NCSoft and Carbine Studios have announced that WildStar will officially launch into retail service in 2013. To celebrate the announcement, the team is ready to take the lid off of several key features and character backgrounds. Be sure to check out Som's part 1 preview!

• Humans: Resourceful, but also headstrong and brash, Human Exiles never back down from a fight, whether it’s in their best interest or not.
• Granok: These hulking rock people are among the best warriors in the galaxy, and the only group to face off against the Dominion and win.
• Aurin: Characterized by their animalistic ears and tails, the Aurin are highly spiritual protectors of nature.

Check out the latest State of the Game letter on the WildStar site for more information.

Let's hope there are a few with longevity in them all. I've been waiting for a long time for a game I could play for a few years, not months.

Good news!

Going to wait to get my hands on it in some kind of beta before getting hyped on this one though.

Originally posted by Mannish
2013 is gonna be a great year for mmos.

Definitely. WildStar and TESO launch. Possibly EQ:Next too. Camelot Unchained just announced. I'm excited for the future of MMO's

What I worry about is that with NCSoft (with the exception of Guild Wars) pulling back from the west and attempting to concentrate on their own home market in Korea, that Wildstar will suffer the same fate as the other 5 western MMOs that they've killed.

(Dungeon Runners, Auto Assault, Tabula Rasa, Exteel and CIty of Heroes)

I suspect that for all their creativity, the folks at Carbine are nothing more to NCSoft than a rounding error or a tax write-off on their spreadsheets and as easily disposed of. If it's not a "WoW-Killer" or not fantasy-themed then they're not really truly interested in it.

If Wildstar is still around a year after launch, I'll be surprised. And it won't be because it's a bad game or concept and despite all the hard work of the people at Carbine.

It'll be because that's just the way NCsoft rolls.

Originally posted by Mannish
2013 is gonna be a great year for mmos.

We've said that every year for the past decade, and look how it turns out.

Originally posted by logandwj

What I worry about is that with NCSoft (with the exception of Guild Wars) pulling back from the west and attempting to concentrate on their own home market in Korea, that Wildstar will suffer the same fate as the other 5 western MMOs that they've killed.

(Dungeon Runners, Auto Assault, Tabula Rasa, Exteel and CIty of Heroes)

I suspect that for all their creativity, the folks at Carbine are nothing more to NCSoft than a rounding error or a tax write-off on their spreadsheets and as easily disposed of. If it's not a "WoW-Killer" or not fantasy-themed then they're not really truly interested in it.

If Wildstar is still around a year after launch, I'll be surprised. And it won't be because it's a bad game or concept and despite all the hard work of the people at Carbine.

It'll be because that's just the way NCsoft rolls.

 

So true. I was really interested in this game until NCSoft killed CoH. If Carbine can pry their game out of NCSofts clutches, I'll take a look at it, but only if.

Originally posted by logandwj

What I worry about is that with NCSoft (with the exception of Guild Wars) pulling back from the west and attempting to concentrate on their own home market in Korea, that Wildstar will suffer the same fate as the other 5 western MMOs that they've killed.

(Dungeon Runners, Auto Assault, Tabula Rasa, Exteel and CIty of Heroes)

I suspect that for all their creativity, the folks at Carbine are nothing more to NCSoft than a rounding error or a tax write-off on their spreadsheets and as easily disposed of. If it's not a "WoW-Killer" or not fantasy-themed then they're not really truly interested in it.

If Wildstar is still around a year after launch, I'll be surprised. And it won't be because it's a bad game or concept and despite all the hard work of the people at Carbine.

It'll be because that's just the way NCsoft rolls.

 

Carbine has the same standing with NCsoft that ArenaNet does, don't worry about any plugs being pulled. and for all of you who claim to be so worried,here's the sure way not to have the game yanked...stay subscribed this time.

Originally posted by VastoHorde
2013 is gonna be a great year for mmos.

You must be smoking something because 2013 is going to be a bad year for MMOs.  The only thing 2013 will do for MMOs is be a step towards changing the genera for EQNext and Titan.  Thats all it will do.