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Disney to expand MMORPG line-up
No stranger to the online landscape, Disney's CES presentation included word on their future plans to create massive worlds based on many of their licenses. With Pirates of the Caribbean already well into production (if not due this year), Disney intends to "build more virtual worlds like "Pirates" based on a broad range of our properties." Disney is quick to throw out Toy Story as an example of this, but when they mean broad, think real broad. This may not mean that every game is going to own up to the standard, online RPG format. A "virtual world" can be anything from an online hack-and-slash like Pirates to something of a visual chatroom like MTV's Virtual Laguna Beach.Disney's first foray into the MMORPG format was a kid friendly action game, Toontown, which is still online to this day and at by last account, fairly competent. Should Disney team-up down the line with some designers worth their chops, we may not insist on groaning when we hear word of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Online.
Laguna Beach video game coming soon!
We know, we know, this is exactly the kind of good and important news you like to hear on a Monday at Joystiq. Based on There, Virtual Laguna Beach will be an online world where you don't just watch the hit MTV reality soap Laguna Beach, you "live it!"Currently conducting Alpha testing, VLB (as all the cool kids call it) will allow you to do the following gnarly things: Create a character, chat with others Attend parties at your favorite Laguna Beach hot spots Watch all your favorite Laguna Beach episodes and listen to music Explore a world full of hidden surprises Play games and have fun! Like, oh my God, we can't wait to play this. Think of all the fun we'll have spending our time out on the virtual beach creating virtual drama with our virtual fake, bitter friends. We're soooo gonna play the Kristen role, y'all.[Thanks, Bet]
