Mythica MMORPG Cancelled By Microsoft

Ivan writes "Microsoft announced that it has cancelled Mythica, its internally developed massively multiplayer PC RPG with a Nordic twist. The official website has the formal cancellation announcement, but additionally, 1UP spoke with MS reps who gave a few more details, noting 'the company had two MMORPG projects in development -- Mythica, and an as-yet-unannounced title. Rather than support the development and eventual maintenance of two MMORPGs in an already crowded and highly competitive market, Microsoft cancelled Mythica to make room for its other game.'"

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In other words...

[lpangelrob2]

Translation: All you Mythica developers, we have a few NT bugs to fix... (fp) :-)

M$ Games?

[Anonymous Coward]

I always looked at windows as an RPG - well, at least a good fight engine.

Re:M$ Games?

[Anonymous Coward]

I always looked at windows as an RPG

Yeah, I allways looked at hardware installation in the early days as a roll of the dice.

Bad Day

[panaceaa]

First Barbie breaks up with Ken and now this! Augh!$@, my fantasy word is crumbling to pieces. :((((

Re:Bad Day

[Mr. Piddle]

Another fine shining example for a society with a 50% divorce rate.

We should require parents who get divorced to eat their children.

Re:Bad Day

[Xpilot]

They where not married, they where just dating.

Ah, thanks for clearing the confusion surrounding the marital status of Barbie and Ken for us geeks. I can understand why you're posting anonymously.

Title for the other MMORPG ?

[Yoda2]

Inspired by real life events...Raiders of the Lost Code.

Source Code Leaks

[GLowder]

MS makes a brilliant move to preemptively kill projects, in an effort to stem any further source code leaks.

"No source code here to leak, project's axed, move on."

The plot of the unannounced MMORPG:

[tkokesh]

A group of warri^H^H^H^H^Hprogrammers fights against droves of bugs and orc^H^H^Hsalesdrones as they quest towards the evil land of Mordo^H^H^H^H^HLonghorn!

To be released in 2004^H5^H6^H7...

Re:Bluster

[cubicledrone]

Microsoft is funding what will be a VERY high profile game. It will most likely announce by the end of the month.

Ok, ok, ok... they spent about $500 million dollars and it's got like, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Independence Day and X-Men all on the same, like, team and it's an MMORPGEFPSSIMPAR so it's got these really cool controllers on wheels and stuff, and then there's like 50 different screen resolutions and it runs on Macs and stuff too. It's going to be sooooo cool.

Re:Bluster

[Ninwa]

There have to be other reasons. Changing a name of a project isn't a big deal. I mean, look at Firebird..er..fox.

Release the Code!

[ryanw]

Please sir, could I have some more?

Re:Release the Code!

[will_die]

Not really sure you would want the code.
When AC2 was released it had two major code problems, chat and authentication. Both of theses section were written by microsoft and given to Turbine, the developers of the rest of AC2. It was said that the code came from an in house MMORPG that was in development, the name Mythica was not yet out.
Later it was found that the problem with chat was that it was using .NET and that the under lying services could not handle the large amounts of information being passed around, so they stopped or crashed.

The 'as yet unannounced title"

[OECD]

The new game is tenatively titled "Vaporquest."

I told you!

[OpenSourcerer]

'Microsoft cancelled Mythica to make room for its other game.'

See I told you it is bloatware

Instead of MMORPG mythology...

[Maljin Jolt]

They really should do MMDOWXP, massive multiprogrammers debugging of Windows XP, yeah. Otherwise Windows become a mythology itself in few years.

MS-MMORG: The Borg

[Gothmolly]

To MS, _life_ is a MMORPG, one in which you WILL be assimilated.

Official Announcement

[servognome]

SEATTLE - Microsoft said late Thursday that it would immediately halt development of "Mythica", an online roleplaying game that was scheduled for release in the second half of 2004. A Microsoft Studios spokesman stated, "After reviewing similar titles in the massively multiplayer Online gaming genre, we determined that our game was too stable. It is a disappointment given the talent, experience, and track record we have here at Microsoft at creating buggy software. Unfortunately, the competitive market did not allow us time to include enough crashes or exploits in our game to make it competitive for a launch this year."

Re:So...

[dextremethorpheus]

If I am going to invest in a game where i pay fees to pay

i see you do like the microsoft model

Re:Interesting

[dasmegabyte]

Bob? BOB?!? You bring up a failure from TEN YEARS AGO when they didn't have a desktop monopoly and the only people who had computers were smartass teenagers and stock brokers?

I mean, why not just give them shit for Microsoft Decathalon, or Hyperterminal, or Microsoft Works?

Re:New game titled announced

[TrancePhreak]

The sequel, Linux Command Console, where you pile through random character combinations to figure out how to get it to work was also announced today.

I For One..

[taernim]

.. can't wait for the new MS game!

Duke Nukem Forever Online... man. This is gonna be great. Anyone know when it'll be out? ;-)

Microsoft's most profitable game

[Anonymous Coward]

is called "Monopoly" :-)

Re:A Sad Day

[Anonymous Coward]

Well.. any pace will be heartpounding for an EverQuest addict.

Re:Hmmmmmmmmmm

[gad_zuki!]

>FYI, Microsoft just released the source code to Allegiance

Hell, they just released the source code to NT and Windows2k! Man, give them some credit!

Re:Bad Day ... The Obvious Move for Barbie

[telstar]

If I were Barbie, I would've dumped Ken's ass a long time ago too! Jeez, this many years ... he gives her the Barbie Ferrari, the Barbie Mansion, the Barbie Ranch ... but no Barbie Engagement Ring. Meanwhile Ken's out with his buddies, out on the scene being a major player ... doing things WITH and TO interns ... plotting his candidacy for President ... and states around the nation are legalizing same-sex marriage. It's EASY to see why Barbie would give him the boot. Think of it ... Skipper lives so close ... Ken's never home .... How did Ken not see this coming?