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Has anyone heard anything on White Wolf's MMo? last  I saw  was hey were hiring ppl and thats all.

vampires, werewolves, mages! Oh-my!!!

if you guys heard anything please post! Thanks!

Yes, it is being made by CCP, the makers of EVE Online. In fact, CCP and White Wolf merged in 2006 and WW is now a subsidiary of CCP. There's no information other than they're making a World of Darkness MMO.

CCP did a pretty good job with EVE. I wouldn't be suprised if this turns out to be pretty good as well.

As above. And honestly I think it will be a very nice alternative to the traditional fantasy MMORPGs that dominate 80% of the MMORPG market

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I'm greatly anticipating this hopefully adult MMORPG as well but haven't seen any news for a long while now.  I expect it to be a very roleplay rich MMORPG

I will definitely have to check that one.

The World of Darkness is great.  But EvE design prevent me from even considering trying the game, I assume it will be the same with any other MMO these guys do.

I wouldn't assume anything except that the level of quality will be the same.

Regardless of whether you like or hate EVE, the fundamentals of CCP are that of a great company.  They don't alter their game for mass appeal, and they stick with the loyal fans as much as possible.  EVE works for what it is.  It is how it is, simply because it works.  Not everyone likes it, but it is still a very high quality game.  The way everything works in unison is like a finely tuned and well oiled machine.

I have faith that CCP will find a formula that simply -works- for the World of Darkness MMO.  A way that is different than EVE, but also different than current MMOs on the market.  Will I play it? It depends on how they do things obviously.  The way that 'works' might not be a way that I like all that much.. but I have a good feeling about it, simply because of the name behind the curtain.

Any game that moves away from the beaten up and overplayed fantasy gender is good news. I hope they do the modern age equivalent instead of the medieval part of the game.

I hope CCP and Whitewolf do a good job. I hope it plays somewhat like the single player Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines game in that it's skill based and completing interesting story lines is the only way to gain skill points. I believe the WoD RPG system is based on story telling and completion of quests to gain sp. So I hope they make it as close as the PnP version of WoD.

CCP is probably one of the last true gaming company that goes with Quality over quantity. Back in the days, we had Blizzard, Westwood studio and other great companies but lately, they have each fallen victim to the market of mass appeal.

So now you have something like Bioware, CCP, ID Software...

Skill based MMO's will always fail in the current technological condition of of gaming.  A skill based game today is based on lag and internet connection speed and less on skill in reality.  Only the select few with perfect connections would enjoy the game and the others would just be on the internet complaining.  that complaining would snowball into the death of the game.