Dragon Empires Cancelled

Posted by michael on Friday September 3, 2004 @04:33AM from the everyone-knows-dragons-aren't-real dept.

Darniaq writes "Today, Codemasters announced they are discontinuing development of their massive online game Dragon Empires. They had this to say about it: 'The decision to close Dragon Empires' development does not impact on Codemasters' long-term ambitions in the massively multiplayer online gaming market and the company remains very active in evaluating future opportunities.' It appears yet another studio has realized a persistent virtual world requires more time and effort than they wish to expend. Regardless of the true reason, I applaud the move. The massive online gaming genre does not need more games from companies unwilling to focus themselves on them."

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Subscriptions - what would you pay? by spineboy · 2004-09-03 05:23 · Score: 1, Redundant

I know there are plenty of great MMORPG out there that are FREE. I would like to play some of the others (City of Heroes,etc.) but am not willing to pay the $15 per month. I'm sure that the companies have looked at the inverse ratio of cost to # of players.

What would you be willing to pay as a subscription per month - I'd pay up to $5.

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Re:Finite Pool by pat_trick · 2004-09-03 09:02 · Score: 1, Redundant

I wouldn't discount Planetside, which has pulled quite a few FPS players into the fray.