Es vergeht inzwischen kaum eine Woche und ein neues MMORPG wird angekündigt. Der neueste Streich kommt von Elysian Productions, die mit Ages of Athiria ebenfalls auf diesen Zug aufspringen wollen. Auf der gerade erst online gestellten Website findet Ihr schon einige interessante News.

Link: Zur Offiziellen Website

Hier die offizielle Ankündigung:

Louisville, Kentucky - December 14, 2001 - Elysian Productions, Inc. announces their website for Ages of Athiria (http://www.agesofathiria.com ), a next generation MMORPG. The website will be frequently updated with new functionality, artwork, and news regarding the development of Ages of Athiria.

Ages of Athiria is a Massively-Multi-Player On-Line Game, taking place in a medieval fantasy setting. It i s a world of interaction, of promise and advancement, and of intense action where the player can live and thrive in a virtual place unlike anything they have experienced before.

"We are currently assembling a technical demo to illustrate why we think our concept will be THE next generation MMORPG," announced Derek Licciardi, President of Elysian Productions, Inc. "With a lot of hard work and a little luck we will be able to bring this concept to you in the next couple years."

Athiria is a world of powerful warriors, scholarly scribes, colorful jesters, menacing wizards, and hustling merchants. It is a world where the savagery of the middle ages is present along with all of its risks. It is a world where the success of your character is based solely on his or her ability to personally develop their skills and abilities, where your collection of knowledge is as important as expertise, and community is easily achievable through creative use of the technology used to build the game. Players are encouraged to form guilds and play with a group of friends. Although the solo adventurer is not the preferred approach, they will not be excluded. Your character will be part of the world, able to make him or herself known throughout the history of the lands by their very actions. A rich basic storyline will have a dynamic and direct effect on all things in the world - PCs, NPCs, buildings, cities, landscape, etc. A dynamic event and quest system will be built around this world, creating numerous subplots that characters can explore, discover, and create! The world will react to the characters within it through dynamic weather changes, shifting and changing landscape, dynamic quests and events, player run cities built from scratch, and an ongoing, vibrant economy. The future addition of new Ages will bring unlimited growth and content to this fantastic world. Simply put, Athiria is HUGE. It has to be to contain all the content for which we have planned. The time has come... Join us!

Elysian Productions, a software company based out of Louisville, KY, is the creator of Ages of Athiria, a next-generation massively multi-player online game. All of the founders of the company are long time software developers and gamers. They have built a team of professional developers and artists to create Athiria.

Na dann viel Erfolg!!!

Quelle: News @ Mystics.de