38 Studios reveals: Copernicus
by Eli Shayotovich 
Jan 9th 2008 at 2:30PM
Filed under: Fantasy, Real life, Interviews, New titles, News items
w00t Studios is reporting that Curt Schilling of 38 Studios has released the title for their upcoming MMO. In an interview with Gametap at the Consumer Electronics Show going on in Vegas, Schilling said that Copernicus is a "working title" but revealed no other information regarding the game.Given what very little we've seen from a previous news clip - possibly a knight atop a running horse - shown late last year, we can surmise that the game is going to be set in some ancient medieval era. 38 Studios' game Copernicus may or may not be associated with the Nicolaus Copernicus who lived from 1473 to 1543. Copernicus was the first astronomer to postulate that the sun was the center of the solar system and not the Earth, which had been the belief for centuries. His book, On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres, is regarded as the work that started modern astronomy and was pivotal to the beginning of the Scientific Revolution.
Or it might have absolutely nothing to do with the famous scientist at all. It's common knowledge that Schilling is a huge Everquest and WoW player, and during the Gametap interview the famed Red Sox pitcher admitted that he's been playing a lot of my current favorite, Tabula Rasa. So... what do you all think?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ghen said on 4:27PM 1-09-2008
Thats a horrible name. It won't relate well to the gaming crowd.
Plus I don't like Curt Shilling =)
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Matt Warner said on 8:12PM 1-09-2008
Curt's actually a pretty cool guy. I played on the same server as Curt, (EQ Mac) I had no idea who he was, and he's a stand up guy, even after the server found out he was playing there. He tried to get me to join his guild, (I was guildless) but didn't push or anything, and would message me out of the blue to talk about the game. I haven't talked to Curt in years, but I'd say overall he made the server a lot more interesting, especially when the drama bombs went off and he more or less fled to the EQ2 Beta. :p
House said on 5:14PM 1-09-2008
In the interview with Schilling he calls it a working title.
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Eli Shayotovich said on 5:28PM 1-09-2008
Exactly. Thank you, House. ;)
Ryan Shwayder said on 6:34PM 1-09-2008
It isn't a working title, it's a code name that we use to ensure nobody has any idea what the game is about. ;)
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Erik Sagen said on 11:47PM 1-16-2008
A better code-name (more controversial) would've been:
Medieval '08: The Lancing of King Quackish.
In all seriousness, I wouldn't mind seeing a cool(er) medieval MMO to hit the scene. Too many of these are gimmicky, but actually having the ability to interact in an environment similar to WoW, sans the fantasy, would be neat.
Moorgard said on 6:46PM 1-09-2008
Just to clarify, Copernicus is our code name for the project, not a working title.
The name of the product is not going to be Copernicus. We just thought it was a cool name for internal use. And the purpose of a code name is so that you can refer to a work in progress without actually revealing anything important about it. ;)
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Matt Warner said on 8:28PM 1-09-2008
Let me guess... You came up with the name.
Ghen said on 9:19PM 1-09-2008
May I humbly suggest it not have 'world' in the title or anything else cliche?
Soukyan said on 7:57PM 1-09-2008
So it was just your typical marketing press release to keep the studio name in the news even though nothing new about the game is being released, because the only thing new is the codename for the project. But hey, it worked because it got some attention.
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Matt Warner said on 8:36PM 1-09-2008
Enhance your calm, John Spartan. There was no press release, but I like shiny tin foil hats. The author of the linking article sent it in as a tip, and Eli felt that it was newsworthy enough to post about it.