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An Announcement On The Future Of The World Of Darkness Project

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Thead Enco
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#21 - 2014-04-14 16:24:59 UTC
I guess WoD was the $20+mil that CCP wrote off last fiscal year.GG gf. But seriously it is imperative now more then ever to focus on your flagship game. (ie sov,POS's)
Stitcher
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#22 - 2014-04-14 16:25:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Stitcher
CCP Falcon wrote:
Stitcher wrote:
Has just starting over from concept been considered? Seeing as all that time and money is being written off anyway, maybe some of the assets could be salvaged...


That's not something we're looking at, but we recognize the value in the World of Darkness IP, and are reviewing the stats of it. No specific plans for anything right now, though.

Sorry I can't give more info. Smile



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Jallukola
#23 - 2014-04-14 16:27:32 UTC
Shame really, turned out to be wasted developement time, but it's understandable, every company pays a visist to that road eventually at some point. For how long, well that's another matter.

Maybe focus back on EVE again? Perharps start working on DUST514-PC too?

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ValentinaDLM
SoE Roughriders
Electus Matari
#24 - 2014-04-14 16:27:56 UTC
Then will we get the cool stuff that the WOD team worked on, what I mean is stuff like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrtwESnTOwY

Clearly this is CCP stuff, but seeing as awesome clothes like that are nowhere to be found in Eve Online, I am assuming this tech demo was for WOD.

I mean, I am all for fixing problems, but I hate to see CCP running away from things like Walking in Stations, WOD, etc because they are biting off more than they can chew. I really would have liked to see WOD, but at least it wasn't released in a useless or broken state, but I do feel the who WIS thing really is laughable since it is a totally useless thing that adds nothing to the game in it's current state, so why can't the Atlanta people finish that for us, while the other teams keep at the core of Eve Online?
Random McNally
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A Band Apart.
#25 - 2014-04-14 16:29:18 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
Stitcher wrote:


It would be nice to get some feedback on WHY the project had to be shelved, though. Were the challenges technical, artistic, financial? And what can the community do to try and bring our vampires back from the dead?


We basically just feel that we overreached with WoD in its initial concept and were trying to achieve too much in the first iteration of the project. We've worked hard and adjusted the plan a number of times along the way but felt the project just wan't true to the original concept that was laid out.

The decision was made to cancel the project because we don't feel we met our target of creating a fully immersive experience set in the WoD universe, and felt it was in our best interests to put an end to the project rather than retro-fitting it and re-hashing it further.


Thanks Falcon...disappointing news. Sympathies to all those down in Atlanta.

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Saede Riordan
Alexylva Paradox
#26 - 2014-04-14 16:30:19 UTC
Wait this wasn't cancelled like, two years ago? You still had assets devoted to it all this time? What have they been doing?

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Anny Jackson
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#27 - 2014-04-14 16:36:39 UTC
Nice. I hope you will have the same luck with DUST...
Altrue
Exploration Frontier inc
Tactical-Retreat
#28 - 2014-04-14 16:38:17 UTC
Why oh why didn't you cancel Dust instead?

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CCP Falcon
#29 - 2014-04-14 16:38:20 UTC
Stitcher wrote:
CCP Falcon wrote:
Stitcher wrote:
Has just starting over from concept been considered? Seeing as all that time and money is being written off anyway, maybe some of the assets could be salvaged...


That's not something we're looking at, but we recognize the value in the World of Darkness IP, and are reviewing the stats of it. No specific plans for anything right now, though.

Sorry I can't give more info. Smile



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Jenn aSide
Worthless Carebears
The Initiative.
#30 - 2014-04-14 16:39:36 UTC
It's sad news. I had no interest in it at all (was only going to play because it's made by CCP) but I was kind of hoping for CCP to have a successful non-EVE . EVE is great and I will support it forever but being a 'one-trick pony' is never good for a business.

Looking back it was probably a bit too soon for smallish CCP to try to branch out into other things in 2006 after only a few years of EVE success. Then it seems CCP bit off more than it could chew with trying to develop WoD, EVE and DUST all at the same time.

If ccp hadn't made the mistakes that led to the summer of rage, WoD might still be a thing.
Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#31 - 2014-04-14 16:39:44 UTC  |  Edited by: Doc Fury
CCP Falcon wrote:

As some of you may already be aware from the press release on www.ccpgames.com, the World of Darkness MMO project has been cancelled, effective today, April 14, 2014.


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Tarpedo
Incursionista
#32 - 2014-04-14 16:39:45 UTC
Now I expect CCP to announce real EVE expansion since they have like $3-6M "extra" in R&D budget.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#33 - 2014-04-14 16:39:47 UTC
Altrue wrote:
Why oh why didn't you cancel Dust instead?

Because Dust is out and probably making some money, however little. It's therefore more worth keeping around than something that holds no prospect of giving any returns in a foreseeable future.
Random McNally
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#34 - 2014-04-14 16:41:11 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
Stitcher wrote:
CCP Falcon wrote:
Stitcher wrote:
Has just starting over from concept been considered? Seeing as all that time and money is being written off anyway, maybe some of the assets could be salvaged...


That's not something we're looking at, but we recognize the value in the World of Darkness IP, and are reviewing the stats of it. No specific plans for anything right now, though.

Sorry I can't give more info. Smile



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Falcon, can you comment about whether or not this will affect the table/paper version?

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Tomiko Kawase
Perkone
#35 - 2014-04-14 16:41:44 UTC
I feel like this will strengthen EVE as a whole. It will allow CCP to focus all its energy on one universe.

But man I wish WoD could have come together. That was such a cool idea.

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Captain StringfellowHawk
Forsaken Reavers
#36 - 2014-04-14 16:42:27 UTC
So not only has the WW series books gone to hell, but CCP Botched the MMO also... Any more nails in White wolf's Coffin you want to add in? Guess in the future I can kiss any newer M:TA W:TA V:TM changling, Wraith etc etc.. goodbye...
CCP Falcon
#37 - 2014-04-14 16:43:16 UTC
Random McNally wrote:
CCP Falcon wrote:
Stitcher wrote:
CCP Falcon wrote:
Stitcher wrote:
Has just starting over from concept been considered? Seeing as all that time and money is being written off anyway, maybe some of the assets could be salvaged...


That's not something we're looking at, but we recognize the value in the World of Darkness IP, and are reviewing the stats of it. No specific plans for anything right now, though.

Sorry I can't give more info. Smile



Fair enough. I'll let you get back to defending your integrity on Reddit. Pirate


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Falcon, can you comment about whether or not this will affect the table/paper version?


Not something I can comment on right now, sorry. Smile


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Lachra
Lachra Corporation
#38 - 2014-04-14 16:43:27 UTC  |  Edited by: Lachra
Unfortunately, this is the kind of messy outcome that is to be expected when a company has poor direction. A hard pill to swallow for those who lost their jobs. In retrospect, if so much resources were being spent on this project, perhaps this is good news now for the EVE universe, which has been left ticking-over for far too long. Cosmetic updates to one or two ships each expansion simply aren't going to cut it anymore, core game mechanics (namely sov & POS mechanics) are in need of a huge overhaul, and have been for years.
Altrue
Exploration Frontier inc
Tactical-Retreat
#39 - 2014-04-14 16:44:35 UTC
Tippia wrote:
Altrue wrote:
Why oh why didn't you cancel Dust instead?

Because Dust is out and probably making some money, however little. It's therefore more worth keeping around than something that holds no prospect of giving any returns in a foreseeable future.



Oh but I didn't meant now, I meant in the past a few years ago.

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Lilliana Stelles
#40 - 2014-04-14 16:45:40 UTC
So what will become of the IP now? Just more storyteller rulebooks and fluff?

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