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Toontown Online Goes Big Time

Posted by Zonk on from the tiny-mmog-grows-up dept.

Disney's ToonTown Online is finally getting a day in the sunshine. Gamespot is reporting that Sony Online Entertainment is going to be publishing the game commercially, both for the PC and console systems. From the article: "The boxed version of the game will retail for $19.95, which includes a two-month subscription to the $9.95-a-month service. Toontown has been available directly from the game's official Web site since June 2003."

13 comments

  1. Yay more addicted kids! by scruff323 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey look! Now even the young ones can get addicted to MMOs. All we need now is for one of them to beat another kid to death with a milk bottle for that rare golden banana.

  2. And our community is composed of who, exactly? by Nomihn0 · · Score: 1

    F/OSS games aren't often published and/or marketed. As a result, they get far less Slashdot airtime. Does this seem strange to anyone else?

    1. Re:And our community is composed of who, exactly? by QuantumG · · Score: 1

      Over the last two years I think a grand total of one open source MMORPG has been reported on Slashdot. With coverage like that is it any wonder that no open source MMORPG project has managed to attract a critical mass? Of course, it's not like these projects go out of their way to advertise themselves either.

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    2. Re:And our community is composed of who, exactly? by BlightThePower · · Score: 1

      I hate to say this but a lot of F/OSS are either derivative or simply not very news worthy in the way that HL2, the Sims or GTA:SA are (technical or gameplay innovation or else some sort of social phenomenon associated with them, this is particularly true of the Sims for example). This isn't to say FOSS games aren't fun to play, theres just not a lot one can really say about a FOSS version of Civilisation or an old arcade game beyond announcing them. Certainly though, by the same token, I have no idea why certain sequels in the EA library have had any discussion here.

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  3. In Soviet Russia,,, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    (subject of article) (verb in present tense) YOU!

  4. AC2 Players moving over??? by The+Slaughter · · Score: 1

    Thank god us disenfranched, now-homeless AC2 players have somewhere to move to now.

  5. Not surprising by Vektuz · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is not surprising. The amount of people (kids) playing this game has been steadily increasing, especially as parents start to actually worry about what their children are playing... as http://www.mmogchart.com/ shows... its recently surpassed 100,000 subscribers, twice as much as AC2 had even at its peak... and its still in that 'growth' area.

  6. Aw, no Roger Rabbit? by Morgon · · Score: 1

    When I saw this article, I immediately thought that they were doing something with the movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"

    That'd be pretty cool, dontcha think?

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    1. Re:Aw, no Roger Rabbit? by KDR_11k · · Score: 1

      Wasn't Roger Rabbit made by Warner Bros?

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    2. Re:Aw, no Roger Rabbit? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No, it was made by Disney, and the unique characters in that film are owned by Disney. They had to barter with Warner (and Harveytoons, and others) to get the rights to have some of their characters in the movie. For example, one of the things that Warner Bros. insisted on is that Bugs Bunny have as much screen time as Mickey Mouse.

  7. re: by Kynmore · · Score: 1

    Holy Geeze, this is still online and running? It's been how many years since Disney openeed Toon Town? 4+? The Sleeper [MMO] has Awakened!

  8. Ganking? by hobotron · · Score: 1



    Will pvp servers have Dip?

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  9. Great news by Tofino · · Score: 1

    After all, Sony did such a bang-up job with their promotion (nearly nonexistent) and distribution (serials shipped with the wrong games, to name one problem) of the recent Asheron's Call expansions.