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Lepidus 3/29/06 8:46:14 AM

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We continue to trickle in the GDC previews with a record of Jon Wood's conversation with Joe Ybarra, the VP of Product Development currently hard at work on Stargate. He revealed several interesting design ideas and team additions, including Zeb Cook, formerly of City of Villains.

At this stage of production (pre-production), all of the decisions for the game have not been made, their team, which they hope will reach nearly 60. Ybarra provided us with a number of firm details as well as their thoughts and hopes for the game. What he did say, was that this game is not going to be "orcs in space", and will offer something unique that is true to the Stargate franchise.

The game itself will be based around 3 major factions. The first are the Free People. They're the good guys on the show, the Humans, the Asgard, the Tok'ra, are examples of these, basically the forces of good. The second faction involved in the game will be the Control People, those who seek to enslave and rule. The System Lords and other Goa'Uld seek to rule by fear and power, providing an excellent contrast to the Free People, a constant struggle. If this wasn't enough, the third group is known as The Entropy Group. Those who seek only to hurt and to destroy, the robotic Replicators personify this ideal. On top of this, the developers are looking to give players the ability to play a wide variety of races. The Asgard, for example, are a race that players have been asking for. MGM has given the ok on this, and it is the current plan to include them as playable. Joe also mentioned the possibility of including the symbiotes as a playable race. This would give players the opportunity to shift hosts and to make the decision of whether to be Tok'Ra or Goa'Uld in their behaviors. Giving the players what he called "betrayal ideas".

You can read this article here.

shem_13 3/29/06 9:28:40 AM

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Between Star Trek Online and Stargate Worlds I don't know which one I'm excited for more. It's good to see a shift to the sci-fi genre, there are definetly alot of potential customers there.

HiGHPLaiNS 3/29/06 9:35:49 AM

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The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

Excellent! Especially giving the player to choose his or her race

To my attention, as popular as Stargate is on the SCI.FI channel, especially the other

local stations that carry the show, this game will be truly successful if done right.

I like the fact it will have 3 major factions that are playable and there will be PvP as well.

Sounds like the folks at MGM are flexible and the folks at Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment

are on the right track!

On another note, MMORPG.COM, needs to give Startgate Worlds a post forum please

Copeland 3/29/06 9:53:49 AM

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Love is where you give,
Happiness is relative.

I love stargate and so far i love what i'm hearing from these guys.

Make a difference!

OrgyD 3/29/06 10:56:05 AM

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Star Gate SG1 and Atlantis is and will always be my favorite show. And i have high hopes for this game.
From reading that article i must say im pretty confident that this "can" be one of the best,if not the best MMO out there :D
And for the PvP part it just sounds excelent. But time will tell thou.
The part whit 3 faction's includinng the chance of a symbiot that can change host's. Man bringing the "traitor" or word "spy" a new meaning. I can picture it in my head now. O'boy i cant wait to get some more info on this game as it developes. ::::08::

Now please give us our own SG Forum to post in ::::28::

Vopi 3/29/06 1:05:33 PM

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In the mean time, you can use the forums here.

Falelornfale 3/29/06 1:42:15 PM

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Kill the Elves, leave the Dwarves to the Dragon.

cant wait for this. Huge SG1 and SGA fan

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Shadad 3/29/06 2:04:47 PM

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WOW, I cant wait to try this game out, been an SG1 fan from the original movie, the series only added fuel to the fire, and now an mmo SWEET

mmorpg.com.... PLEASE add a forum for this game please, please

Bloodgaze 3/29/06 4:14:51 PM

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"There may be pain in winning but there is no joy in losing."

i am really interested to see how they come up with an orginaltype of gameplay. they said its not gonna be just a space orcs game, and im a big fan of stargate so i cant wait. to bad the estimated release date isnt for another 2 years.

grimweeper 3/29/06 5:58:41 PM

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Never take life seriously you cant get out of it alive.

Im a stagate fan but dont get to watch the series that often anymore But i8t looks great, anyone know if they have an official site yet, and this game has to be added to the game list, i was looking for it before.

HiGHPLaiNS 3/29/06 7:47:04 PM

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The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

Originally posted by grimweeper

Im a stagate fan but dont get to watch the series that often anymore But i8t looks great, anyo

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