News Editor Garrett Fuller had a chance to sit down with Stargate Worlds' Joe Ybarra, Vice-President of Product Development for Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment. The pair talked about the direction of the upcoming MMORPG.

Okay Stargate fans, this is the article you have been waiting for. Today at GDC I got a chance to sit down with Kevin Balentine and Joe Ybarra from Cheyenne Mountain. The guys were very happy to discuss the game and many of its features. Loads of material that has not been known about the game will be known by the time you finish this article. Everything was talked about from game mechanics to character classes, races, PvE elements, and of course PvP between the dark and light sides of the Stargate Universe. Hold onto your weapons, we're going through the gate now!

Let us start off with character design. Players will have the ability to choose between two sides or factions. Cheyenne refers to them as the light and dark sides, but more closely tied to the television show they are the good and evil factions of the universe. On the side of light you can play humans, Asgard, and the free Jaffa. On the dark side you can play humans who have gone bad, Goa'uld, or the Jaffa who have remained loyal to their overlords. There are many class archetypes in the game that are defined by the races. Human players have the options of the classic Stargate team. Soldier, commando, scientist, and archeologist are all there as playable opportunities. The other races are more defined by the skill trees that represent their growth. The Asgard are defined as the scientists were the Jaffa are the melee fighters. Speaking of melee lets talk about combat.

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Damn delicious!! Looks promising and hope it deliver whats planned on the drawing board.

Originally posted by ZtyX
Do I get to own a property ? Like a house ?

Or is this strictly combat based?

Thor's Hammer wasn't really a weapon, per se.  It was the device left on a planet that sent Jaffa into a labyrinth and gave them the choice to let the symbiote die so they could be free.  Remember the Unas with James Earl Jone's voice that decided to stay?  Of course, SG-1 broke it and that led to issues later...  So SG-1 comes back to save the day again and they have to find the Hall of Might which was the puzzles Thor left behind...Jackson and Carter solved the riddle (it's all about pi), Thor said hello and wiped out the snake heads.  Pretty standard Asgaard technology to make them disappear and not come back, cool for weapon, not sure how fair that would be in PvP though...

Ok, I'm obviously a big SG nerd, but so is my wife, so we're ok with that.

Anyone else hoping to see real screen shots of this game in action?   Any ideas on when Beta will begin?

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Originally posted by outfctrl
Wonder how beefed up your system has to be to play it. Thank God SOE didnt make it.

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reqs just get higher and higher..sadly enough..
Stargate does look promising in a way though.

Originally posted by outfctrl
Wonder how beefed up your system has to be to play it.  Thank God SOE didnt make it.

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The Asgard are defined as the scientists were the Jaffa are the melee fighters.

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I believe you meant "where", not "were". Also, I hope what's meant by this is the Asgard are naturally more scientific, but humans can also be scientists.

I don't like the idea of Asgard being on an SG "team". While the Asgard have no doubt assisted SG teams from time-to-time, they're not going through gates leveling up with the humans. :)

Asgard should have been an unlockable race with superior starting abilities and scientific aptitude, but not replacements for human field scientists. Tough balancing act, but it's my opinion so it can't be wrong!

Plus he wants people to be able to play multiple characters without having to give up their day jobs. This is a wonderful feature for players who do not have a lot of time on their hands