Buffy and Firefly MMO studio closes

Multiverse, the developer behind the Buffy and Firefly MMOs, has closed due to lack of funding.

January 4, 2012 1:30 PM

Multiverse, a developer that had previously announced plans for MMOs based on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly, has closed. The company cites the inability to achieve a "profitable business model," and closed up shop in December.

The announcement touts the Multiverse Platform, which launched in 2006, and was meant to help developers create cheaper open worlds. The company released a few sample Facebook games in 2008, and a tie-in promotional game for the movie Avatar in 2009. The company announced the Firefly MMO in 2006, then delayed it in favor of a Buffy MMO in 2008, but neither project was released. A SourceForge project has been created to continue the Multiverse Platform.

If you still want to don your Browncoat in game form, Ten Ton Hammer reports that developer DarkCryo is still at work on Firefly Universe Online.

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January 4, 2012 1:30 PM

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Multiverse, the developer behind the Buffy and Firefly MMOs, has closed due to lack of funding.
- ryuuseki
  
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  January 4, 2012 1:40 PM
  
  I was like O_O a firefly game?? Then I read the article and was like "ha, they didn't make anything."
- megreedy
  
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  January 4, 2012 2:47 PM
  
  The Buffy idea works simply because at the end of the show all possible slayers gained power, so you could potentially have infinite number of slayers....
- deathofrats
  
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  January 4, 2012 2:48 PM
  
  wait they released a buffy and firefly mmo? when?
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    January 4, 2012 3:11 PM
    
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    - Lukiopimp
      
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      January 5, 2012 3:38 AM
      
      There are actually several MMOs that are playable in a browser, most of them based on Unity Tech imo.
- R@zzle
  
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  January 4, 2012 3:01 PM
  
  and nary a fuck was given
- cerealSAM2
  
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  January 5, 2012 4:41 AM
  
  Looks like someone's trying to continue the Firefly MMO, http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/01/04/firefly-mmo-gets-a-possible-second-shot-at-the-stars/
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    January 5, 2012 5:42 AM
    
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- SabinRaijin
  
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  January 5, 2012 9:01 AM
  
  and nothing of value was lost