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GamersInfo.net is reporting that Horizons, an MMO which has spent a significant amount time in development limbo, is poised to make a comeback under the new management of Virtrium.

Like the proverbial phoenix (dragon?) that continually rises from the ashes, Horizons: Empire of Istaria is poised to take flight once again. Purchased just over one year ago by EI Interactive, the game has languished with no updates, billing errors and poor community support until recently when Virtrium, LLC purchased Horizons and all remaining assets from Tulga Games. The players have been wondering, though: exactly who is Virtrium?

Good question. In the previous two weeks alone they've re-established Blight, the test server; opened the community forums to registration (they've been closed for more than 8 months); established a new, very agile support ticket system (none had existed for nearly a year); and have somewhat covertly been talking to the players. Things the remaining rag tag bunch never expected as they were simply hanging on to the game until its dying breath.

Read the full article here.

Im telling ya, Horizons MUST become somthing special this time round, it MUST do well. Its obviously not in its destiny to die as it has proven so many times already.

I liked Horizons it just wasnt polished and had alot of bugs at the start, but it still had a great community and some great features in the game, building houses and bridges to other areas of the game, the whole community would get together to do it and it was superb, i really liked how it was upto the community to find new areas etc.

I really do hope they do somthing good with this game, it could have been great and who knows maybe this time it will finally get the improvments it deserves and become what it should have been.

Garrik

I liked Horizons, i'd play it again =)

3 strikes your out as they say...

Just read the article.  Well, I'm psyched, but reserved, with a "wait and see" attitude.  They have made way too MANY promises over the years and flopped on most of them, even under different owners.  That very last owner, doesn't even deserve to have their name written for fear that people might actually think it is a REAL company.  OMFG, why did they even buy the game, then just bury it further into the ground.  They should be lined up and shot.

Anyway, Hz was one of my favorite games of all time.  I sincerely hope they can actually get a new graphics/comm engine in place (finally!!!!), and get the bugs out.  I could care less about  new content until they can at least pull that off.  Any MMO that can barely handle more than 10 players in the same physical area is downright pathetic.  That technology was mastered over 10 years ago.

Too bad my Adult dragon has most likely been erased.

I'll give em a go again, and see if they can really bring the game to the level that it always should have been.

well good for those few  diehard Horizons players. As for me giving Horizons  5th try ..- No thanks. Been there, Done that...donated the Tshirt to goodwill.

I tried it before the first buyout and actually enjoyed it. With the right marketing/publishers it would have had more success. I'd be willing to give it another try now. I really liked the crafting and building system, and the skill sets weren't too shabby either.

That's interesting... if there is a playerbase to slavage then why not...It's a tough road ahead though
Many big titles are set to debut in 2008
It would be more interesting if they'd get an engine overhaul with something that looks more... "current generation"

...like what Jumpgate is doing

bugfixes, and a graphicsengine update, and a new trial and i would say they'd be ready to rez this game. It was awesome in many ways, but way to poor performance and too many game-breaking bugs ;/

I hope the game does well. I really enjoyed the time I played but was having too many difficulties to pay for playing and decided to wait. Been looking every couple of months to try and find information and glad to see this.