Kotaku
There's a new MMO studio town, and they're making a name for themselves based on the names they've made before. The new Colony Studios consists of a group of ten developers who have worked on titles like EQ, City of Heroes, Dark Age of Camelot, Ultima Online, and World of Warcraft, all headed up by Michael Wallis, a former senior producer for Eve Online.
"Most dev teams - including Colony's - have gone through the process of learning what doesn't work in game development, but our team members have also been intimately involved with creating what does work in several successful MMOs and that combination will serve us well.
They plan on creating a game using an original IP that isn't a clone of World of Warcraft. Novel idea.
Counting Red 5 and Heatwave Interactive this makes three new MMO companies founded by former members of (insert popular MMO name here)'s team with the goal of revitalizing the stagnant industry I've seen since December. Hopefully one of them will get it right.
New MMO studio established by genre veterans [GamesIndustry.Biz]
