Marvel Universe Online officially offline

So let me get this right... they sue the crap out of Cryptic Studios and NCSoft because people might be able to make similar characters to existing ones in the Marvel Universe and the argument they used in court was that it would detract from sales of their upcoming MMO... wtf?? So does this mean Cryptic Studios and NCSoft can have the court decision reversed... lol.

Well, now we know what it is. Though I figured it was gonna be this, and not something else. Everything else major first party couldn't get canned. Just how it worked out.

That sucks! I'm not a big MMO player, but I would have played this one. Who doesn't love Marvel Comics? Almost everyone I know, that is into gaming, loves comics. C'mon, we know M$ has the $ to back this one, and it would be sure to sell. As long as it doesn't have a subscription fee attached.

**** that sux, sounded awsome

Mmmm, that sounded like it had potential :(

shoot, I was really wanting to get this game too

I was so looking forward to this. I agree with the other posters saying the superhero stuff is more interesting then lord of the rings or dare I say WoW. Even though i prefer Marvel, I guess there's still the DC one to look forward to. Only thing that could make this better is if City of Heroes/Villains comes to a console. That would be awesome.

In my opinion it was quite over ambitious and could have caused them a lot of problems keeping it up and running. So maybe it's for the best that they cancelled it.

spasticus162 said: "Im guessing microsoft wanted this game to be playable without monthly charges and marvel got pi**ed." Are you nuts! MS wanted to charge for playing Halo 2 Vista online when PC standard for online shooters had been free to play for years. If anything, it was the other way around, but I doubt that was the cause at all.

everyone keeps saying its a crowded market(mmorpg) On pc i agree. But me and many 360 owners were looking forward to this. Im guessing microsoft wanted this game to be playable without monthly charges and marvel got pi**ed. I know the monthly charges put me off final fantasy xi and if i dont like it i cant trade it in. tis a damn shame. superheroes are way cooler than all this lord of the rings sh*t.

i wanted that game o well

damn that sucks i wanted to play that. but o well i guess.

andrew_ribbons wait whats that? mass effect going to pc? shame shame shame

i expected it, it's a nice thought but how do-able is it at the end of the day ... really quite questionable.

I was really looking forward to this and now I'm pissed. I wanna know who's fault this is.

Loucetios: Yep and all those wonderful things about PSN. What's this? You don't have Mass Effect DLC content coming your way soon? Oh shame. Shame shame shame. Hah.

No More Heros for Vista and 360....

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rkgambill XBL is great but its too constrictive for a lot of things, a lot of developers like the PSN better because its more open (UT3 mods anyone) and how sony is letting ppl buy full games like Warhawk, Tekken 5, and things like that

I really hope that Sony pulls off a great super-hero MMO. I was looking forward to both games. This must have been something out of MS's hands because they wouldn't let a cash whore out the window that easily.

I was interested in this game, but wasn't sure how it would be pulled off. But I'm sad to see another X-Box MMO get canned. That leaves us with the supposed exlusive (to the PC and 360) Square Enix non Final Fantasy MMO in developement (that is a mouthfull), Age of Conan, APB, and Huxley as the only MMO's still on track for the X-Box 360. Of those, I'm most interested in APB and Age of Conan. Since nothing is known about the Square Enix MMO, and the fact I wasn't a fan of FFXI, it is hard to get to excited about that one. And Huxley is more or less a FPS with MMO qualities, which is cool... but not exactly what I'm looking for. One of the reasons I'm getting a PS3 this summer is The Agency. And though APB may have some similar concepts behind it (only more cops and robbers online than secret agents), it is still so far away that very little has been seen of it. And it was stated that Age of Conan would release on PC first, then 360... that leaves The Agency as the only MMO (though in a non traditional sense) to be released any time soon (more than likely by the end of 2008). I'm a big fan of X-Box Live and will continue to support it typical multiplayer fare (such as Call of Duty, Rainbow Six and such), but I will be spending time on the Playstation Network once The Agency hits. If Microsoft was smart (a questionable description at times), they would put more effort in securing the console MMO space. That is one area Sony's online could end up dominating in a year or so.

WOW, I really don't care.

I was also going to mention True Fantasy... why do they ,keep starting these projects if they're not going to finish them? MMO's only make sense on the 360 because of the excellent online service... so why is there such a lack of MMO gaming?

Sucks for the 360, so how many mmos are coming to the ps3 now? Ncsofts hidden project, the DC comics one, the agency, lotta mmos,

huxley is also cross platform multyplay if this fails games for windows will be for nothing

Ah crap, I was looking forward to this.

This is not the first time a Microsoft Game Studios MMORPG is cancelled for an Xbox platform. Anyone remember True Fantasy Live Online for the original Xbox?

this kinda sucks. I've never played a MMORPG but this WAS the one I would have started out with.

This sounded pretty damn cool, now im sad... :-( The cross platform multiplay concept is really flippin' cool, we just need some better examples of it being done than Shadowrun.

Surely you wouldn't all be playing as Marvel Characters you'd get about 200 people online before people ended up being Sentinels. The Marvel characters would most likely have been NPCs in the familiar marvel universe, so the Hellfire Club, Westchester Mansion, Avergers Island (maybe) The baxter building/4 Freedoms Plaza etc. Anyway it's history now so you'll never know.

It had to go.

it was better when it was called City and Villains of Heroes. :) hahahah... besides, how many cyclops/wolverines would you have seen running around a city? :) that would of gotten lame after a while. WoW still rules.

Well if the Marvel MMO game was gonna suck, then likely the DC MMO game is gonna suck too. Makes you wonder why Marvel would sue COH/COV since they actually made a playable game where the goal is to try & create your own hero, not just emulate what is already in the comic books (which would be incredibly boring & uncreative).

jasonq87, microsoft was doing the marvel game. sony did spiderman 3. get it together buddy.

thered be 9000+ people playing as wolverine alone.

They probably ran out of money after spending over 250 million dollars on Spider-man 3. lol

Aww, that sucks. One of the most promising MMO's gets cancelled. Poo.

:( finally an mmorpg i wouldve played. too bad.

wow... if ever there was some news that i REALLY didn't need... i've been checking up on this game EVERY DAY almost since it was announced.. i thought it was going to be close to completion disappointed with ALL involved

That sucks was really looking forward to that game.

Awww damn, I would have loved to see something like this... Do you think Dark Horse comics could do something similar? ;)

atleast they're releasing the MUA2

Blah!

so does Marvel have any good games on the horizon?

This was the only non capcom Marvel project that I supported. Now Marvel games have no hope unless they give the license back to capcom. Same for Disney.

Another one bites the dust, for MS. (Like HD DUD)

i dont thnk that this would have been up against WoW in this market, i guess i'll still be waitin for a good mmo to come out on the 360

Aww

Good. The last thing this world needs is yet another half-baked MMO.