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MMOGs With Television, Movie Add-Ons

Posted by Zonk on from the omg-bbq dept.

conq writes "BusinessWeek has an exclusive interview with James Cameron. In it, the director reveals plans to design a massively-multiplayer online game (MMOG) alongside his next film, Project 880. There's also exclusive news that Ron Howard's upcoming reality show, XQuest, will have an MMOG component. Gamers will be able to interact with the contestants in the show (the game will be similar to Eve Online), and winners at home will be in the next season's show."

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  1. Movie based games by Overloadplanetunreal · · Score: 5, Interesting

    When I go to the store and see a game that's based on a movie, I don't even give the box a second glance. There have been so many bad movie-licenced games (and it seems that every single movie has one) that it's just not worth trying them anymore. It surprises me that people buy these games and therefore make it worth it for more bad games to be released. I have a feeling this game will be another "Enter the Matrix"

  2. And it starts... by TheNoxx · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If this is any kind of success, I'd imagine that many of the major Hollywood producers with their millions will want to start backing MMOG's of their own. Remember, folks, games are still in a very nascent stage; similar to movies in the 50's (as in, 30 years after the start of cinema).

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  3. The next natural step in marketing by BeanBunny · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I'm seeing this as less than a game and more of yet another cross-promotion strategy. Remember when movie studios realized that they could make millions by selling the soundtrack, and then realized that they could make billions by selling said soundtrack the day the movie was released?

    These days, single-player games based on media licenses are just another form of marketing to extend the brand of the movie or TV property. It's almost a given that you will see a game based on a Disney movie, no matter how lame the mini-games end up being. Curiously, in that case they work because the audience of those particular movies want something basic that allows them to simply interact a bit more with Timon and Pumbaa (and even I liked the Burper).

    I think this is a bit different, however. The principle is the same as above (allow the audience to interact a bit more), except that instead of a "video game," it's now a 3D chatroom with objectives (which pretty much describes the appeal of most MMOGs in the first place). Plus, you get to influence the course of the show.

    I didn't see anything in TFA about "Eve Online." Submitter's speculation?