Former Blizzard, SOE and Relic Developers form new Free-to-Play MMO Studio
Everytime I hear of developers from former mega studios banding together to form a new development studio of their own I get pretty excited. Experienced minds in a new setting can bring about all sorts of wonderful innovations. Of course, it can also mean more of the same, but repackaged to appear "new".
In the case of Molten Games, lets hope its more of the former. The San Diego, California based studio is comprised of a collection of executives from Blizzard, Sony Online and Relic Entertainment. Of course, all development studios need funding and Molten Games has secured this in spades thanks to a multimillion-dollar investment from NCSoft.
NCSoft appears to be taking a hands off approach when it comes to the developer/publisher relationship. Free from publisher restrictions and with pockets full of cash, the Molten Games team is confident they can create an unparalleled experience which puts the gameplay first and foremost:
"We created Molten Games in order to truly have control over our game development and IP, and we're going to create something epic," said Jungwon Hahn, CEO of Molten Games. "Our team understands not only the creation of online games, but the ongoing management of them, better than anyone else in the industry. As we continue to build our team and work on our initial product, gameplay and player experience is going to come first with every decision."
While still unannounced, we do know Molten Games' first title will be a triple-A free-to-play MMORPG, with more information to be released at a later date.
Does news of this new studio perk your interest?
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Elixir and Transcendence changes are indeed included.
You have about 2 weeks to snag it.
I have mixed emotions about this new direction.
Despite the content delay, Digital Extremes did let in 10,000 new testers as promised.
Basically, I will believe it when I see it and not before.
monthly payment system,so I am not a fan of blizzard.
Relic and SOE are great at FPS games, Blizzard is great at making crap, we might see something decent come out. I'll keep an eye, but not expecting much.
Sounds GOOD for me, so far!
BTW, not sure how it'll go, since they DO have good developers but also DO come from some greedy companies.
Depends, good game but possibly P2W? (guess we'll have to wait and see what kind of game they're making)
Also important to know they seem to be using unreal engine and scrum. Would be pleased to discuss more speculations with you guys. If you find something out we could possibly start a forum thread !