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Y Control: Joe Ybarra On Cheyenne Mountain's Massive Plans

With years of industry experience stretching back to the earliest days of Electronic Arts, and other pioneering studios - he's produced games including The Bard's Tale, M.U.L.E., Starflight and Wasteland, Joe Ybarra has seen a lot of trends come and go.

Ybarra also has produced MMOs including Shadowbane and The Matrix Online, and has been working with Arizona-headquartered developer Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment as its SVP of strategic operations. There, he's tackling turning the Stargate license into a successful MMO as Stargate Worlds, as well as working with multiple other divisions of the developer, including Handcranked Games and Superstition Studios.

In this in-depth Gamasutra interview, Ybarra, talks the challenges that this presents, and the state of the MMO business, including details on the company's second, as yet unannounced title.

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Through The Blue Portal - Why Don’t We Have More Stargate Games?

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.

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Barry321711335d ago

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...

lalalala1330d ago

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.

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Stargate Worlds, the MMO that never was

Back in 2008, I had a chance to play Stargate Worlds, a MMORPG based on the Stargate franchise, while the game was never released here are my thoughts on the game and what it had.

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Alexious2385d ago

This could have been amazing. Loved Stargate back in the day.

supremeaaron2385d ago

It was a game with a lot of potential. As a Stargate fan, the story just sounded great.

Yui_Suzumiya2384d ago

I think I remember hearing about this back in the day

chris2352384d ago

stargate was a very cheap tv show. no wonder an mmo with this setting never saw the light of day.

Tankbusta402384d ago

Pseudo Intellectual right here folks!!!

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Tankbusta402384d ago

Its really too bad.

StarGate needs a new series!

Xenophon_York2384d ago

Such a shame. Maybe one day a developer will give this franchise the attention required to do it justice. Endless possibilities.

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6 Games We Saw in Action That Never Came Out

Kotaku: "It’s frankly ridiculous how close some games are to finished when they are cancelled - or, conversely, how vaporous they can be when they’re first shown."

TheOneWhoIsTornApart3093d ago

I'm still completely bummed out about Prey 2 being cancelled. I still have sliver of hope that it is secretly being developed for current gen consoles though. I won't give up dammit!!.

Kyosuke_Sanada3093d ago

I can't describe the disappointment I felt after the cancellation of 8 days and Coded Arms Assault......