With the release of the first gameplay trailer for Arkalis Interactive’s, interactive adventure game, Stargate SG1 Unleashed, I have decided to see if the game throws up any issues with the established Stargate lore.
With the exception of the third-person shooter, Stargate: Resistance, and a cancelled MMO by the name of Stargate: Worlds, gamers haven’t had much opportunity to explore the rich Stargate universe within the medium of gaming.
Great article. I also love Stargate, and really wish we had more games from this awesome IP. I was in the Alpha for Stargate Worlds. It was really ambitious, had a ton of things they wanted to do, and even with the bugs in the Alpha grouping up was fun and exploring the worlds they had open at the time was great. Lots of bugs, but that’s to be expected of an Alpha. Had fun reporting all of the bugs as well, some hilarious and others game breaking. Then, all of a sudden, we got an email thanking us for our time, but it was over and gone. Bam! Oh well... What could’ve been...
We need a AAA studio to pick one of these up, because there's lots of opportunity because every world can be different. I mean even if Ubisoft picked it up, they could outsource several of the worlds to their different studios and it would still work.
Good news Stargate fans as RegalWorks Media have moved to acquire Working Element, the company behind Arkalis Interactive, creators of the first two episodes of the Stargate SG1: Unleashed mobile games.
It looks like the Stargate franchise has taken down another development studio, the studio this time are the Andorra based studio, Arkalis Interactive developers of the Stargate mobile episodic series, Stargate SG1: Unleashed.
they could make an epic MMORPG or SP outta this game but it's killed so many studios now... i'm upset it's gone nowhere
Stargate suits nearly any video game genre, but I feel that MGM might give up on trying to get the franchise into the video game market. Both Stargate Worlds (the alpha/beta)and Stargate Resistance were both relatively good games that were really hurt by lack of advertisement.
I personally never played SG1 Unleashed, so I'm not sure what it could have or couldn't have been.
Impressive amount of detail based on lore!
I wouldn't have caught half these details, but the unidirectional gates are the most damning.
That's one thing I cannot stand. If you're going to make a licensed game at least stick to the lore. I mean if you care about the brand enough to make a game out of it, then why would you piss all over the story? I just don't get it.
when will someone make a proper SG game on a real gaming system. ugh for iphone and android what a waste of time
LOL those are some good lore points XD half I wouldn't have noticed, bald Teal’c would have been the first sign of lore problems.
Also about the unidirectional gates, I know its stated many times in the series about one way travel, but there have been instances where people hold the gate open by passing a part of the their body through it (in essence being in two places at once), surely and easy way for them to explain it, is that part of O'Neil didn't pass through the gate and so him going backwards is ok since he didn't fully pass through. (I know from the picture he is fully out of the "gate" so my suggestion wouldn't hold.)