Ghouls N' Ghosts Heading to Online Territory

Well here's something I bet no one expected...

Today Zona, a MMOG network solution provider announced that Terazone has been slected as the MMOG network engine for <b><i>Ghouls 'N Ghosts</i></b> on cross-platforms (which thankfully for all of us, will include video game consoles. Whew!)

Game Factory, a game developer, has licensed <i>Ghouls 'N Ghosts</i> and will be incorporating Terazona into the game. <i>Ghouls 'N Ghosts</i>, highly regarded as one of the best video games ever created, is the classic "save the princess" adventure video game.

The respective parties involved all consider this to be an exciting step forward to introudcing a classic game to veterans and newcomers alike!

So how exactly is a massively multiplayer platformer supposed to work? Are you in a race to save the princess?

If it is truly cross-platform that would be a great thing too...GC vs PS2 vs Xbox. Though I'm not sure how that would work with Xbox Live.

-Kevin

cka: I suppose. the existing news does not specify exactly how it's supposed to work... ;)

2 sweet.

Oh greeeat! We can all lose our armor at the same time by touching some icicles. A bunch of almost naked arthurs running round like dolts...

Gamespot has posted some more details on G&GO.
http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories...912247,00.html

Here's a brief excerpt from the article.

"We saw the Xbox and PC versions of the game running, and while it's obviously very early in development, Ghouls 'N Ghosts Online will clearly be a much more action-oriented massively multiplayer game than the experienced-based RPGs that currently dominate the persistent online game market. We watched a 3D Arthur run around a town consisting of small, simplistic houses, jumping and swinging his sword. To demonstrate the network code, a couple of other players joined in, all depicted as Arthur.

The demo didn't include any enemies to fight or give much indication of the gameplay. A Zona representative mentioned that while the design is still in flux and won't revolve around simply gaining experience points, Game Factory is looking at ways of letting players develop increasing powers over the course of their experience with the game. There was no mention of specific character classes, but not all players will be running around in Arthur's characteristic suit of full-plate armor."

After reading that, I just hope that this game doesn't end up being Maximo Online.

Ew... I really wanted to see a sort of SG&G for X-Box. Wishing for multiple pathways etc... all gone now. Feh.