EA licenses Dungeon Keeper for Chinese MMO

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China-based NetDragon Websoft has announced that it has acquired the Dungeon Keeper license from Electronic Arts with a view to developing an MMO based on the franchise.

The game, to be called Dungeon Keeper Online, will be operated by NetDragon throughout China, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau, but may also make the leap to other regions as well, according to the company's chairman Liu Dejian.

"We are delighted to enter into an agreement with EA in the development of our first 3D MMOG," he said. "Our partnership with this internationally renowned game developer is proof of our capabilities in game operations and development as well as a reflection of our market reputation.

"Capitalising our strength to create a strong gaming experience, powerful operating platform and unmatched expertise within China's online game market, we are confident that Dungeon Keeper Online will not only become successful in the Greater China region but also achieve remarkable results overseas."

And EA Asia Pacific president Jon Niermann - interviewed recently by GamesIndustry.biz - added: "The partnership marks a significant milestone for EA as it will enhance our intellectual property and extend our product reach throughout the Greater China region. It will also further enhance our intellectual property with differentiated, high-quality games, particularly in the field of MMOGs."

No predicted launch date for the game, for which the original was an RTS designed by Peter Molyneux's Bullfrog back in 1999, was released.

Source: GameIndustry.biz

Goluh

Wooow like a wet dream coming through .. I can only imagine .... 

Airspell

  Yes, asians have a great track record of making great mmos too right ?

Maggotscream

Originally posted by Airspell


  Yes, asians have a great track record of making great mmos too right ?

Just because it's changed it's name to Reputation doesn't mean that Western games don't have as much if not more grinding.

 

sazabi

good asian mmo games?

sure.

 

guild wars.

no grind at all unless you want to have things that are only eye-candy, but have same stats as other items.

you can level your character just by doing all the missions, in pvp you just need an ok team and a head on your shoulders.

 

then again not every asian developer is as inteligent as them.

cjdrinic

Like EA would have been better? 

bboneheadd

Dungeon keeper aww I used to love that game would sure love to see the mmo be released

AsprnBtl

Originally posted by bboneheadd


Dungeon keeper aww I used to love that game would sure love to see the mmo be released

 

Yeah me too, although I have trouble picturing it in MMO form.

Umbral

Originally posted by sazabi


good asian mmo games?
sure.
 
guild wars.
no grind at all unless you want to have things that are only eye-candy, but have same stats as other items.
you can level your character just by doing all the missions, in pvp you just need an ok team and a head on your shoulders.
 
then again not every asian developer is as inteligent as them.

 

Guild Wars is not an asian MMO, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArenaNet .

But asian game developers are showing they are as cabaple as western developers these days.

 

...

 

bboneheadd

Originally posted by AsprnBtl

Originally posted by bboneheadd


Dungeon keeper aww I used to love that game would sure love to see the mmo be released

 

Yeah me too, although I have trouble picturing it in MMO form.

 

Same, I have no idea how they could make it into a mmo unless they do what savage did.

Shard101

OMG wowzers!!   Does it realylike have the ITEMmalls . I like ieh them sooooomuch!