RuneScape Developer Working on Sci-Fi MMORPG
Jagex is working on Stellar Dawn, a hot sci-fi MMORPG that looks to be the next generation of browser-based MMOGs.
Jagex, the developer behind the popular browser-based MMORPG RuneScape, announced on Wednesday that it is currently working on a sci-fi-themed MMORPG called Stellar Dawn. Although the details are slim at this point, the company is keeping with the browser-based theme, allowing gamers to play on almost any PC with an Internet connection.
"Stellar Dawn will be Jagex's biggest release to date and everyone at the studio is absolutely electric with excitement as we enter the final stages of development," said Mark Gerhard, Jagex's CEO. "We are really happy with how well Stellar Dawn has come together. The team has deftly blended art, content and technology to provide the entertaining, long-term game appeal that we have become famous for."
Upon visiting the game's official website, Stellar Dawn requires age verification, indicating that the game is more than a browser-based game geared for a general audience. But as with RuneScape, the company plans to offer a "sizable portion" of the virtual world for free-to-play gamers, requiring a small monthly fee for access to the entire game.
Stellar Dawn is expected to launch in 2011, however interested gamers can sign up for access to the closed beta by heading here.
Oh and thumb's down = WOW fanboy or simply a hater.
The quote "allowing gamers to play on almost any PC with an Internet connection." makes me think not.
However I know that Runescape does use your PC when you crank the graphics up, and also maybe even when you have them down. Since one time I was playing it on a Netbook on lowest settings yet I was running 100% CPU usage (not fully sure it was 100%).
I think the best idea would to have very scalable graphics settings and have it run on the users PC. Then have a feature where you pay extra then "Members" which makes them do all the processing. Since if I play this I want to think that I am saving some money because I put the money into good hardware.
Don't you know? ALL OF JAGEX's games are client-side rendered..
ALL of them ARE rendered on the User's pc. how would you make a MMORPG all server-rendered when you sometimes have to render images for 200 000 users.. it just wouldnt work.
ALL of them ARE rendered on the User's pc. how would you make a MMORPG all server-rendered when you sometimes have to render images for 200 000 users.. it just wouldnt work.
Ok fine, however I certainly wouldn't say it "just wouldn't work" considering Runescape servers have what a max of 2000 players? That certainly isn't impossible especially before the updated graphics. Instead it is just highly "impractical" because of bandwidth and server load.
The only reason I said anything is because quote "allowing gamers to play on almost any PC with an Internet connection.", how is "almost any PC" going to run a game with such graphics? My Netbook lags with Runescape on lowest settings.
Or are bored beyond all comprehension.
If Stellar Dawn is half the game Runescape is, it will be a hit! I cant wait!