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Monday, February 06, 2006
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Another director goes games-on


Filmmaker James Cameron, Terminators I-III, Aliens, Titanic and many, many othes, is planning a cross-over MMORPG related to his new feature film production code named Project 880. Movie related game development is a lucrative prospect, since production costs are in the tens of millions rather than the hundreds of millions. Even poorly received film-related franchise games (Enter the Matrix comes to mind) garner over the hundred million mark based soley on it's relationship to the movie franchise.
Now, massivly multiplayer games are probably a different story since there are ongoing costs involved, but games of this type are almost a no-brainer for blockbuster sci-fi flick.

Full Article: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6143676.html

Thursday, February 02, 2006
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Obscure, but real