GungHo Licenses BigWorld for Grandia Online
- Date: 06-11-2009 Views:
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- Summary: BigWorld has announced that its technology has been licensed by GungHo and GameArts for use on the upcoming MMORPG Grandia Online. The technical test in Japan has been confirmed to start on June 11th and last until June 14th.
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BigWorld has announced that its technology has been licensed by GungHo and GameArts for use on the upcoming MMORPG Grandia Online.
The BigWorld client/server technology suite, first announced in 2006, has been licensed for a number of games, including the upcoming Copernicus and the troubled Stargate Worlds. Grandia Online developer GameArts previously utilized the tech on another MMO, Hokuto-no-Ken Online.
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"We are very pleased that GameArts' experience with the BigWorld Technology Suite during the development of Hokuto-no-Ken led them to acquire a subsequent license for the development of Grandia Online," said BigWorld director of business development James Hursthouse. "We look forward to continuing to support them on this title and on future projects, and to growing BigWorld’s presence in Japan more widely."
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Middleware developer BigWorld was formed in 2002, and has offices in Australia, Europe, China and the US. Grandia is a series of RPGs by developer GameArts that debuted on the Sega Saturn in 1997, and was later distributed to Western audiences by Ubisoft.
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Grandia Online, co-developed by Gungho and Game Arts, is currently in its internal Alpha test phase. Since many of the employees in the company are Grandia fans, some basic features and gameplay content of the original game are retained to create a relatively consistent game world. The technical test in Japan has been confirmed to start on June 11th and last until June 14th.
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Pretty stupid how some people call this a WOW clone. I certainly understand that WOW is big in the US as the US have not evolved in the future mmo genre but do
understand that the art styles of Tera, Lineage 2, ZerA are very similar because it's KOREAN MODERN CONCEPT ART (fit in your head) just like WOW has very weird art styles, asians go for a very commercial and attractive look. I look forward to playing Tera since the gameplay looks wicked and the UI is plain and simple. If you are not into korean MMOs and only support games such as WOW then don't play. Though I'm sure TerA will set fire just like Blade & Soul will.
WoW is EQ clone its a fact do ur research if u think its not. And wow WAS the "shit" pre bc. Onyxia, Molten Core, BWL NAxxx 40 man raids were the BEST which made WOW the BEST MMORPG but since BC came it became a grindfest then blizzard decided 2 nerf the name 2 the ground ( no req to get into hyjal or black temple ) and now they just nerf'd the shit outa ulduar so GG blizzard 4 killing a great MMO but its not their fault its the QQing noobs that think game was 2 hard to play. Anyway Guild Wars 2 will kill WoW 
Facebook, haha. Is that what Sony really thinks? Sorry, but they are wrong. Of course WoW will *eventually* be dwarfed by *something*. Game technology keeps evolving, graphics, gameplay, etc. One day it will be taken over by something. But not by a Facebook MMO. I'm sure that someone at Sony has a daughter that is like "All my friends and I are on Facebook!" and that affects their thinking, but the reality is, that isn't the lauchpad for the next big thing, just because it is a social place and you already have an account. You can make an account at a new game within 60 seconds, it's not a big deal to do so. It doesn't have to be somewhere you already have accounts. Plus, you are using Facebook for different reasons than to play games. There are a billion people there that have no interest in MMO's. Are Sony exects that ignorant?
Its so good to live in 2009. Some online games have really good graphics and psp games are also getting better this year(I have the psp (hahahaha!!!!))
Happy happy birthday MMOsite!
a great article. your and my experience does not have much differences and i also like enjoying the game's sorroundings and doing quest with a group of people but having too much botters and cheaters really destroys my gaming experience.
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