Last week the Marvel MMORPG was cancelled, I'm pretty sure that was being created by Cryptic as well. Maybe this is why they cancelled it. _________________ Pro Massacre Boy!
Yeah, Microsoft pulled the funding for it because they basically concluded that the game wouldn't be able to compete with WoW in terms of numbers and if they couldn't be the biggest in the market then it wasn't worth trying. The Marvel lisence went along with Microsoft, so Cryptic decided to keep all the work they've done on the game so far and bought the rights to Champions (a pen and paper superhero rpg from the 80s).
Cryptic sold off it's stake in City of Heroes earlier this year and the whole CoH team moved to NCSoft as part of the sale. So even though it's the same studio making Champions, it's not the same team. Jack Emmert's still there though and he was the real soul behind CoH and the creative mind behind a lot of the story and characters, so that's good news for Champions.
I'm kinda optimisitic, the cell shaded graphics and level of customisation (you create your own nemesis!) is cool, but I'll be amazed if it makes it to the stores by 2009. _________________ Blog archive 2006
with the warhammer MMO out that year? probably not the best idea. Which by the way has taken a big drop since the original stuff i played. Quite obvious that they had loads of ideas for dwarf and orc and none for human or chaos. still waiting on the elf stuff. Guild wars 2 is on the way though i imagine and that is the one to look out for, if anything its free! Wait isn't NCsoft behind GW? _________________ Ninjarific
I'm not sure Warhammer's such an issue for Champions, Fantasy MMO's are almost a market unto themselves so I'm not sure the two games will clash as much as you'd think. Plus while Warhammer is shooting for the stars in terms of subscriber ambitions, it looks like Cryptic are gonna do what they're best at with Champions and create a powerful niche title that just focuses on doing one thing really well.
Yeah GW is an NCSoft franchise, they really are becoming the big boys in the genre at the moment, in terms of successful games at least. _________________ Blog archive 2006
Not surprised, they're UK operation is based down in Brighton (presumably because it's the only place they can walk around in their City of Heroes costumes and not look strange. ), I've seen their job ads around quite a bit. They actually have some really nice internships too.
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), I've seen their job ads around quite a bit. They actually have some really nice internships too.