Stargate Worlds Interview, will canceling SG-1have an Impact?
The Stargate franchise began life as a big budget sci-fi action movie but has evolved into a massive fictional universe thanks to two TV series (Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis). Now new developer Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment is hard at work on Stargate Worlds, a MMORPG that they hope will expand the franchise even further. FiringSquad got a chance to chat with its senior game designer Chris Bernert to find out more about their plans for Stargate Worlds:
FiringSquad:Recently it was announced that Stargate SG-1 had been cancelled by Scifi. Can you give us your reaction to this news and how it might affect the game’s development?
Chris Bernert: Well our initial reaction was “well that blows” because we are all fans of the series and were spoiled having two Stargate franchises to watch. We had understood that the cancellation was always a possibilty, and we had planned for it, but the news was still sad for us. As for how will this effect the game, I take it as a positive. Although we have close relations with the show’s writers and are privy to the scripts before shooting begins, we still have to create the content and conceptualize the main villains and main story arc. The positive thing about the show being cancelled is that the writers can’t throw us any curveballs. For example, if we base a large part of our content on the Ori and the writers decide to eradicate them we’re placed in a difficult position. As it stands now we have a bit more freedom to direct the flow of the stories and of course we will remain loyal to whatever Atlantis throws our way. We now await word from the producers as to the future of Stargate as a franchise. via FiringSquad
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