CCP Shuts Down In-Development 'World of Darkness' MMO - Forbes.com

CCP Shuts Down In-Development 'World of Darkness' MMO

This has been on my "watch-list" for several years, since I first heard it was in concept and I was really looking forward to seeing it released.  Also, I used to know some of the original White Wolf guys through my best friend from Navy, who PnP'd with them a lot back in the early days, so it would have been a nice feather in the cap for a really fun PnP series of games.  

In a nutshell, they took too long to try and get it to a release-ready state.  Optimally, you want your game to be from board to box in 24-36 months, so after 5 years...  It happens a lot with this industry and its a shame because some really good concepts get shelved and never experienced by players.  :(

My reaction to these news :,(

I here ya all. I play WoD back in the day and have pretty much everything ever written =p

Werewolf: Apocalypse will always hold a special place for me :)

While  I love OWoD, especially Mage: The Ascension, I was always leery of trying to make either WoD into an MMO. CCP did have some good concepts but the non-WoD players and any megalomaniac players would ruin the game for the role-players that wanted to play (IMO). Plus if they tried to implement Mage they couldn't have had the open magic system and mages' would've lost what makes them cool (again IMO).

Werewolf: Apocalypse is best game. That said - I have no idea what CCP was thinking when they bought White Wolf, it's basically a total write-off for them at this point. For fans, though, the plus side is that new material is actually being published again through Onyx Path and By Night Studio.

It is a sad day for Snarles at Feas, jedi knigh.....Get of Fenris