Big World - Xbox's Secret MMORPG Weapon?

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday June 24, 2003 @11:12PM from the bigger-than-small-world dept.

Thanks to the TNL forum regulars for pointing to an Internet.com interview with Micro FortÃ© CEO, John De Margheriti. This Australian company has an original, as yet unannounced Microsoft-published MMORPG for Xbox Live in development, and the CEO (overconfidently?) says "Our technology could very well be the killer app for the Xbox. I think the Xbox killer app is online games in general, and I hope that the BigWorld Technology will play a strong part in that." Interestingly, BigWorld Technology is being pitched as middleware for multiple MMORPG titles on PC and console, but no further deals have been announced apart from the Microsoft game. So.. revolutionary or 'just another MMO engine'? Update: 06/25 14:46 GMT by S : Here's a preview and some screenshots of Citizen Zero, Microforte's dormant PC MMO title that the Xbox game may be somewhat based on.

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Re:Irony. by Locky · 2003-06-25 01:45 · Score: 2, Funny

Nor would it do much good to be, Unless Telstra and MS sign a deal saying that all content from Xbox Live will be free, Xbox Live will probably peak at about 11 users.
Re:I'm impressed! by cabra771 · 2003-06-25 02:07 · Score: 3, Funny

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