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Multiverse exec reveals Buffy MMO details, discusses fate of Firefly
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Filed under: PC, MMO Okay, we reacted with violent disbelief to the recent news that Multiverse, the company behind the heard-but-not-seen MMO based on Firefly, would produce a second MMO using yet another of Joss Whedon's IPs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. However, our home row homies at Massively are proving that cooler heads do sometimes prevail, as they recently gleaned a plethora of information about Multiverse's newest project (and their seemingly Ill-fated space cowboy sim) in an interview with the company's co-founder, Corey Bridges.
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Multiverse exec reveals Buffy MMO details, discusses fate of Firefly
http://vconomics.blogspot.com/2008/09/multiverse-exec-reveal...<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/pc/" rel="tag">PC</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/mmo/" rel="tag">MMO</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.massively.com/2008/09/04/massively-interview-multiverse-explains-the-buffy-mmo-firefly/"><img hspace="0" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/09/gam_buffygroup2_490.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> Okay, we reacted with <em>violent disbelief</em> to the recent news that <a href="http://www.multiverse.net/index.html">Multiverse</a>, the company behind the heard-but-not-seen <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/08/firefly-returns-as-mmorpg/">MMO based on <em>Firefly</em></a>, would produce <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/03/multiverse-to-reveal-and-probably-never-release-buffy-mmo/">a second MMO using yet another of Joss Whedon's IPs</a>, <em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</em>. However, our home row homies at Massively are proving that cooler heads do <em>sometimes</em> prevail, as they recently gleaned a plethora of <a href="http://www.massively.com/2008/09/04/massively-interview-multiverse-explains-the-buffy-mmo-firefly/">information about Multiverse's newest project</a> (and their seemingly Ill-fated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_(TV_series)">space cowboy sim</a>) in an interview with the company's co-founder, Corey Bridges.<br /><br />First and foremost, Bridges promised that some headway had been <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/16/why-the-firefly-mmo-wont-work/">made on the <em>Firefly</em> title</a>, and regretted putting it on the backburner to focus on their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_(TV_series)">recently acquired vamp-slaying IP</a> -- though he's anxious to resume work on it "as soon as possible." He then goes on to explain one of the <a href="http://www.massively.com/2008/09/03/virtual-worlds-conference-talk-to-unveil-buffy-the-vampire-slaye/">more confusing elements</a> of the online <em>Buffy</em> game -- apparently, the title's 2D rendition will launch first, giving players a chance to dip their toes in the waters of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmouth_(Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer)">Hellmouth</a> before the more complex 3D version launches. He also hopes to have a public beta for the title into our hands "by the end of the year."<br /><br />For further details on both titles, check out <a href="http://www.massively.com/2008/09/04/massively-interview-multiverse-explains-the-buffy-mmo-firefly/">the entire interview on Massively</a>. 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