Might & Magic Creator Joins Garriott At NCSoft

Thanks to Google News for its link to the press release announcing Jon Van Caneghem, founder of New World Computing, has been hired by MMO developer NCSoft to work as "executive producer... on a new, unannounced online game project." As the release notes, Van Canegham "created the Might and Magic and Heroes series and turned them into two of the industry's most successful titles, with more than 20 million units in combined sales", and following the dissolution of New World Computing due to owner 3DO's collapse, and the sale of the Might and Magic franchise to UbiSoft, he'll be "working with [Ultima creator, Tabula Rasa developer, and NCSoft Austin head] Richard Garriott and NCsoft's... designers to create the next generation of massively multiplayer online games."

Comments

Re:MMO Might and Magic?

[WereTiger]

stupid slashdot, stole my fake HTML tag indicating the parent was a joke. :)
No, I'm not actually that daft, I really was joking :) remembering how long rounds took with 8 players in Heros of Might and Magic made me think of how long it'd take with 2,000 players :)

Re:Fun, more MMORPGs...

[NeuroKoan]

Heh,

Leveling only becomes harder after that. Nowadays, I think in 16 hours, I may only gain 2 levels. Luckily, I don't have a wife, so I can devote all my spare time to MMORPGs :p