Funcom’s new MMO is not Dreamfall…yet
A couple of days ago during the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2007, it was reported that Funcom is working on a yet another Xbox 360-PC MMO project. Immediately, speculations regarding Dreamfall: Chapters ran rampant, especially now that Funcom just received a grant from the Norwegian Film Fund for the said project.
However, a representative of Funcom immediately crushed these rumors. The spokesperson commented, “It’s not a Dreamfall MMO but it involves a lot of the people that worked on the game.”
Also, the spokesperson reiterated that Funcom would like to keep the development in-house, meaning it will use, at the very least, the same graphics engine used in Age of Conan.
We have always used our in-house technology, and we’re developing the engine even further. The Age of Conan engine, even today, looks really good with DX 10. So the guys working on the new MMO have even more time to work on gameplay and content.
Nothing else was revealed about the new project except that its working title is The World Online. Sounds pretty massive and promising, if you ask us.
A couple of days ago during the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2007, it was reported that Funcom is working on a yet another Xbox 360-PC MMO project. Immediately, speculations regarding Dreamfall: Chapters ran rampant, especially now that Funcom just received a grant from the Norwegian Film Fund for the said project.
However, a representative of Funcom immediately crushed these rumors. The spokesperson commented, “It’s not a Dreamfall MMO but it involves a lot of the people that worked on the game.”
Also, the spokesperson reiterated that Funcom would like to keep the development in-house, meaning it will use, at the very least, the same graphics engine used in Age of Conan.
We have always used our in-house technology, and we’re developing the engine even further. The Age of Conan engine, even today, looks really good with DX 10. So the guys working on the new MMO have even more time to work on gameplay and content.
Nothing else was revealed about the new project except that its working title is The World Online. Sounds pretty massive and promising, if you ask us.
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