Microsoft and Marvel ink online game deal
Thu Jul 14, 2005 01:01 AM ET
By Lisa Baertlein
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it won exclusive rights to develop and publish multiplayer online games starring Marvel Enterprises Inc.'s super heroes, including Spider-man, the X-men and the Hulk.
The deal covers massively multiplayer online (MMO) game titles developed for Microsoft's upcoming Xbox 360 gaming console and published by the software giant's game studio.
The deal is Marvel's first MMO pact. The first title is expected in 2008.
"This is our one and only," Tim Rothwell, worldwide president of the Consumer Media Group at Marvel Enterprises, told Reuters, referring to the MMO pact.
The MMO deal is Microsoft's (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) first for a console, although the company has previously had MMO deals for the PC.
MMO games allow players in various locations to compete. Such game play is popular with PC gamers in Asia. Some analysts estimate that as many as 2 million people are MMO game players
Online capabilities will be central to new game consoles and Microsoft sees MMO games as a large opportunity.
The Xbox 360, Microsoft's next-generation game console, is due out this fall. The company launched Xbox Live, a fee-based online console gaming network, in November.
"Online gaming is reaching a point of acceptance. We will use as many of the Marvel characters as we can" in the MMO game, said Peter Moore, corporate vice president of worldwide marketing and publishing for Microsoft's Xbox.
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Seria un juego de Rol on-line masivo sobre los personajes de Marvel, y aparecera en exclusiva en Xbox 360 durante 2007/2008.
Como podrian hacer un juego asi y que estuviese bien?? ¿haciendo tu personaje? ¿o escogiendo a uno de MArvel?
Podria haber un monton de personajes pero luego seguro que muchos serian repetidos, no se como lo haran, pero pinta bien.