Sovereign Cancelled - briefly
(hx) 11:49 PM CET - Feb,12 2003
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CNN Money has word that Sony Online's long in development massively
multiplayer real-time strategy game
Sovereign has been cancelled after over four years of development. According
to this article the pre-orders for the upcoming Everquest downloadable expansion
pack The Legacy of Ykesha have reached nearly 200,000 pre-orders and that
a stand alone expansion to the just released PS2 Everquest Online Adventure game
is in the works. Here is a slice:
Work on "Sovereign," a massively multiplayer real time strategy game, has been terminated after more than four-and-a-half years of development. Ambitious in nature, the game had hoped to replicate a continuous global war that supported up to 500 players. Diplomacy would have played as significant a role as the player's tactical abilities.
"We came to a decision that it was not going to be what we wanted it to be," said McDaniel. "It never really had the magic."
Two other high profile persistent world games for the PC are about to hit stores, though. "Star Wars: Galaxies," which lets players explore and be a part of the "Star Wars" universe, is scheduled for release April 15 (I'll give a more hands on report on that title in a future column). Meanwhile, "PlanetSide" is nearing completion, with a public beta test scheduled for the end of this month.
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