It didn’t take long to figure out that Cryptic was working on a third MMO, what with both Cryptic and Atari dancing around giggling like little girls and shouting “I know something you don’t know” in a sing song voice, all the while Turbine shouting in the litigation background, “THEY’RE WORKING ON A NEVERWINTER NIGHTS MMO!” At Gencon, Atari boosted rumors by claiming that they were working on a D&D game, and began buying up Neverwinter Nights domains like they were going out of style (they did, several years ago).
So Gamespot announced today an exclusive interview revealing that Cryptic is indeed working on a Dungeons and Dragons title set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, but it is not an MMO. Instead, Cryptic are creating a cooperative online game (Ala Guild Wars?) that focuses on group play and works by players connecting and playing sessions, much like the role playing version. Players will be able to solo, not to mention create their own content and storylines.
You can read the entire interview and information page on the link, but it appears Cryptic wants to stress that this is an OMG (Online Multiplayer Game) rather than a full fledged MMO. Surely, more details to come.
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