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   If you try to make a list of the most commercially successful MMORPGs out there, space / sci-fi themed games - such as the critically acclaimed EVE Online - will likely appear somewhere around the bottom. And yet, we can't help getting excited over a new space MMO project, currently in development at Colony Studios. The reason being that the core team behind this name is made up of industry veterans who worked on big ones such as World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings Online, City of Heroes, EverQuest, Dark Age of Camelot, Ultima Online and, yes, the one and only EVE Online. How's that for "commercially successful" experience?

   Like others before them, they are stating from head start that their goal is not to make another WoW clone, or any other "safe" MMO. Oh no, whether the publishers will like it or not, the folks from Colony Studios are risk takers, and they plan to breathe new life into this "stagnant increasingly generic genre" of online games.

   They wouldn't say what their space MMO will be titled, but they do have a vague release date in mind - late 2009 - and plenty of gameplay ideas. Some of these they are already prepared to talk about, as evidenced in this interview with RPG Vault:
"Our IP will be centered on a dynamic living "world" far more than a linear storyline that hinders replayability. We will provide a ton of history and backstory in the game, but the players will consistently influence the content. The important differentiator is this - players will log in and react to what's been happening in the game, not log in and get the same exact experience they had the last time they played. Our game is dynamic, so you'd better keep up with it."    The interview also reveals that Colony Studios have licensed the impressive Hero Engine from Simutronics, and they're more than pleased with it so far:
"[Hero Engine] has been fantastic for us, and in our opinion, supersedes all other MMO middleware solutions on the market, both in terms of render power and server flexibility. We want big battles... REALLY big battles for both PvE and PvP, and right now, this package will deliver them."    We look forward to hearing - and seeing more of Colony Studios' debut MMO.