EA REVIVING DUNGEON KEEPER AS ASIAN MMO
At a time when even NES cult brawler River City Ransom is finding new life as a sidescrolling MMO, it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to hear that EA plans to do the same with its classic Bullfrog franchise Dungeon Keeper, especially given that the Asian online market is one of their biggest perceived growth opportunities.
Very few details have yet come out on exactly how the game might translate online. In their press release, developer NetDragon (who also are behind Ubisoft’s Heroes of Might and Magic Online and a forthcoming turn-based Disney RPG) have only dryly stated the obvious in calling it a “3D massively multi-player online role playing game.”
Bullfrog’s game was famous for turning the tables on RPG standards and letting players be the one to architect dungeons, placing traps and monsters to stymie marauding heroes. We only hope the game continues that same tradition and lets players switch off on directing dungeon design for others to plunder, and that the game gets localized for the wider world — the original release is coy on whether it’ll remain in the ‘Greater China’ region.
NetDragon Enters into Agreement with EA to Develop New Online Game – Dungeon Keeper Online
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