Marvel Zombies Get Their Own MMO
With the Sony-developed DC Universe Online slowly but surely making its way to PS3s at some point late this year or early 2010, I suppose it was only a matter of time before Marvel decided to follow suit. And now they have. Marvel Entertainment has struck an exclusive 10-year deal with Gazillion Entertainment to develop massively multiplayer online games based on the Marvel Universe.
First in development is a casual MMO for younger gamers based on the kid-friendly "Super Hero Squad" property. I suppose that'll end up on the Wii. But Gazillion is also going to develop Marvel Universe, an MMO for PCs and consoles. The only thing is that while Sony is a known quantity, Gazillion is new, so there's no way of knowing how well it'll end up turning out. Guess we'll have to wait and see!
Marvel, Startup Ink Online Gaming Deal [Reuters]
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Posted to Video Games on 19 March 2009
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I think your post almost implies that an MMO might "turn out well" under Sony's tender loving care.
I find such an implication to be quite inaccurate.
Huh. Maybe I was being overly optimistic, based on what I've seen of DCU Online so far, but I guess I also thought Everquest was supposed to be great. Not that I ever played it, but I heard good things. And it was really popular. And I thought Sony was responsible for that. Then again, I've been wrong before!