Post by Morreion on Jun 16, 2010 7:56:29 GMT -5
New Star Wars online game revealed: Clone Wars Adventures (Massively)
While we've heard the rumors of a third Star Wars online title coming our way, today it's confirmed: Clone Wars Adventures will launch this fall! Unlike Star Wars Galaxies and Star Wars: The Old Republic, Clone Wars Adventures is aimed at a younger demographic (but may appeal to the older as well), in the vein of what SOE did with Free Realms. Sony is shying away from calling this an "MMO," preferring the term "virtual world" instead as there won't be leveling or quests.
Capitalizing on the Clone Wars TV series' popularity, CWA offers a pick of three playable classes (Jedi, Padawan and Clone Trooper) and will be more minigame focused. Players will socialize in hubs, meet iconic Star Wars characters, and head off together or solo for a variety of activities, including spaceship battles, tower defense, card games, droid programming and speeder bike racing. Destructoid is reporting that about 20 minigames will be present at launch. Fun amenities, such as pets and player housing, will be offered as well.
Clone Wars Adventures will be free to play with an optional membership, so everyone will be able to sample the goods without worry.
Capitalizing on the Clone Wars TV series' popularity, CWA offers a pick of three playable classes (Jedi, Padawan and Clone Trooper) and will be more minigame focused. Players will socialize in hubs, meet iconic Star Wars characters, and head off together or solo for a variety of activities, including spaceship battles, tower defense, card games, droid programming and speeder bike racing. Destructoid is reporting that about 20 minigames will be present at launch. Fun amenities, such as pets and player housing, will be offered as well.
Clone Wars Adventures will be free to play with an optional membership, so everyone will be able to sample the goods without worry.
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures MMO Announced (MMORPG.com)
With Clone Wars Adventures a new generation of Star Wars fans can become the next great hero of the Republic and take their rightful place alongside the Jedi, Padawan and Clone Troopers. Players can speed through space in a starfighter, take out waves of battle droids in Tower Defense or test their brains with challenging Droid Programming puzzles. Players can also purchase legendary Star Wars outfits, items and accessories through micro-transactions using Station Cash, SOE’s virtual currency.
Introductory Interview
Matthew Higby, the Lead Designer on the recently announced SOE Clone Wars Adventure Project, sits down to answer a few introductory questions from our own Garrett Fuller. (MMORPG.com)
MMORPG.com:
Even though the game is geared toward a younger audience the trailer looks like it has a lot for older players, can you tell us about the design for gamers of all ages?
Matthew Higby:
When we're designing the game we always keep our core audience of 6-14 year-olds in mind. All of the base-level content is designed to appeal to and be easy to pick up for that audience. We're providing for a lot of additional layers of complexity, difficulty and replayability through "challenge" modes, difficulty settings, earning trophies and completing collections.
MMORPG.com:
How will players go through Jedi training?
Matthew Higby:
All of our minigames are skills based. And, Lightsaber Dueling and Speeder Bike racing are two examples of minigames that players will not only be able to play against iconic Clone Wars characters but also test their skills in multiplayer against their friends.
Even though the game is geared toward a younger audience the trailer looks like it has a lot for older players, can you tell us about the design for gamers of all ages?
Matthew Higby:
When we're designing the game we always keep our core audience of 6-14 year-olds in mind. All of the base-level content is designed to appeal to and be easy to pick up for that audience. We're providing for a lot of additional layers of complexity, difficulty and replayability through "challenge" modes, difficulty settings, earning trophies and completing collections.
MMORPG.com:
How will players go through Jedi training?
Matthew Higby:
All of our minigames are skills based. And, Lightsaber Dueling and Speeder Bike racing are two examples of minigames that players will not only be able to play against iconic Clone Wars characters but also test their skills in multiplayer against their friends.
