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ZouharianZouharian Member UncommonPosts: 16
in The Pub at MMORPG.COM

Are there any companies where you can buy a license to run a server for an mmo type game? I don't mean FPS games like call of duty etc, but the sort of game that is covered on mmorpg.

The only one I have come across that do it currently is The 4th Coming from DialSoft, but that is kind of old and outdated - are there any others?

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  • MylonMylon Member Posts: 975

    I think this would be an interesting business model.  Build an MMO and host your own servers, but also provide a licensing option so other people could run their own servers.  In theory, someone might include some fun and interesting rulesets that the creators never envisioned.

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  • liquescentliquescent Member UncommonPosts: 145

    Minions of Mirth

    http://www.prairiegames.com/

     

    Single Player + MMORPG

    No Monthly Fee

    12 Races, 16 Classes, 3 Realms

    Playable Monsters from Dust Mites to Blightborn Dragons

    Host your own Persistent World Server

  • XadrianXadrian Member Posts: 71

    The Hero Engine from Simutronics is pretty nice, but I'm guessing fairly expensive:

    heroengine.com

  • Azure77Azure77 Member Posts: 355

       Japan has several out , from 2D Final Fantasy III (US 3) , to 3D games. They have a rather large market for it , most of the game require some program skill , but most provide hosting services.  It is/was part of the huge  "make your own game" boom of the early 99s and 2001 era.

         ASC i think is the major people behind it. You can find some of them on Fileplanet still , for the 3D ones, an engine license was 5k to 15k depending on how advanced you needed it to be. Most also charged per client down (something to the tune of 21 cents per download.)

           The US companies crashed in burned, but thier engines are open source in such communities as Source Forge , and Gamedeveloper (but I havent seen what progress was made). Some of the most notable were Morbid engine (i think its how it is spelled), 3Drad , and Sphere engine.

           There is also a bunch of others out there , i think Crystal and Epic (Epic was holder of Unreal Engine).

                   As far as getting a license for a full already developed game , such as Lineage 2 or something , you d probly need around 100k or more.  You d probly do best to look for countries , such as Malaysia for products (currently pinyo and Malaysia have super low wages for development but decent programers/artist)

               There is a great Russian/Czech company , I dont remember the name off hand but they could make you an alpha game for 500k US.

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