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Blizzard's new MMO will be Marvel Universe Online
nob1e
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The name might change but it will be in the Marvel Universe. There are no facts behind this, just my guess.
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that would be funny as hell!
I agree. It would suck as bad as WOW and Marvel deserves better than that.
When we get back from where we are going, we will return to where we were. I know people there!
Why would blizzard pay a license fee when it has a license to print money with its own intellectual property.
Try again. Thanks.
WHAT WHAT WHAT? OMG OMG OMG...
Sorry... totally freaked out by this. XD
Love Marvel comics... and I guess Blizzard could make a great MMO out of it. Ah well.. you were just guessing, right? ^^()
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Too bad the original Marvel MMO was cancelled.
Hmz, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Universe_Online:
Marvel Universe Online was the previous working title of Champions Online. The MMO game was developed by Cryptic Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios exclusively for Microsoft Windows Vista and Xbox 360 platforms using a license from Marvel.
IGN stated that Marvel Universe Online would take history from 60 years of Marvel Comics as well as integrate current events in the comic books for the next five to ten years.
However, the project was changed on Feb. 11, 2008 due to what a Microsoft spokesperson referred to as "an inability to compete" with the current MMO marketplace. Less than a week later, Cryptic Studios announced that development would continue using a new IP license of The Champions (Hero Universe), a superhero-based role playing game.
omg... omg omg omg... I hope you are RIGHT!!!
It wouldnt be funny.. it would irritate the blizzard fans.
Starcraft and diablo left, for blizzard to turn a franchise that isnt one of them into their next mmo, would be a slap in the face.
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I agree. It would suck as bad as WOW and Marvel deserves better than that.
ha WoW's still number one nikka
There are already 2 comic MMOs in development. Blizzard wont make another one. It wont be fantasy MMO either
Activision has the license for Marvel IPs till 2017 so Blizzard wouldn't have to pay for a license.
This thread wasted me a good 1 min.
MMO played (paid):
AION
DragonRaja
Dungeons & Dragons Online
Lineage
Lineage 2
Tibia
Ultima Online
Warhammer Online
World of Warcraft
MMO tried:
Atlantica Online
Darkfall
Dead Frontier
Dungeon Runners
EverQuest
Lord of the Rings Online
Monster Hunter Frontier Online
Ragnarok Online
Requiem
Runes of Magic
Runescape
The 4th Coming
and some other Chinese/Korean or beta MMOs
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Sorry OP, you're wrong, I heard Transformers is the IP.
"An Inability To Compete" has been generally translated to mean that someone on either the Microsoft or Marvel side of the tracks, or quite possibly both of them, got cold feet. Cryptic found a new dance partner in the Champions series, and went with that.
As for the topic at hand, Blizzard is not, never has been, and never will, make a Marvel universe game. There is no justification for it that makes any sort of reasonable sense.
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Playing: Nothing
Played: Champions Online, CoX, STO, PSO, WoW, lots of free-to-play crap
Looking Forward To: DC Universe Online, Blade and Soul
Whatever it is, I sure hope it ends up taking a different path than WoW and not just using one of their other IPs and making a WoW-esque game out of it.
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I'll eat my shorts if that turns out to be true.
I'd rather have a Diablo mmorpg, personally. They might breathe some fresh life into the series with D3 and have a ton of box sales to truly prepare the world for the Diablo universe with mmorpg sauce.
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I'd rather see Warhammer 40K done right, nothing like WAR.
When was the last time blizzard came out with a new ideaor took a chance on something that wasn't a sure thing?
My moneys on a diablo or starcraft IP mmo.
Bah boring
Have to admit Blizzard making a Marvel MMO would be intersting but im still betting on Starcraft . I am hoping for something original ( once upon a time they used to make original ips!) but I doubt it. Heck if they do make a SC MMO they will get at least 10 million people from South Korea alone!