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Marvel, Gazillion Sign Exclusive 10-year MMO Deal

by Nick Breckon, Mar 16, 2009 6:50pm PDT

Related Topics – MMO, Marvel

Lego 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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Any Marvel fan looking for superhero action should just head over to Champion Online for a better worked out system eh?

Mar 17, 2009 2:05am PDT

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  Right, I mean we absolutely know enough about this game's system to see all of it's shortcomings, and the... : ComRaven
  - Things aren't looking good for this mmo though :P I'd love to play Multiple Man or Punisher, but it would... : gydot
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  Champions Online smacks way too much of being instanced to death for me. If Marvel online is more open wo... : Shin_Chan72
  - Depends on what you mean by instance. If you mean for the purpose of doing missions? I've been on 4 ins... : wraith808

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An unknown development studio getting a carte blanche 10 year deal with Marvel?
This is going to end up a disastrous waste of money and time.

Mar 16, 2009 9:32pm PDT

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- If I'm reading that right it's not even a developer, it's a publisher. : AgentPothead
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  Gazillion Entertainment owns NetDevil and it is already working on the Lego MMO, so it is not unknown. : nomad1968
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    Are you sure they own NetDevil? Wikipedia and the NetDevil webpage both say the company is independently ... : AgentPothead
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      Apprently they secretly bought NetDevil last year. Smells fishy. : drchocapic
      
      Earlier the gazillion.com website was coming soon but now it actually has information on it. Seems weird ... : AgentPothead
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    oh pardon me, a developer with no shipped titles then. They haven't proven themselves yet. : deathofrats
    - NetDevil made Auto Assault. I know.. but still, it was published. : wraith808

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The Lego MMO must be pretty impressive.

Mar 16, 2009 7:31pm PDT

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The Lego MMO must be pretty impressive. : Sylvanus
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- Well if nothing else, the crafting will probably be good. : Tripps

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So one of the biggest IP's gets signed with a start-up company and the first project is an MMORPG?

Am I reading that right?

Mar 16, 2009 8:43pm PDT

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- Short of Blizzard , none of the current big mmorpg companies would be something that I would want to go w... : Shin_Chan72

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Damn, how many superhero MMOs do we need? I mean, it's refreshing to see something other than high fantasy, but we have CoH/CoV (which isn't a bad game, just a bit repetitive), then DC Universe, then Champions Online, now Marvel?

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.

Mar 17, 2009 4:44am PDT

Damn, how many superhero MMOs do we need? I mean, it's refreshing to see something other than high fanta... : The_Archon

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The Gazillion website also lists Slipgate Ironworks as being within it's fold, who are working on a new MMO according to their site (might have said that for 2 years though, dunno).
Hoping for a Romero Marvel MMO.

Mar 17, 2009 1:57am PDT

The Gazillion website also lists Slipgate Ironworks as being within it's fold, who are working on a new M... : swimteampie

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Marvel fans the world over give a collective /facepalm

Mar 16, 2009 10:17pm PDT

Marvel fans the world over give a collective /facepalm : RestlessAvenger

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Jeez 10 years? The gaming industry changes too fast to be making that kind of long term deal. Who knows what we'll be playing by then

Mar 16, 2009 7:37pm PDT

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  - Hahaha... so true : scythe_guildhall
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Can't even find the Gazillion website off google.

Mar 16, 2009 7:52pm PDT

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- it was the first link for me, but nothing there yet http://www.gazillion.com/ : byorn

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"HEY! We're two companies that want the same thing, money! Right? Sweet, lets go into business together and see if we can create something where we can share!"

"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.

Mar 16, 2009 7:41pm PDT

"HEY! We're two companies that want the same thing, money! Right? Sweet, lets go into business together a... : sreyes22

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Direct competition to DC Universe Online, I suppose.

Mar 16, 2009 7:34pm PDT

Direct competition to DC Universe Online, I suppose. : BlackCyan

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that's neat but I'm more interested in who they're signing up to actually develop the games and exactly what type of games are they gonna be as I highly doubt they'll backtrack to the MMO route

Mar 16, 2009 7:05pm PDT

that's neat but I'm more interested in who they're signing up to actually develop the games and exactly w... : Daeyeth

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...i read that as gazillion year deal at first

Mar 16, 2009 6:57pm PDT

...i read that as gazillion year deal at first : synapse19