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Dragon Empires Cancelled

by Maarten Goldstein Sep 03, 2004 7:50am CST tags: MMO, Codemasters, RPG News

Just two months before the launch of the game, Codemasters today very unexpectedly announced that their MMORPG Dragon Empires been cancelled. The company blames "technical issues", and mentions they still have "long-term ambitions in the massively multiplayer online gaming market". No doubt we'll be hearing more about this soon. Thanks Jaded Gamer.

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This was looking like Horizons 2. Hopefully companies will stop trying to make MMOs with no good ideas and small teams.

Sep 03, 2004 8:45am CST

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This was looking like Horizons 2. Hopefully companies will stop trying to make MMOs with no good ideas a... : artillery
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    I wonder if large scale mmorpgs are beyond the means of small teams tho. : johnny rotten

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Wow, canceling a game is far more difficult than it sounds. It means writing off *everything* you've invested in the game. Could have a big impact in Codemaster's success in both the short and long term.

Sep 03, 2004 11:20am CST

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Wow, canceling a game is far more difficult than it sounds. It means writing off *everything* you've inv... : Hunterzyph
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- At least they canceled before even more money was sunk into it. Shows the company is on top of their proj... : NathanEbht

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I wouldn't call the announcement "Very unexpected". Dragon Empires was always close to the top of the list of MMOGs that could get axed. IMHO you can add Wish there now

Sep 03, 2004 11:26am CST

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I wouldn't call the announcement "Very unexpected". Dragon Empires was always close to the top of the lis... : gurgeh
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- I was thinking Dragon Empires had better chances then Wish. : NathanEbht

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These companies need to stop making MMOGs for a while, and figure out a way to produce them without the huge overhead that can bring them down once they are in fear of failing. Guild Wars had the righ tidea, and that's why that'll probably be the only MMORPG I pick up ever.

Sep 03, 2004 11:26am CST

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SONOFABITCH!!!

This one actually looked really cool with the weather simulation stuff going and the way the game was described :(

Sep 03, 2004 11:25am CST

SONOFABITCH!!! This one actually looked really cool with the weather simulation stuff going and the wa... : Landrosradick

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ARGH! This was like the only upcoming MMORPG I were really looking forward to. :(

Sep 03, 2004 8:34am CST

ARGH! This was like the only upcoming MMORPG I were really looking forward to. :( : SilverSnake

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uh...

F--K!

Sep 03, 2004 8:21am CST

uh... F--K! : abubu

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By: pl1ght@speakeasy.net x Show Full Post

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Whoah, and i thought this was one that had potential to be decent.

Sep 03, 2004 8:11am CST

Whoah, and i thought this was one that had potential to be decent. : pl1ght@speakeasy.net

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