Magic: The Gathering Tactics announced
Sony Online Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast are working together on a new strategy game for the PC based on Wizard’s popular collectible trading card game Magic: The Gathering. The game is being billed an online, 3D turn-based strategy that uses core elements from the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It is being developed by SOE’s Denver studio.
Magic: The Gathering - Tactics will let players command 3D figures and spell cards from the CTCG with the promises of a single-player campaign, multiplayer and even PVP. Other plans include regular content updates, achievements and rankings, and - no doubt - plenty of collectible cards and decks.
Magic: The Gathering - Tactics will be released in early 2010 for PC, with a PS3 version to be released “sometime after.” For more information about the game check out www.magicthegatheringtactics.com.
Rumor: Atari and Cryptic working on Neverwinter Nights Online game
Chris Morris reports that sources close to either Atari or Cryptic Studios have confirmed that the pair want to create a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on Neverwinter Nights. The article goes on to say that this was Atari’s intention all along when it decided to purchase Cryptic Studios. Cryptic is currently working on two games right now: Star Trek Online and Champions Online. With Atari owning both wizards of the Coast (who in turn own the old TSR Dungeons & Dragons license) and Cryptic Studios (who happens to own the Champions RPG property) it makes perfect sense to create an MMO based on the popular RPG series that BioWare — and later Obsidian — helped to make popular through its games and expansion packs.
Naturally there are no details on this alleged MMO project but we’ve sent a request for comments out to various parties in hopes of getting an official response.
And it should be noted that Neverwinter Nights Online, would not be the first Neverwinter Nights online game. that distinction belongs to publisher Strategic Simulations, Inc., America Online and developer Stormfront Studios. Neverwinter Nights was the first MMORPG to display graphics and provide large scale game play sessions through an online service. The game ran from 1991 to 1997 on AOL — and at its peak cost a whopping $6 an hour to play. Eventually, as the internet became more prevalent in American households, the hourly rate was dropped altogether by AOL, who would later roll it into its suite of services for subscribers. By the end of the game’s life it had over 100,000 subscribers. Pretty impressive if you consider that games like Ultima Online and EverQuest 2 didn’t exist at that time.
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