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General: MMOWTF: Along Came a Merger
Dana
Member Posts: 2,415
CCP Games and White Wolf are now married. Fortier looks at their union and muses on who might be next in his weekly column.
| How could I pass up an opportunity like this? While mergers are becoming more and more common as we spiral toward Cyberpunk, the most recent amalgamation between Crowd Control Productions (CCP, creators of EVE Online) and White Wolf Publishing (the second largest pen and paper RPG maker) made me stop and think. What other companies who might want a slice of a related industry would be looking to join forces with (or swallow whole) another company with a strong history and tools in the field? This week in MMOWTF I'm going to dig up some details behind this deal and speculate on the next big corporate fusion. |
The full column is here.
Dana Massey
Formerly of MMORPG.com
Currently Lead Designer for Bit Trap Studios
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I'm not crazy about Eve, but I do think it's well done. I really like the sound of this merger. I loved VtM:Bloodlines, and I love the whole World of Darkness, but I'm not into P&P and tabletop stuff. And now Tulga seems to have given up completely on Dark World Online.
Bring on the world of darkness MMO!
-Mustasio
That wouldn't be a merger, that would be a takeover. Bill would fire everybody at Sony
Then he'd find a way to have Commando's lead by Master Chief to kill all Jedi
That wouldn't be a merger, that would be a takeover. Bill would fire everybody at Sony
Then he'd find a way to have Commando's lead by Master Chief to kill all Jedi
Bill is no longer involved in the day to day operations of MS.
Make a difference!
That wouldn't be a merger, that would be a takeover. Bill would fire everybody at Sony
Then he'd find a way to have Commando's lead by Master Chief to kill all Jedi
Bill is no longer involved in the day to day operations of MS.
Yeah, I know. He's "retiring". No matter what, he's still the boss. Just now, someone else will have to take the heat
Hehe, I love this guy.
Nice article dood.
Favorite mmorpg's:
SWG
WoW
And there lies the whole point of the matter. Both companies know what they are doing; in their own respective areas. However, here's what I see: WW will make a really great card game out of EVE. But whether or not that favor is returned from CCP's end by bringing one of WW's creations online successfully is another matter.
There's a big difference between EVE and a full, living, breathing 3D mmo with creatures, humans, vampires, werewolves, etc. running around interacting, changing clothing, being more than a painted backdrop with spaceships being autopiloted along a linear line.
As far as this merger goes, I do have high hopes for it. As to whether CCP can deliver is something we will all have to wait and see.
I have been begging for a Vampire: The Masquerade MMO for years now, so this is very exciting to me. I dont play EVE, but from everything I read it is a well made game. Here praying for a very dark, persisitent sandbox with bunches of vampires running around sucking on some blood.
MMM....blood
"The man who exchanges Liberty for Iconic classes is a fool deserving of neither." - Me and Ben Franklin
And there lies the
whole point of the matter. Both companies know what they are doing; in
their own respective areas. However, here's what I see: WW will make a
really great card game out of EVE. But whether or not that favor is
returned from CCP's end by bringing one of WW's creations online
successfully is another matter.
There's a big difference
between EVE and a full, living, breathing 3D mmo with creatures,
humans, vampires, werewolves, etc. running around interacting, changing
clothing, being more than a painted backdrop with spaceships being
autopiloted along a linear line.
As far as this merger goes, I
do have high hopes for it. As to whether CCP can deliver is something
we will all have to wait and see.
Well that's
why they are developing the avatar technology for use in EVE first, to
get it ready for when they make the WoD MMO. Win-Win situation for
everybody IMO.