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by Nick Breckon, Mar 16, 2009 6:50pm PDTLego Universe publisher Gazillion Entertainment has signed an exclusive 10-year deal with Marvel to develop its comic book properties into multiplayer online games.
Gazillion and Marvel will share revenue of the games, according to an early report by the Wall Street Journal. The two companies will reportedly announce more details on the venture tomorrow.
An MMO based on the Marvel properties, Marvel Universe Online, was announced in 2006. The game was being developed by City of Heroes developer Cryptic Studios for the Xbox 360 and PC, until it was abruptly cancelled early last year, partly due to concern by publisher Microsoft over World of Warcraft's dominance in the MMO market.
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This is going to end up a disastrous waste of money and time.
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Am I reading that right?
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I think some people are betting that a fan is going to sign up on a DC or Marvel game just to play next to / similar to their favorite superhero. Which is probably very wrong, and even if it's right, it's only going to get a token turnout if that's all they're betting on.
Hoping for a Romero Marvel MMO.
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"Whats the business plan??"
"Make money!"
So you have two companies that haven't worked together in developing a video game before, then you slap on Microsoft as publisher...what a horrible combination to try and go up against the current MMO market.