Actually, there are MMOs which have launched using middleware.
Dark Age of Camelot used Renderware
Warhammer Online used Gamebryo
Vanguard used Unreal
Darkfall used Bigworld (ha!)
and I'm sure there are others as well. Yes, the codebases …
This game is dead before it even started. By the very fact that it is being published by Acclaim diminishes the game's credibility to nil. Sorry, thanks for trying.
Is this game even released yet?
I saw on their webpage there's a link to download the client, but at 3gigs I don't just want a beta version. Is it the full game?
Having Acclaim attached to this does not give me much faith in the product...
The article is complete BS and is written by a WoW fanboi who is afraid AOC's large subscriber numbers will force the inevitable WoW server consolidation sooner rather than later.
I love the little pie chart! In case you didn't know, 80% of a…
Originally posted by Darth_Pete
It's THAT far away? So 2-3 years more waiting?
Of course! Development is being headed up by Gordon Walton and Rich Vogel, two guys notorious for delayed production.
When you have a game that is not making any money, rarely updates content, and has hardly any subscribers, that's a failure. I don't care how loyal those 49 people are who play the game.
Let's call a failure a failure, and Jumpgate (however y…
What a winning combination:
NetDevil: Auto Assault (failure), Jumpgate (failure)
Codemasters: ArchLord (failure), RF Online (failure), Dungeons & Dragons Online (failure)
Things are looking good...
...for another failure
It was rumored that Robert would be booted if TR failed. The poster who said they are putting him on a lease is so correct.
But NC Soft does see Robert's worth, they just don't want him overseeing ANY development. To be fair though, Robert has n…
Honestly, Net Devil is out of chances.
The first Jumpgate sucked. Graphics, technology, and design all failed to deliver.
Auto Assault was a miserable failure (as evidenced by it being shut down by NC Soft a year after release!!). They had so…
Looks like there's some game development threads on the fansite:
http://www.blackknightprod.com/modules/news/
Apparently some of the devs post over there answering questions about the game.
LOL
Nearly 2 years late they finally decide to cancel this game. I was saying this concept was flawed from the beginning, as they were trying to be different just for the sake of being different. Too bad it took them $30m and over 5 wasted years…
For me, I've been playing Vanguard since release. Because I don't have much time to play, and don't like soloing, I end up playing only a few hours a week with friends. Therefore I have two sub-15 characters, unfortunately. Would like to play mor…