This news was interesting from World of Gothic's site:

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The fanpage Jowood-News was present at the shareholder meeting of Jowood at december 19th. It was necessary to approve the cooperation with Koch Media. During this event there were different suggestions regarding the future of the Gothic serie.

They want to expand their online orientation regarding the creation of strong communities, ingame commercials and on-line selling. Concerning Gothic 4 they think about "Gothic episodes", Gothic for consoles and Gothic as an MMORPG.

It is doubtable if we should be happy about announced "features" like "Gothic episodes".

We will keep you informed and update this news when we will find out more.