Myst URU To Go Open Source
Myst Online: URU has had a rather rocky life. Having been canceled, IP passed between three different companies, only to get shelved after a brief stint on the online service Gametap. But all is not lost with this ill-fated title.
Developer Cyan Worlds has recaptured the rights to their title, and has decided to release the game sound, client and server architecture included, to the open source community. That means not only will the game continue to live on as a free to play, free to host title, the likelihood of linux and Mac OS X ports is greatly increased.
This bold maneuver not only reinforces a good precedent (see: Castle Infinity) for game developers to keep their online games, well, online, it also allows players to improve and extend games that haven't had the best of luck.
Myst Online goes fully open-source [Massively]
[via C|Net]
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Posted to Video Games on 16 December 2008
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While I never played I am pleased when commercial games that no longer turn a profit are opened to the community. Allegiance by Microsoft is another MMOG that went open as well.