But What Does This Have To Do With Shadowbane?

19May/08Off

But What Does This Have To Do With Shadowbane?

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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mystery
May 19th, 2008 - 15:05

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.
daslog
May 19th, 2008 - 15:39

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hsinclair
May 19th, 2008 - 15:50

Looks like it may not have been ready to decloak after all, and warcry posted too soon.
dartwick
May 19th, 2008 - 16:01

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.
Wanderer
May 19th, 2008 - 16:47

Will they remember to release the sockets from dropped/failed logins this time?
Please
May 19th, 2008 - 17:22

I thought WoW was the first “hardcore” MMOG aimed at the tween demographic
dartwick
May 19th, 2008 - 21:17

In that case, try thinking harder.
Jessica Mulligan
May 19th, 2008 - 21:50

And Runescape, of course, was the first hardcore MMOG aimed at tweens.
Larry Lard
May 20th, 2008 - 05:16

I’m clearly slightly out of the loop – what’s the H***y P****r that we’re not to mention?
Dren
May 20th, 2008 - 06:14

Don’t ever try out for Wheel of Fortune.
Anomynous
May 20th, 2008 - 07:16

Hoary Pewter fits.
Bonedead
May 20th, 2008 - 07:25

As does Hairy Pooper
Anomynous
May 20th, 2008 - 07:47

Horny Panter?
Anomynous
May 20th, 2008 - 08:16

Holly Parker?
yunk
May 20th, 2008 - 08:30

You’re out of it? I had to look up “tween”.
wowpanda
May 20th, 2008 - 09:03

I like Club Penguin, it is like pot, give you a 10 minute high
heartless_
May 20th, 2008 - 09:21

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.
amber
May 20th, 2008 - 20:52

You know, I think there used to be a game called Shadowbane. Ring a bell to anyone else?
Tet
May 21st, 2008 - 04:09

Shadowbane? Nope, doesn’t ring a bell. Now sb.exe error, THAT brings up memories.
heartless_
May 21st, 2008 - 08:47

Tet, that was Shadowbane. Unfortunately, sb.exe errors may have prevented you from finding that out.
=j
May 21st, 2008 - 09:28

I thought myspace was the first MMORPG for tweens.
=j
May 21st, 2008 - 09:30

oh, and Heavy Powder fits as well. It’s a revolutionary war simulator!
Njal
May 22nd, 2008 - 10:25

I was in Shadowclan for Shadowbane … we used to shout curse you sbexe to sortof remain in character.
J.
May 30th, 2008 - 21:55

http://www.kingsisle.com

Go look.