Case Study: ArenaNet streamlines game asset management with Perforce P4

ArenaNet manages millions of lines of code and thousands of assets with Perforce P4

ArenaNet, a developer acquired by NCsoft and creator of the popular MMORPG Guild Wars, faced a significant challenge managing the enormous and complex assets for their game. With millions of lines of code and thousands of art files developed over five years, their key challenge was tracking the complete change history of every file to ensure a smooth development process. They chose Perforce and its P4 version control engine to address this.

The solution implemented by Perforce provided ArenaNet with complete, fast, and traceable asset management. The P4 Versioning Engine allowed dozens of employees to synchronize files quickly, resolve conflicts, and manage parallel development across separate branches. This resulted in improved productivity, reliability, and communication for the team. Perforce played an instrumental role in the successful release and ongoing development of Guild Wars, which sold over one million copies.

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