .
The heave cavalry had been unable to fight on the thick swamped ground of the narrow valley . 
Lee’s soldiers had occupied the range hills surrounding the swamp, and they has stuck repeatedly decimate the army.
The desperate sallies his troops had launched had been cut short in pools of blood.He was beaten. 



History:

In the manual of Gothic I the history of the country is told briefly:
 Myrtana is the kingdom of Rhobar during his ring he started war against Varant and other realms. 
The war is led to country and to water, which means that both realms have entrance to the sea. 
After the war was ended then the orks attacked from the north. 
King Rhobar the 1 died and his son take over without a ceremony. For this war weapons had to be made of magic ore.
 Here the manual says "Only the city Khorinis, 
one of the main magic ore supplier where the prisoners dig for the magic ore" 
(It is meant that there are more ore resources to be found )



And also you can find out about the rebellions and the desperate King .In a story he had said:



“ Chaos is flooding the kingdom like a storm surge. Peasants rise all over the country, refusing to pay the demanded tolls.
 And there is nothing I can do about it.
Too many battles were lost, too many soldiers lost their lives. My once so powerful army has become small…
 far too small to withstand the orcs. Without a new delivery of ore from Khorinis, 
I fear we shall not survive their next assault."

Ore – There’s a book in gothic1 about the ore: "for ore”:
The bst ore for use when forging weapons is doubtless found in the ore mines of Khorinis.
It is found a mental purity and suffused with magic.It is of incomparable strength , 
yet so soft that is an that it cannot break.A weapon forged from this steel from this steel,
which is mined far below the ground at an in-expensive cost of effort , is a match for any blade ,
albeit made of the strongest steel.

It will break any shield and piece any armor.
Kings and heroes of old wielded weapons forged from the finest steel of Khorinis,
 and high prices are still paid for such weapons throughout Myrtana.But the ore itself demands a high price.
Much effort is required to break it from the rock.
It is almost as though the ore were fighting to remain within the womb of the earth. 



Capital:

In a story you can find out that the capital is under siege.



I fear we shall not survive their next assault."(King)

He rose and went to the window. An eerie silence hung over the town. 
The only thing to be heard was the distant and monotonous sound of orcish drums.

Lee’s story (gothic1 on the damp in the knew camp):

But the sycophants betrayed me.I was too dangerous and they used the king’s wife to toast me to the colony .
The king had no choice and he agreed with them.He didn’t kill me cause 
I served him for years and decided to through me in here(colony). I’ll never forgive them .They took my freedom.

A dialog between the hero and Lee(gothic 2):

Hero: Why do you want to go to the mainland so badly.
Lee: I want to take revenge of the sycophants who betrayed me.
Hero: On the king.
Lee: On the king on anyone.


A dialog between the hero and Gorn(before they attack the dragon in the fortress)

Gorn: The castle up there is better protected that the King’s treasury(That proves us something about the king’s palace).

A dialog between hero and Ingmar:

Hero: How is the situation in the mainland?
Ingmar: The war isn’t won yet although our troops are driving back the orks but smaller 
Groups of hem gathered in many places and try to schedule our army.

A dialog between the hero and lord Hagen:



Hero: What are your men doing in the Valley of Mines
Lord Hagen: Since you are going there I might as well tell you.
My men are on an important mission. Our orders come exactly from the king. 
We have come here to take the ore and when the ship is loaded I’ll set sail back to the mainland. 
The ore mines here are extremely valuable to us.
Without the swords made by ore our army doesn’t stand a change against the orc’s elite warriors.
Hero: So the situation on the mainland is going badly then.
Lord Hagen: I’ve already told you too much.



A dialog between Feros and the hero:

Hero: Where are you from.
Feros: I’m from the mainland
Hero: How the situation there
Feros: You haven’t met your king for a long time right The capital is besieged by orks
 but if it’s fallen yet I don’t know. Some say that the King is dead but I don’t believe them.
 You paladins have failed if you ask me.
Hero: And what about your people
Feros I’ve left them. They said they could take anything they want. Count me out.(Warlords)



Summary info:



At the end of Gothic 2, our nameless hero set sail with his cohorts across a large sea.
 Soon, he will land in Gothic 3.
 The sequel covers the entire mainland of Gothic's fantasy world and is about four to 
five times larger than the landmass we explored in Gothic 2. Besides the now familiar
 hill and forest landscapes, the sequel also aims to give us deserts. 
This region was shown to us by Jowood at E3 as an early tech demo. 
Wind-swept dunes, serene oases, and a *lot* of sand await our hero if this demo is of any indication. 
The eastern-styled city particularly pleased us with detailed textures and impressive architecture.
 Whether the player may ride through his journeys in the desert on horses or camels has not been decided by the 
 developers yet. It is likely that the hero's store of water will play an important role. 



As for the specifics of Gothic 3, Piranhas Bytes keeps itself quiet.
 We were only able to get a few choice pieces of information out of them: 
The hero will lose some of his abilities and inventory, due to misuse on his long ship journey to the mainland.
 Gothic veterans will not to have to begin, however, as a complete newbie like in Gothic 2.
 And, as is to be expected of the series, a number of important guilds and 
parliamentary groups the player may join will play a significant role in the game. 



The rest is interpretation on our part: After the Orc Wars, 
the human kingdom has been severely weakened. In the large cities of the country, 
local princes and other important figures scheme against each other, some in violent warfare, to gain power.
 It is in this anarchistic situation you must survive and probably either aid 
in saving the king or help another parliamentary group in capturing the throne. 
Expect many new animations and moves -- the combat system has been completely revamped. 
This will allow for the opportunity to attack in completely different ways,
 such as bounding off of rocks and repelling oneself from there. Furthermore, 
the AI is to be improved in Gothic 3, so that opponents are more aware and will respond to ranged attacks.
 Oh, and expect a brand new, mouse supported interface.