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Big World - Xbox's Secret MMORPG Weapon?

Posted by simoniker on from the bigger-than-small-world dept.

Thanks to the TNL forum regulars for pointing to an Internet.com interview with Micro Forté 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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  1. Online Gaming is a fad by Milktoast · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think the console world is just reliving the same sort of hype once surrounding PC online gaming. Only the problem is that consoles are even more difficult to get online than PC's are.

    I'm sure each console can support a handful of online only games (an everquest type, maybe a Quake 3), but I think the majority of users are quite happy with single-player experiences. If I want to chat on the internet - I don't see why you wouldn't go to the PC first.

    1. Re:Online Gaming is a fad by Westley · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Note that there's a difference between "not online gaming" and "single-player gaming". I mostly bought my console (a GameCube) for party games such as Super Smash Bros Melee - and I still believe that's the most entertaining type of game around (for me) even though I obviously enjoy Metroid Prime, Zelda etc.