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| From Gamingangels.com - Beta version of the Firefly online game ready for 2008 ? Platform: PC - ERSB: TBD - Genre: MMO Number of Players: Open space Publisher: Mutliverse Network Exclusive Interview with Corey Bridges, co-founder and executive producer, of The Multiverse Network about Firefly MMOG Writers: Trina Joss Whedon’s much beloved Firefly may have found a new media to keep it alive for all the Browncoats that can’t get enough of the metaverse. On December 8,2006 The Multiverse Network, Inc., announced that it optioned the rights to develop an MMOG based on Firefly the television series. The game itself is in the early beginning planning stages, but I had to interview Mr. Bridges about the concept and how he would bring the beloved characters and story to the gaming world. Firefly is such a beloved tv show, how do you plan to capture that essence in the game? Joss Whedon created a phenomenal, unique show. The characters were amazing but so was the feel of the show—the sense of adventure, and quirky humor—and that sense of being on the frontier, where there’s unknown danger just past the edge of camp. An MMO can do a good job conveying those aspects of the show. You can’t play as Captain Mal Reynolds—but you might meet him in the game. And maybe you could accept a smuggling mission from Badger or, if you’re kinda nuts, from Niska. Just don’t fail. We’d love for cast and crew from the show to be involved in the game. We just finalized our partnership with Fox, so now we are able to reach out to cast and crew, and see if they are interested in being involved in this project. I read that you will be providing the tools for the game to be made. Do you have a team of developers ready to work on this game? That’s right. What we’re doing at Multiverse is actually building a whole network of MMOs and other virtual worlds. You’ll be able to use one installed program—the Multiverse Client—to play any game that’s built with our world-creation tools. So that’s what Multiverse does. But in our discussions with Fox, this opportunity arose to enable a Firefly game to be made, and we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to make that happen. We’ll be hiring an independent team—someone who has the vision worthy of Firefly—to make the game. So you were a Browncoat yourself? Yep. Although I have to say, I didn’t really know true Browncoat spirit until I went to a Firefly convention last weekend. It was remarkable—the convention’s organizers cancelled the show at the last minute. But the Browncoats, who are used to people cancelling things things they love, said, "The hell with that—we’re going to hold our convention anyway." So a replacement show sprang up from the ashes. People from all around the world—who weren’t even at the convention—donated money so that the fans who were already in the hotel would have their show. Actors from the show—even though they’d been stiffed by the original convention’s organizers—showed up out of the goodness of their hearts, to hang out with people, sign autographs, take pictures, and so forth. It was incredibly inspiring. Is there any sort of time line on the game? Would you hope to show a test at next year’s E3? You’ll be able to play at least a beta in 2008. That’s a pretty short timeframe, compared to traditional MMO development, but the Multiverse technology platfrom saves at least a couple years in development time. We haven’t decided whether we’ll show anything at E3. In the meantime, look to the Firefly fan sites for news. We’ll be keeping them in the loop because without the Browncoats, we wouldn’t have had the inspiration to make this project happen. Thank you Mr. Bridges for your time and for chatting with us about the verse! I look forward to reporting here what happens with the game. |
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| From Samuraigunslinger.com - "Firefly" Tv Series will get his own massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) Joss Wedon’s “Firefly” series will get its own massively multiplayer online game (MMOG). The Multiverse Network, Inc., one of the largest and fastest growing companies responsible for MMOGs has only recently acquired the rights to develop the MMOG based on Whedon’s highly, but short-lived, popular sci-fi television series. 20th Century Fox optioned the rights to The Multiverse Network, Inc. for an undisclosed figure. One item that was revealed has Multiverse selecting and leading an independent production team to develop the project. Fox and Multiverse expect the offering to be available to the public through The Multiverse Network sometime in 2008. “Fox’s Firefly series is set in an incredibly rich and exciting universe. It’s going to make a very compelling and unique online experience filled with adventure, humor, and mystery,” said Corey Bridges, Multiverse co-founder and Executive Producer. “It’s our hope that Firefly’s passionate and dedicated community of fans will enjoy the chance to become part of the story as they develop and explore the worlds of Firefly.” Fox Licensing & Merchandising selected Multiverse to lead the evolution of Firefly into an MMOG because of the technical strength and advantages of the Multiverse Platform and the vision both companies share for the future of online entertainment, according to a report on MovieWeb. “One of the first meetings I had when I joined Fox was with Multiverse,” said Adam Kline, Vice President of New Media Enterprises at 20th Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising Division. “We see virtual worlds as an extraordinarily promising new entertainment medium. This is a great opportunity for 20th Century Fox and for the fans of Firefly because Multiverse will deliver an experience that will remain true to the original series, while enabling a whole new level of personal involvement for fans.” “In addition to our world-class technology, developers choose Multiverse for our network, which lets them launch their games into a built-in market of consumers who are just one click away from any game on that network,” Bill Turpin, co-founder and CEO of The Multiverse Network, Inc. said. “Firefly will bring in even more consumers, making the network that much more attractive to developers of other worlds.” |
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| Bigdownload.com Could there be a "Serenity" computer game ? As we mentioned earlier, Universal Studios has directly commissioned a game based on their recent hit action movie Wanted. It’s the first time that the movie studio has made such a movie rather than work with a third party publisher who licensed the rights. Certainly Universal has a ton of properties (both in movies and on TV) that could also get the same treatment. One such property that immediately pops to mind is Serenity, the movie version of the cult hit sci-fi TV series Firefly. We talked with a Universal Pictures Digital Platform Group rep who attended the Wanted demo and asked if that was a possibility. "It’s something we have talked about," he admitted. He said the main thing was to get the involvement of Serenity and Firefly’s creator Joss Whedon before proceeding with any plans. However, the fact that the studio has indeed talked about such a project certainly puts a Serenity game in the firm "maybe" column. Some of you may remember that in late 2006 the MMO game development engine studio Multiverse announced they had gotten the MMO rights to the Firefly TV series but since then no news of that game has been revealed. |