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But What Does This Have To Do With Shadowbane?

May 19th, 2008

Todd Coleman’s new project at King’s Isle decloaks: A don’t mention H***y P****r tween-friendly title called Wizard 101.

Which is a key to Wizard 101: It’s pitched as the game for players between Club Penguin and World of Warcraft.

This may be the first hardcore MMOG aimed at the “tween” demographic. Coleman admits, “It’s not what people expect from the Shadowbane team,” but adds that the game does feature PVP, a trademark of the pioneering work the same team did at Wolfpack Studios.

(Edit: story’s gone from Warcry. My guess is, given the lack of coverage elsewhere, someone jumped the gun on posting the announcement! I’m leaving this note up because, well, um, being a competitor and all no one sends me anything.)

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  1. mystery
    May 19th, 2008 at 15:05 | #1

    This may be the first hardcore MMOG aimed at the “tween” demographic.

    Bzzzt. I’d point out Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean Online, with its ship-to-ship combat and PvP, and then I’d point and laugh.

  2. daslog
    May 19th, 2008 at 15:39 | #2

    404 Error: File Not Found

    fix linkorz

  3. hsinclair
    May 19th, 2008 at 15:50 | #3

    Looks like it may not have been ready to decloak after all, and warcry posted too soon.

  4. dartwick
    May 19th, 2008 at 16:01 | #4

    It would be funny if it was a smashing success with all ages because by streamling the game concept they left ot the boring crap so many of us long time MMO players are sick of.

    I can dream.

  5. Wanderer
    May 19th, 2008 at 16:47 | #5

    Will they remember to release the sockets from dropped/failed logins this time?

  6. Please
    May 19th, 2008 at 17:22 | #6

    I thought WoW was the first “hardcore” MMOG aimed at the tween demographic

  7. dartwick
    May 19th, 2008 at 21:17 | #7

    In that case, try thinking harder.

  8. Jessica Mulligan
    May 19th, 2008 at 21:50 | #8

    And Runescape, of course, was the first hardcore MMOG aimed at tweens.

  9. Larry Lard
    May 20th, 2008 at 05:16 | #9

    I’m clearly slightly out of the loop – what’s the H***y P****r that we’re not to mention?

  10. Dren
    May 20th, 2008 at 06:14 | #10

    Don’t ever try out for Wheel of Fortune.

  11. Anomynous
    May 20th, 2008 at 07:16 | #11

    Hoary Pewter fits.

  12. May 20th, 2008 at 07:25 | #12

    As does Hairy Pooper

  13. Anomynous
    May 20th, 2008 at 07:47 | #13

    Horny Panter?

  14. Anomynous
    May 20th, 2008 at 08:16 | #14

    Holly Parker?

  15. yunk
    May 20th, 2008 at 08:30 | #15

    You’re out of it? I had to look up “tween”.

  16. May 20th, 2008 at 09:03 | #16

    I like Club Penguin, it is like pot, give you a 10 minute high

  17. May 20th, 2008 at 09:21 | #17

    I had to Google tween not to long ago, and I’m still in my 20’s.

    It is kind of funny to see all these developers that failed at traditional MMOs bum-rushing towards teen/tween games in a futile attempt to cash in. SOE has Free Realms, now this. I fear for the MMO genre as a whole, not because I believe these games aimed at younger players are bad, but because bigger developers would rather piss around with 50 cent micro-transactions than earn an honest dollar making a full-featured product that works on my favorite payment method: monthly subscription.

    Oh well.

  18. May 20th, 2008 at 20:52 | #18

    You know, I think there used to be a game called Shadowbane. Ring a bell to anyone else?

  19. Tet
    May 21st, 2008 at 04:09 | #19

    Shadowbane? Nope, doesn’t ring a bell. Now sb.exe error, THAT brings up memories.

  20. May 21st, 2008 at 08:47 | #20

    Tet, that was Shadowbane. Unfortunately, sb.exe errors may have prevented you from finding that out.

  21. =j
    May 21st, 2008 at 09:28 | #21

    I thought myspace was the first MMORPG for tweens.

  22. =j
    May 21st, 2008 at 09:30 | #22

    oh, and Heavy Powder fits as well. It’s a revolutionary war simulator!

  23. Njal
    May 22nd, 2008 at 10:25 | #23

    I was in Shadowclan for Shadowbane … we used to shout curse you sbexe to sortof remain in character.

  24. May 30th, 2008 at 21:55 | #24
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