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MMO PC News by Oli Welsh
Interplay has said that its "post-apocalyptic massively multiplayer online game", codenamed Project V13, will enter public beta in 2012.
Most observers agree that Project V13 is intended to be the Fallout MMO that Interplay has been talking about since 2004. However, its right to make that game is currently being disputed in the law courts by Fallout rights holder Bethesda.
The beta news came in a press release announcing that Interplay had finalised its agreement to develop Project V13 with Bulgarian developer Masthead, currently making Earthrise - a, guess what, post-apocalyptic MMO. (Good spot, Videogamer.)
"Masthead's technology is impressive and perfect for our Project V13," said Interplay chief Herve Caen. "Its team is passionate to bring our vision and gameplay to the market. This MMOG will have many unique features that we will disclose before launch of the public beta in 2012."
In fact, Masthead's involvement with Project V13 was confirmed back in April last year.
Meanwhile, the court case has also turned up a "World of Warcraft type MMO" in development at Bethesda, although this is believed to be an Elder Scrolls game rather than a rival Fallout project.
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Comments: 1-17 of 17
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Sunyavadin
25/01/10 @ 16:04
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I'm more interested in Bethesda's project than this, actually. Hope it doesn't impede work on single player Elder Scrolls games. Hope they work this all out and leave Interplay to their thing.
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Flying_Pig
25/01/10 @ 16:25
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I love Fallout 3, but the idea of an MMO retaining the same 'feel' just doesn't seem plausable IMO. Why does everything need to be an all singing, all dancing online cluster f*ck? What happened to a focussed, finely honed single player experience?
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ignatiusjreilly
25/01/10 @ 16:38
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What happened to a focussed, finely honed single player experience?
It doesn't need a subscription. |
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"What happened to a focussed, finely honed single player experience?"
Do you mean to imply that Fallout 3, arguably the most broken game of 2008 was a "finely honed single player experience"? I do however agree that the MMO bandwagon ceased to be a bandwagon sometime ago and became a huge convoy of "me too". If there's one thing we have enough of at the moment is MMORPGs. It seems right now that there are more MMORPGs being released each year than regular RPGs, great news for the publishers with those monthly subscriptions but bad for innovation as all resourced get dumped into the MMO in a misguided attempt to compete with WoW. |
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Emmit_Assassin
25/01/10 @ 22:14
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@Slipstream
Beat me to that one yer bugger... I got me secret stash of weapons, chainsaw, AA route map for the shopping centre and diesel fuel for the zombie apocalypse... I got me green card to get me on the 'Ship' in China in case Dean and Roland actually know something we don't... I got me space in Vault 13 all sorted in case North Korea get a little trigger happy... So I couldn't give a f**k what they're up to. |
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