Posts by SchneeELF

  • Warhammer Online

    so, hier kommt eine Stellungsnahme, gefunden auf http://www.computerandvideogames.com ! ich stell die Stellungsnahme gleich hier rein, weil man sich zuerst registrieren müsste, um den Artikel zu lesen!

    Climax today issued an official statement relating to the demise of Warhammer Online, the MMORPG the UK studio was developing alongside Games Workshop that it was sadly announced yesterday had bitten the dust following a full review of the progress of the game, costs to date and future costs of the project.
    Karl Jeffery, Climax's CEO, has commented in some length on the closure of the title, saying: "It was a deeply sad thing for us to have to do after so much hard work and commitment from the entire team, but the costs involved in bringing the Warhammer massively multiplayer online game (MMO) to market meant that we were left with little choice."
    Referring to MMOs in general, calling the genre a "very high stakes business" and pointing out the likes of Star Wars Galaxies "costing up to $30 million to launch", Jeffery moved on to the history of the Climax/Games Workshop partnership and the joint venture to develop an MMORPG based on Warhammer before praising the hard work of the faces behind the title:
    "Since then [the creation of the joint venture] we have built an incredibly talented team in Nottingham which has developed an extraordinary game: the graphics and animation are stunning, the Leviathan tools and technology are cutting edge and the game world is gritty and realistic in a way never seen before in an MMO," Jeffery said.
    He continued: "During the past few months Climax and Games Workshop have been undertaking a comprehensive review of the costs to complete and launch the game. MMO's have a very different business model from traditional (boxed) games and require a huge up front investment in servers, bandwidth and customer support teams.
    "The actual cost of rolling out the game was far higher than either partner had anticipated and we have decided that we simply cannot justify it."
    Ending on a positive note, however, Jeffery stated: "This decision will not impact Climax's Nottingham studio: we have a second game already in development there and the technology team will continue to advance our Leviathan suite of MMO tools and technology.
    "We are now exploring the possibility of bringing in another partner to assist with the roll out, a company with existing MMO experience and infrastructure would be ideal, as this would reduce costs and risk," he added.

    bezogen auf den letzten absatz, könnte es ja bedeuten dass sie planen es doch noch irgendwie rauszubekommen! und außerdem wird ein zweites spiel in nottingham produziert, was noch sehr geheim ist!

  • Designer Diary

    sehen echt super aus die neuen screens!
    freu mich schon auf oktober wenn das spiel dann endlich draussen ist

    auf diesen screens kann man auf jeden fall keine landspeeder sehen, nur landekapseln! vielleicht meint er auf anderen screens... ?(