Buffy the Vampire Slayer MMO announced, Firefly MMO 'delayed'
by Michael Zenke 
Sep 3rd 2008 at 10:00AM
Filed under: MMO industry, New titles
In an announcement to press today about the keynote address to this year's Virtual Worlds Conference in Los Angeles, the folks at Multiverse have announced a trio of new and interesting projects. One is a Titanic-related project connected to James Cameron, while another is the main connecting 'space' that will link all of Multiverse's worlds - a project called Multiverse Places.The third is, apparently, a Buffy the Vampire Slayer massively multiplayer game. Multiverse, if you'll recall, is also the company that holds the license to develop an MMO based on the Firefly television show, another Joss Whedon fan favorite. While the Firefly title has now apparently been 'delayed', it sounds as though the Buffy title is already in development. From the announcement: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A massively multiplayer online game based on the critically-acclaimed Joss Whedon television series. Currently under development at Multiverse, 'Buffy' exemplifies a new era of game design, allowing consumers to play it either as a fully immersive 3D environment or as a Flash-based 2D game."
The full announcement is available below the cut.
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Be sure to check out our exclusive interview with Corey Bridges of Multiverse for plenty of details on the project! |
Academy Award-winning Producer and Multiverse Advisor, Jon Landau, will announce three groundbreaking virtual world projects during his keynote address at the Virtual Worlds Conference in Los Angeles this morning (Sept. 3). I wanted to make you aware of the news, and see if you'd like to speak with Corey Bridges later today.
During his keynote, Mr. Landau will announce:
1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A massively multiplayer online game based on the critically-acclaimed Joss Whedon television series. Currently under development at Multiverse, "Buffy" exemplifies a new era of game design, allowing consumers to play it either as a fully immersive 3D environment or as a Flash-based 2D game.
2. Places in Time: Titanic: The world's first virtual interactive learning experience based on Academy Award-winning Director, and fellow Multiverse Advisor, James Cameron's original digital footage, computer models, and encyclopedic data. The world will be offered to the global online audience free of charge.
3. Multiverse Places: A highly-realistic, next-gen social virtual world. Both "Buffy" and "Titanic" will initially launch as special zones within Multiverse Places. The world's first open source virtual world, Multiverse Places enables virtual world developers create new, completely unique zones within it using Multiverse's technology. We're also announcing a Facebook application to help introduce consumers to certain aspects of the virtual world and give them an easy path to experience the full-featured "Places."
Silicon Valley-based Multiverse is a leading provider of virtual world development technology. Its customers include indie teams, Fortune 500 organizations, and Hollywood legends that are building games, social and educational worlds, and business collaboration environments.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Wjowski said on 11:51AM 9-03-2008
The hell? Will they make an MMO out of anything nowadays?
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BaronJuJu said on 4:50PM 9-03-2008
Whats next? A '24' MMO or 'Prison Break'?
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george said on 6:50PM 9-03-2008
lol... no thanks ;) AOC was bad enough coming from a movie/comic... Don't want to even look at an MMO from 2 crappy tv shows... LOL! NO THANKS! HAHA!
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Jason Van Horn said on 10:16AM 9-04-2008
Well I'd hate to hear what you consider "good" TV shows if you think Buffy and Firefly was bad.
Centauri2002 said on 10:24AM 9-12-2008
That's great, considering it was based on neither a comic, nor a movie. It was based on Robert E Howard's stories from the 1930s.
As for this MMO, I'll reserve judgement until I can see some gameplay footage. Although I won't hold my hopes up.
vesavius said on 10:53AM 9-04-2008
I have a deep and abiding love for Firefly, and Buffy is pretty damn good as well tbh, but I really want neither getting the MMO treatment... 2000 slayers camping the Hellmouth for 'phatz l00tz'? god...
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Dan said on 3:07PM 9-04-2008
Talk about jumping on the bandwagon 10 years too late.
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cmdossey said on 4:36PM 9-04-2008
Eliza Dushku for the win!!!!
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skyriser said on 4:50PM 9-04-2008
Buffy quotes, from QuoteAddict:
http://www.quoteaddict.com/quotes.php?search=buffy
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vonni_ said on 9:41PM 9-04-2008
I could not be more enthused! Many people look down on the TV show Buffy but I always thought it was hugely fun, and the format, action and memorable characters and would make a great game... Chaos Bleeds was dissappointing but I think the MMO format will work fantastically given the dedicated fanbase that Buffy has. I look forward to violently slaughtering my fellow fans! :)
vonni_
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eiaboca said on 7:35PM 9-06-2008
Ten years, not really. Buffy season 8 is going strong, it's an imaginative and creative universe, the characters are layered and interesting. I'll certainly play. And so will many, many Whedon fans.
MMOs aren't just for bored white male 14-25 year-olds anymore, go figure!
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Sapphic Alure said on 3:49PM 9-27-2008
Now don't get me wrong, i love Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Nothing can be Vampires and Lesbian Geeks, but i don't quite know how they will make an MMO of this.
Will it include all the characters of all the seasons, or just one season. Despite my wonder on how this will work, i highly anticipate more announcements on the production.
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