Firesky to Publish Stargate Worlds
By Shawn on Thursday, April 17th, 2008 at 4:54 PM PST In Computer, Game Companies, Game Platforms, Games
Firesky, a new innovative video game publisher, has announced that it will be publishing Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment’s Stargate Worlds MMO. Firesky is moving to change the way publishers and developers handle MMOs and other socially interactive titles.
FireSky is pioneering the development and publishing of games for Social Networks At Play™ (SNAPs), a unified theory of online gaming that combines social interaction, economies and game play across a variety of titles. The FireSky team calls this evolution “Project: Ascension.” This project – currently under wraps – will bring gamers together in new and unprecedented ways.
“We don’t intend to be another garden-variety games publisher,” said FireSky CEO Tim Jenson. “We are focused on publishing high quality social gaming experiences online. As the industry moves online, more and more people will be turning to games as a way to spend time with friends. With a few notable exceptions, game developers and publishers haven’t done a great job of marrying quality games with social experiences. Project: Ascension and SNAP games will change that dynamic forever.”
Firesky is pushing the envelope in allowing characters who are no longer getting their entertainment value from the game they’re currently playing to be able to port assets to a new game. It sounds great in theory but I look forward to seeing it in action with a bit of skeptisism.
via MMORPG
