“We don’t know. It’s a shame. If it doesn’t happen — and, let’s be honest, it should be happening now if it was happening. It’s a shame. It’s a terrible shame. They had an opportunity and they got our support, and they obviously had significant funding, and it didn’t happen. It’s kind of a drag for the fans and the time that we invested — what little of it there really was, in comparison to what they did — was still a shame that it was wasted, because it should have happened.”According to some digging by GateWorld the final reasons seem to be lack of funding. Although this is sad news for Stargate fans it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. Anytime I see the words first-time developer and first-time publisher (in this case Firesky) tied to an MMO I normally write it off from the get-go. Still, it's a shame the rich Stargate universe with its rabid fan-base won't see a new game anytime soon. Richard Dean Anderson fans though are in the clear with the recent rumor that a MacGuyver movie is in the works.
Stargate Worlds
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Stargate Worlds was to be an MMORPG based on the Stargate TV show. This MMORPG has since been canceled.
The Gate Likely Shut On Stargate MMO
“We don’t know. It’s a shame. If it doesn’t happen — and, let’s be honest, it should be happening now if it was happening. It’s a shame. It’s a terrible shame. They had an opportunity and they got our support, and they obviously had significant funding, and it didn’t happen. It’s kind of a drag for the fans and the time that we invested — what little of it there really was, in comparison to what they did — was still a shame that it was wasted, because it should have happened.”According to some digging by GateWorld the final reasons seem to be lack of funding. Although this is sad news for Stargate fans it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. Anytime I see the words first-time developer and first-time publisher (in this case Firesky) tied to an MMO I normally write it off from the get-go. Still, it's a shame the rich Stargate universe with its rabid fan-base won't see a new game anytime soon. Richard Dean Anderson fans though are in the clear with the recent rumor that a MacGuyver movie is in the works.
GOOD! because every thing i saw of it showed me that it would suck, Just like the last 4 seasons of stargate sucked cause richard dean anderson was pretty much gone and they kept going back to the stupid replicator/ascended being storyline, and atlantis sucked and then stargate universe will suck.
first 5 seasons of stargate were the best and the original movie.
wow WilliamRbaker certainly has no idea what good sci fi is. If good sci fi = richard dean andersons lame jokes then have fun watching the reptile of the week offering from the new sy fy network......
However i do admit from the previews of the new stargate show it looks like the gayest thing ever conceieved. some kind of alternate universe or something = dumb move
but it is ashame this game didnt make it, would have been amzing to explore the stargate universe
That's probably for the best. I've seen the past few Stargate movies, they're OK. I can't say I'd want to play a Stargate MMO. I guess I just wouldn't want them to MAKE a Stargate MMO and see it fail.
Actually, Anderson was one of my favorite parts about that show. Maybe that's why I'm not interested in this MMO, or why I find Atlantis so boring...
:( Sadly I kind of expected this but I was still looking forward to this game, after all, it could have been so awesome
Mostly because Im a huge Stargate fan, SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and the movies were awesome, not so sure about Stargate Universe though and I really hope that a MacGuyver is in the works
"wow WilliamRbaker certainly has no idea what good sci fi is. If good sci fi = richard dean andersons lame jokes then have fun watching the reptile of the week offering from the new sy fy network......
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However i do admit from the previews of the new stargate show it looks like the gayest thing ever conceieved. some kind of alternate universe or something = dumb move
but it is ashame this game didnt make it, would have been amzing to explore the stargate universe
The original cast made that show. I think one of the reasons the show was doomed to failure was it's reliance on the perfect chemistry between the original cast. There are others, like the cheesy Ori and the other silly shit they started to do. They seemed to have gotten bored with the down to earth cultural stuff that made Stargate so interesting and unique in the first place.
I was in beta for awhile and to tell you the truth I could tell it would be canceled cause it just wasn't good. Normally in a closed beta all the features are mostly in and they're just testing them but if that was all it had to offer then it would have been a giant flop. Noone was even playing the closed beta too which was a bad sign and I dunno it just felt really boring and akward to play. The characters for example looked like they came outta c omic book and they animated like all over the top like a comic book too.
A shame. I'm not one into MMOs but I'm a big fan of stargate and thought this was looking promising. Oh well, maybe someone more capable will do something with the IP, a series with so many seasons and fans you would think someone would bother to make something from it, they've done it with far crappier shows.
Damn it, seriously, I'm ticked that every stargate game gets shuttered. Why announce the game years in advance for it only to run out of funding? I wish to God I had never heard of the game because now I'm seriously pissed off. I wanted that game so bad. Please somebody, ANYBODY for God's sake, pick it up and run with it. please?
It is really unfortunate. They made a lovely beta and everything (though I haven't played it myself). I'm a HUGE Stargate fan (as if the chevron icon didn't tip you off ;) ) and would of loved to of played SG Worlds.
And on the MacGyver note, RDA has absolutely nothing to do with the movie. He will, however, be in a few episodes of the first season of Stargate Universe.
"If your idea is if in doubt bring up some machines that are ever powerful yet some how get beat by lowly humans then by all means, Because it was pretty much the exact same thing with the ascended beings.wow WilliamRbaker certainly has no idea what good sci fi is. If good sci fi = richard dean andersons lame jokes then have fun watching the reptile of the week offering from the new sy fy network......
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However i do admit from the previews of the new stargate show it looks like the gayest thing ever conceieved. some kind of alternate universe or something = dumb move
but it is ashame this game didnt make it, would have been amzing to explore the stargate universe
Replicators near invincible machines that some how repel and absorb super powered energy weapons BUT cannot stand gun powered and lead bullets.......And some how with a collective conciousness are defeated by single stand alone humans.
Ascended beings capable of taking every one out dont wanna interact with us but seemingly in another galaxy they do yet some how a whole faith based dynamic makes them more powerful and in having an entire galaxy believe in them they cannot take out the other galaxies ascended beings for no known reason.
Stargate SG1 shouldn't have lasted 10 seasons it should have stopped at 5-6 seasons and the movies? oh my god are they bad its like a 2 hour version of what should have been a single stargate episode.
As well Richard Dean Anderson made the show literally he was producer and writer for the show for quite a while did you even know that? so if you hated his lame jokes but loved the rest of the show then you have richard dean anderson to thank for it, till about the 4th -5th season which was about the time they started becoming obsessed with replicators and ascended beings when he started phoning in his role and then pretty much retired from the show except for guest appearances.
Why waste the effort they've put in so far. Maybe they can turn it into an quest-driven Oblivion/Fallout 3 type of game?
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