Je viens d´aller voir une new plutôt incroyable sur le site " mondes persistants.com"! Il semblerait que plusieurs sociétés éditant des MMORPG aient décidés de créer un abonnement UNIQUE pour chacun de leurs jeux!
En clair, on paieras un abonnement pour jouer à plusieurs MMORPG!!
Abonnement unique et bastons inter-jeux!
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Grosse nouvelle sur le marché des MMO. Apres plusieurs mois de négociations, la plupart des gros noms du secteur, Blizzard, SOE, NC, Mythic et Turbine, viennent d´annoncer dans un communiqué de presse leur alliance pour la mise en place d´un système d´abonnement unique. Clairement, en prenant un seul abonnement vous aurez accès à la plupart des gros jeux actuellement dispos: WOW, EQ2, Lineage 2, DAOC, etc etc. Tout le catalogue NC, ceux de SOE et de Turbine et Warcraft ça fait du bon monde quand même. Gros bémol quand même, les nouveaux alliés annoncent un tarif surement adapté au marché US mais un poil prohibitif chez nous: entre 50 et 60 dollars! Mais l´offre pourrait rapidement devenir encore plus alléchante puisque la nouvelle plateforme sera ouverte aux autres éditeurs, déjà officiellement ( et surement officieusement depuis longtemps) invité à les rejoindre. D´apres le communiqué Ryzom et Matrix Online pourrait rejoindre bientot le pool. Cerise sur le gateau, les éditeurs annoncent vouloir mettre en place un systeme de combats PvP inter-jeux. Le système n´est pas trop détaillé pour l´instant mais l´année prochaine ils devraient lancer une arène online permettant de faire s´affronter des persos de différents jeux. Votre pote arrete pas de se vanter des perfs de son Tauren ? ba vous pourrez enfin le latter avec votre elfe noir de Lineage 2 ou votre nain de EQ2 ! Le concept me plaît assez, mais il faudra voir les conditions exactes car on nous annonce un paiement supplémentaire par rapport à l´abonnement avec une dime à payer pour chaque combat façon " pay per view". Ces nouveaux services devraient être détaillés à l´E3 et l´abonnement unique lancé peu apres, au début de l´été. Je vous met le communiqué de presse à la suite.
ONLINE GAMING MARKET LEADERS ANNOUNCE AN HISTORIC ALLIANCE LOS ANGELES, CA ( 31th March 2005) - Blizzard Entertainment®, Mythic Entertainment®, NC Soft®, Sony Online Entertainment® and Turbine, Inc, developers and publishers of critically-acclaimed massively-multiplayer online role-playing games, are very proud and excited to announce they have come to an agreement about the launching of a new common billing system allowing subscribers to join any of their games with a unique account! In the end of a one year secret round-table, all the major editors of online gaming entertainment came to the conclusion that the market needed a unique and simple subscription offer. " We all offer amazing games, it was too bad gamers had to make a choice", says Mark Jacobs, Mythic Entertainment® CEO, " now for a reasonable price they will enjoy every major game available". At this point the companies have agreed for a subscription fee from 50$ to 60$ monthly. Very enthusiastic, John Smeadley, Sony Online Entertainment CEO stated: " It´s a major step in the gaming industry; no one could have imagined that we would agree on such a unique offer. But as we will now share our marketing resources and subscription profits we can fully focus on our games and make them better than gamers ever dreamed of" The founders will invite any interested MMO company to join their joint-venture and add their game to that fantastic offer. Editors such as Sega, Nevrax, Ankama and more have already made clear their wish to be a part of it. A new large common gaming portal should be launched as soon as next summer, and players will be able to pre-order they accounts very soon on each game actual official website. On top of that new amazing offer, the new partners are now working on an online service allowing players from each of their game to battle in a unique and common arena! The dream of every hardcore gamer will finaly comes true. The " Ultimate Arena" ( code name) will allow players to join an online arena where their character will fight heroes from other games. World of Warcraft© Taurens, Everquest 2© Dwarfs, Lineage 2© Dark Elves, Dark Age of Camelot Avalonians, and more will soon battle in a common tremendous full PvP ( player versus player) World. " It´s a wonderful technical challenge but we all agreed on putting our best programmers in this project and the result will be terrific" says Mike Morhaime, president and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment. This service is planned to be ready for early 2007 and should be available through a " pay per play" additional fee. " You will buy a great fight such as you buy a great Mike Tyson fight on " pay per view", only now you will be the one fighting with your character" says Robert Garriott, the CEO of NCsoft North-America. A lot more details should be unveiled at the upcoming E3 Game Show in Los Angeles. About Blizzard Entertainment Best known for their series Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo®, Blizzard Entertainment ( www.blizzard.com, a division of Vivendi Universal Games) is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software renowned for creating many of the industry´s most critically acclaimed games. The company´s free Internet gaming service Battle.net® provides a forum in which owners of Blizzard´s games can play in a multiplayer mode remotely across the Internet and against other gamers from around the world. About Mythic EntertainmentMythic Entertainment is one of the most successful developers and publishers of massively multiplayer online role-playing games in the world. Credited with 15 online games, including the award winning " Dark Age of Camelot(R)," Mythic´s success is based in proprietary technology, superior game design and exemplary customer service delivered by a talented staff of more than 150 people. About NCsoft North America NCsoft - North America ( NC-NA) is headquartered in Austin, Texas and is part of Korea-based NCsoft Corporation. NC-NA, with development and administrative offices in Texas and California, launched two ground-breaking titles in the first half of 2004, Lineage® II and City of Heroes. The company also works with NCsoft subsidiaries and third party developers throughout North America to develop and publish innovative online entertainment software products. More information about NCsoft – North America can be found at http://www.PlayNC.com. About Sony Online Entertainment Sony Online Entertainment Inc. ( SOE), a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Digital Inc., is a recognized worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games, with a subscriber base of over 800,000 active accounts around the globe. SOE creates, develops and provides compelling entertainment for the personal computer, online, game console and wireless markets. Known for its blockbuster franchises, EverQuest®, EverQuest® II, Champions of Norrath™, and PlanetSide®, as well as for developing Star Wars Galaxies™: An Empire Divided™, SOE continues to redefine the business of online gaming and the creation of active player communities while introducing new genres on various entertainment platforms. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, with additional development studios in Austin, TX, and Seattle, WA, SOE has an array of cutting-edge online games in development.
Purement et simplement incroyable!
