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[Graven]

Yep, after the downfall of Dark Millenium Online, we have a new MMO rising like a phoenix from the ashes!

Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade, developed by... Behaviour. For those not in the know, they made... "WET". Yes, that wet.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/981-Wet

Yes, I know. BUT they have apparently cobbled together a team of “all MMO development veterans”, including Creative Director, David Ghozland, is a 15-year veteran of the industry whose portfolio includes Far Cry, Rainbow Six Vegas and even stretches back to Saga of Ryzom. Most recently he headed up the very well-received dungeons of The Secret World!

What are they promising? Well, a 2015 release date, procedural content, not wow-like quest-oriented gameplay, or to let the devs themselves explain it :

"more a system-driven virtual world in the vein of Planetside 2 or EvE Online. “There Is Only War” is our mantra, so for the most part the players ARE the content, and what PvE gameplay we have is procedurally generated.We’re taking a lot of inspiration from what Diablo-style ARPGs and co-op games like Left 4 Dead do to create infinite fun. "

Check out these fancy links!
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/06/12/warhammer-40k-eternal-crusade/
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/06/13/interview-behaviour-on-warhammer-40k-eternal-crusade/

[Brotato]

It SOUNDS fairly interesting... But... I don't know.  IF they deliver on their statements I'd probably be willing to get it.  If they deliver.

[nenjin]

A Planetside 2-esqe 40k game is something I've been dreaming of for a long time. It's way too early for me to get hyped about it though, and I don't "see" the game they're talking about based on their description.

[PrimusRibbus]

I want to believe.

But man, I don't see how they're going to make it "like Planetside 2" when they're taking influence from Diablo and Left4Dead. I can't hate too hard because I'd absolutely love to see more PS2/WW2OL-style games, but I guess I'll believe it when I see it.

[nenjin]

I want to believe.

But man, I don't see how they're going to make it "like Planetside 2" when they're taking influence from Diablo and Left4Dead. I can't hate too hard because I'd absolutely love to see more PS2/WW2OL-style games, but I guess I'll believe it when I see it.

I guess I can kinda see some sort of open world, where AI is intermixed with players to keep the numbers up, and the whole thing runs from the kind of camera angle Dawn of War 2 uses.

Then again, that kind of sounds terrible to me too. If I'm playing 40k, I don't want to be limited to your bog-standard 4-man squad, and I've had quite enough of Dawn of War 2's blend of farming for Diablo-style loot and having an open military conflict. I don't think I'd want to do that in another MMO setting.

When they say "There's Only War", they should give me a war!. Give me 40v40, flinging artillery at each other, Ork Trukks bouncing along with all sorts of dakka, Space Marines jump packing in, and the like. What every 40k game I've played to date is unable to dial is the scope of the IP, and the scope of the conflicts. Dawn of War 1 came the closest. I still have a hard time with DoW 2 vs. DoW because I can't help noticing how dinky the masses of troops really are.

When they say something like Planetside 2, that makes me think they get it. When they mention Diablo, it makes me think they don't.

So yeah. Cautiously interested. But if it even makes it to beta, it'll be a Gift From The God Emperor. Large GWS projects seem to have a tendency to fold unless the developers are very solid. And there's a ? on these guys.

BTW, the last I knew, Dark Millennium is still going to release, just as a SP/CO-OP game instead.

[NobodyPro]

Let's hope the Diablo thing is referring to skill trees and/or wargear.

[Mech#4]

Is Dark Millennium still being developed? From what I remember the company was still working on it after THQ closed and they'd changed it to a single player game.

[Xotes]

It's a subscription MMO where the Orks are the free to play faction.

This is genius, especially given that it takes 'Five orks for a single Space Marine.' according to their site.

[Sirus]

Here's hoping this turns out well! I have high hopes for a Warhammer 40k MMO.

[Vattic]

What every 40k game I've played to date is unable to dial is the scope of the IP, and the scope of the conflicts.

Which is why I didn't get into the 28mm stuff. Would have liked to try Epic, but it was dead before I had a chance.

Here's to hoping this is both finished and turns out good.

[Bdthemag]

The current lack of an Imperial Guard faction is disheartening. Oh, and the fact that the studio working on it has made almost exclusively shovel-ware. But hell, anytime a new WH40K game is announced I'll get overly-hyped.

[jocan2003]

Without going too much in details, i hope they dont screw up, tired of studio claiming they nailed XYZ but in fact didnt go farther than ABC...

[NobodyPro]

Tyranids controlled by AI. There's your Left 4 Dead.

[Glowcat]

There are a trail of dead Warhammer 40K MMOs which have sworn they would be the first. I see no reason to trust this latest attempt.

[Girlinhat]

When they say something like Planetside 2, that makes me think they get it. When they mention Diablo, it makes me think they don't.

They're using buzzwords.  Planetside 2 and Diablo are high-value games.  They're tossing them in so that people will notice.  "Oh they compare themselves to something great, they must be doing something equally great!"

You saw a lot of "It's like Minecraft with X" a few years back, and even see a lot of "It's like Terraria" nowadays.  It doesn't speak well of a company when the best thing they can do to promote their product is to compare themselves to someone else...