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And you though FC would keep focus on finishing and supporting AOC ?
Alan0n
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http://news.mmosite.com/content/2007-03-06/20070306224744666.shtml
New Funcom MMO Game Revealed
Summary: Firing Squad revealed that Funcom is deep in development of a new MMO project for PC and Xbox 360 platforms. The new MMO will use the same graphics engine as Age of Conan.
Firing Squad revealed that Funcom is deep in development of a new MMO project for PC and Xbox 360 platforms. The new MMO will use the same graphics engine as Age of Conan(Photo, Video).
During the demo for their MMORPG Age Of Conan, Funcom project director Jorgen Tharaldsen informed the press group that the company is already deep in development of yet another MMO project for the PC and Xbox 360 platforms. The game is actually being shown to publishers at GDC (although not to the press). The game is using the same graphics engine as Age of Conan and Tharaldsen told us that the unnamed title takes place on Earth in the present day, making the game one of the first, if not the first, MMO project that uses a real world present time setting. We hope to get more info on the title in the months ahead.
Wakaka says: "we have posted news that Norwegian Film Fund has awarded Funcom a grant which will partially finance research and initial development of "Dreamfall Chapters". I guess Funcom
s new MMO is likely to be Dreamfall Online version. "
Kinda says it all.
FC dev: Ok we have made good money from this PR of AOC. Lets now send our devs to make a new game and do it ALL over again.
FC devs: /Cheeeer !!!
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So that makes three games.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_World
You're talking about the Secret World, that's the only other MMO Funcom has stated they are working on.
Waiting for Fallen Earth, World of Darkness, Old Republic, FFXIV
Ye - Probably is the same game. Been worked on since 2003....
Another incomplete game incoming.
I could have swore i saw something stating the development of the secret world project was canned and what about Anarchy Online, I do hope they arent postponing the development and release of AO's new graphics engine.
the Ops link is over a year old -- dated March 2007
EQ2 fan sites
the Ops link is over a year old -- dated March 2007
Ah..so it is, trolling for trollings sake?
Well... Starcraft and diablo dont use the same graphix or gaming engine. And neither do they use the same dev team. Funcoms games do. They put two games into one project. Now they are cashing in on the graphics engine in AOC - without actually providing any stable core mecanics on the rest of the game. I was hoping they would manage to make some kinda stable engine in the next 6 months - but it seems we are talking about at least a year now.
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Difference here is Funcom has to beg investors to fork out additional funding. Blizzard is self sustained and makes enough money to buy Funcom and pull the plug on the entire company.
I would say this is probably good news. Now would be an excellent time for Funcom to look for additional funding. With AoC launched and all the positive reviews and whatnot it looks like a wow killer. At this time I'd guess funcom looks pretty hot and I can easily investors wanting to help get in the door on a new project. And now is the perfect time before cracks in AoC and the general poor outlook for players beyond the first 40 levels cause the game to start to seriously deflate leaving AoC out of cash..
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1 blizzard team = Funcoms entire staff.
You have to be crazy to believe that Funcom has not only just made the first game ever to run Blizzard out of business but they also have way better developers and programmers then Blizzard could ever dream of having. This is just more loud talk from all the wow and warhammer fanboys worried that their game is gonna be on the bottom of the charts.
Its ok you can just play AOC and then you can be on the winning team
Beacuase Blizzard managed to put out a ...wait for it..FUN game. Maybe Funcom should release one good game before putting their fat little fingers into more?
1 blizzard team = Funcoms entire staff.
You have to be crazy to believe that Funcom has not only just made the first game ever to run Blizzard out of business but they also have way better developers and programmers then Blizzard could ever dream of having. This is just more loud talk from all the wow and warhammer fanboys worried that their game is gonna be on the bottom of the charts.
Its ok you can just play AOC and then you can be on the winning team
Wait......ummm....WHAT? I really hope that was sarcasim as AoC is far from being 'the first game to run blizzard out of buisiness. 1) Its not really that good and WoW's numbers are still increasing. 2) If it did do the unlukly thing and beat WoW blizzard will be far from beaten. Diablo 3 google it. Before you go WoWfanboi i don't play WoW i have a level 3 dwalf from a trial account. But i wouldn't say no to a game of Warcraft 3 i have to admit.
WAR online has a bigger fanbase than AoC does at the moment and that will sure increase with the games final release, oh its been dialayed btw, you won't be used to this but the Devs are actually finishing the game before release. Also Aion and Mythos also look like good contenders for this year's best MMO.
I reckon AoC will be last place by the end of the year and 2009 will only hilter it with GW2.
ROFL another failure, you would think they would have learned from Anarchy Online that their freaking graphics engine sucks with all the complaints people had.. But NOOOO then you would think they just might learn from AOC with all the complaints but Nope not then either..
Don't really matter though, the people who matter are finding out.. I'm willing to bet big money this MMO get hardly any funding AT ALL.
Maybe if they outsourced their engine instead of relying on that crappy inhouse Dreamwhatchamacallit one.
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They'll fix AoC for Xbox release, why put features into a game that aren't needed in the xbox... plus they get to use AoC as a prototype to see what not to do. They fail to realize that they've already soured the populace and nobody wants to buy Funcom games anymore.
I didn't hear they released a new MMO , What's it called?
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Blizzard is FAR MORE STREAMLINED. They also have a well established history of supporting games despite new releases... FunCom has shown that they will drop an older game almost (if not in fact) entirely (AO) and still fail to adequately support a new game.
YOU DECIDE.
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Well... Starcraft and diablo dont use the same graphix or gaming engine. And neither do they use the same dev team. Funcoms games do. They put two games into one project. Now they are cashing in on the graphics engine in AOC - without actually providing any stable core mecanics on the rest of the game. I was hoping they would manage to make some kinda stable engine in the next 6 months - but it seems we are talking about at least a year now.
Actually I think Diablo 3 will use Starcraft 2 engine, also WoW uses Warcraft 3 engine.
Oooo really? What game has FC made to run Blizzard outta business. I played AO n AoC but not the new game to run anybody outta business...what is it called?
Oooo really? What game has FC made to run Blizzard outta business. I played AO n AoC but not the new game to run anybody outta business...what is it called?
"AoC-Forum"
Well... Starcraft and diablo dont use the same graphix or gaming engine. And neither do they use the same dev team. Funcoms games do. They put two games into one project. Now they are cashing in on the graphics engine in AOC - without actually providing any stable core mecanics on the rest of the game. I was hoping they would manage to make some kinda stable engine in the next 6 months - but it seems we are talking about at least a year now.
Actually I think Diablo 3 will use Starcraft 2 engine, also WoW uses Warcraft 3 engine.
I've read that d3 uses the wow engine but with higher polygon count and such
I just hope that Tornquist doesn't let FC ruin the TLJ franchise with a game as horribly incomplete and unfun as AoC has turned out to be.
It's too bad they've got the license and he couldn't take it to someone competent like Telltale.
Mate, seriously.
Get a Life? or at least screw your head on right.
This game was on the drawing board from fall last year, has been known about for a why, just not the title.
Funcom at any one time have had more than one game on the go. They all have seperate dev teams working on them, Conan has its own Expac dev team for example currently making that.
You point of view is so backwards. These forums are a sad state now, based on half a dozen people on a hate / slam crusade.
There are over 200 people working on Conan, over 150 since the start of development years ago, during that time other games they have made have come out, AO expac and other games will continue to be made, its a cycle just like any other company.
LOL. How can they be developing a new MMOPRG when they clearly haven't even half-way finished developing AoC?!?!
What did you expect? They lied to get the Conan and the boobie crowd to buy AoC. Now they are doing the same with the conspiracy crowd.
The game is using the same engine as AoC which means that it will probably be even more instanced than AoC.