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World of Darkness MMORPG in the works

humanji · 2010-09-29 10:51:33

I know this could be posted in the MMO forum, but since many people here play the pen & paper game, I thought they might want a heads up. I got this on Gamespot: It kind of sounds like they're going for a Vampire related Second Life as opposed to a World of Warcraft type thing. Could be interesting, although, with a 2012…

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I know this could be posted in the MMO forum, but since many people here play the pen & paper game, I thought they might want a heads up.

I got this on Gamespot:

Gamespot wrote:

With True Blood getting solid ratings and the Twilight films blowing up the box office, vampires are a hot commodity these days. So hot, in fact, that the undead trend is now spawning a massively multiplayer online game based on White Wolf's popular supernatural role-playing game franchise, World of Darkness. The game is in development at CCP Games, developer and publisher of the sci-fi MMORPG Eve Online, which merged with White Wolf in 2006.

According to a report and video (see below) on the MMORPG blog Ardwulf's Lair, CCP used White Wolf's annual Grand Masquerade event in New Orleans to unveil the new game. Slated for release sometime after 2012, the game is also now officially listed on CCP's Web site along with some early concept art similar to that found in the trailer.

Though CCP reps were unable to comment on the Ardwulf's Lair report as of press time, the blog did report some details from the Grand Masquerade presentation. Titled World of Darkness Online, the game will be a sandbox-style MMORPG with an emphasis on social interaction and "player politics." It will not arrive before the year 2012 and will be largely based on the older version of World of Darkness, Vampire: The Masquerade.

World of Darkness Online will be the third video game based on White Wolf's horror RPG series, following 2000's Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption and 2004's Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. According to Ardwulf's Lair, it will let gamers play only as vampires initially, not their werewolf foes.

It kind of sounds like they're going for a Vampire related Second Life as opposed to a World of Warcraft type thing. Could be interesting, although, with a 2012 release there's plenty of time to change it into anything.

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