Surprise! Major MMOs cost batty-bonkers-cuckoo amounts of money to produce.
Eurogamer reports that Electronic Arts CFO Eric Brown said as much today, describing
Star Wars: The Old Republic as the "largest ever development project, period, in the history of the company." EA is apparently betting big on having something like Activision Blizzard's
World of Warcraft with
The Old Republic. Brown guesstimates that
WoW cost about $100 million to launch back in 2004 -- the game makes something like that now in a month.
The executive explained that the average game costs about $30 million to produce, but that "any MMO costs significantly more than that." With an expected
spring 2011 release, hopefully EA will start making a return at that time on its investment in a galaxy far, far away. Otherwise, the gaping maw of the Rancor would be preferable to what investors will do.
SWTOR is EA's most expensive project yet originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Surprise! Major MMOs cost batty-bonkers-cuckoo amounts of money to produce.
Eurogamer reports that Electronic Arts CFO Eric Brown said as much today, describing
Star Wars: The Old Republic as the "largest ever development project, period, in the history of the company." EA is apparently betting big on having something like Activision Blizzard's
World of Warcraft with
The Old Republic. Brown guesstimates that
WoW cost about $100 million to launch back in 2004 -- the game makes something like that now in a month.
The executive explained that the average game costs about $30 million to produce, but that "any MMO costs significantly more than that." With an expected
spring 2011 release, hopefully EA will start making a return at that time on its investment in a galaxy far, far away. Otherwise, the gaping maw of the Rancor would be preferable to what investors will do.
SWTOR is EA's most expensive project yet originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We're received a handful of tips, and
Massively confirms it: beta invites for the
surprisingly hype-worthy
Lego Universe beta have started to roll out. It's something we
entirely want in on.
But, alas, no invite for us. Our tips box is only a repository for our own sadness, as others regale us with tales of their conquests; their own acquired beta invites. No, it's fine -- don't worry about us. We're just going to sit in the corner, with our real-life Legos, pretending there are actual people behind those hopelessly optimistic smiles, willing to interact with us in a virtual world.
Lego Universe beta invites being sent out originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We're received a handful of tips, and
Massively confirms it: beta invites for the
surprisingly hype-worthy
Lego Universe beta have started to roll out. It's something we
entirely want in on.
But, alas, no invite for us. Our tips box is only a repository for our own sadness, as others regale us with tales of their conquests; their own acquired beta invites. No, it's fine -- don't worry about us. We're just going to sit in the corner, with our real-life Legos, pretending there are actual people behind those hopelessly optimistic smiles, willing to interact with us in a virtual world.
Lego Universe beta invites being sent out originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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This is the type of news that just hurts to report:
Battlestar Galactica is becoming -- wait for it -- a browser-based MMO.
We know! It's painful, right? The "game" is being developed by
Bigpoint, which operates several titles in the genre.
Battlestar Galactica Online will infect your internets like a Cylon-based virus sometime this autumn on the Syfy(lis) website for an exclusive 30 day period.
Battlestar Galactica, and its fans, deserve better. We're not saying they deserve a
BioWare RPG version of
Wing Commander but ...
actually, that's exactly what we're saying.
[Via
Big Download]
Battlestar Galactica MMO announced (don't get too frakkin' excited) originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The battle for the fate of humanity continues this fall, when NBC Universal and Bigpoint launch Battlestar Galactica Online, a massively multiplayer browser-based game set in the universe of the award-winning Syfy television series. Can I get a frak yeah?
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If you've ever wanted to transport into the massively-multiplayer Starfleet of
Star Trek Online, now is your chance to make it so.
Amazon's Deal of the Day features the game for $28 -- a better price than even a Ferengi could negotiate. (Mostly because Ferengi don't really exist.) Plus, the 44-percent discount off the list price should help take the sting out of the
monthly fee.
Amazon has also temporarily discounted the
Collector's Edition, from $80 to $48. Don't you want the little communicator badge? Of course you do. As with all Amazon Deals of the Day, this one's over at midnight PT or when the shop runs out of stock.
Boldly pay less for Star Trek Online originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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When it comes to MMO news and special features, Joystiq sister site Massively.com has you covered. Whether you’re looking for info on the hottest new MMO, or you’re just curious about an old favorite, you’ll find it at Massively. Check out our biggest features of the week:
Continue reading MMO Roundup: Massively’s week in review
MMO Roundup: Massively’s week in review originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Announced last week, the first in a series of new raid episodes is now available in
Star Trek Online. The first episode, entitled "The Infected," which tasks five players with assaulting a Borg-infected starbase and investigating a new Borg nanovirus that can "assimilate entire worlds at alarming speeds." Three more Borg episodes are planned, ultimately concluding with a direct attack against the Borg queen herself. If the trailer above is any indication, you can expect plenty of deep space confrontations, lots of ground action and copious explosions.
More raid episodes will arrive in the future, including one that revisits the work of everyone's favorite villain:
Khan Noonien Singh.
Star Trek Online raid episodes launched with new trailer originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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A Korean couple is said to have neglected their infant - to the point of starvation - while they fed their own online gaming addiction in Internet cafes. The Sun's reporting this, so, let's get our sensationalism detectors on.
The couple allegedly raised a virtual toddler in a game similar to Second Life, called Prius Online (pictured) while leaving their real one home alone each day with just a single bottle of milk for nourishment. One day they came home to find the child dead and called the cops, claiming they found the child dead when they had awakened. Investigators noted the child's dehydrated condition and weren't buying it. An autopsy later said the child died of starvation.
This all happened back in September actually. After the infant's funeral the couple disappeared and were only recently arrested. Don't think they were bingeing on the MMOs however: ""Due to our sense of guilt, we have not been to a PC gaming room over these five months," they told an investigator. Mighty damn big of them.
Gamers' Tot "Dies of Starvation" [The Sun via Hot Blooded Gaming]
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