Vin Diesels new Game

[Kreon]

I don't know if this is a repost. I did a quick search and nothing came up.


New Game

Talking with Destructoid the other day, Vin Diesel made the first strong confirmation of a new game in the works, Barca B.C.

For those of you that weren't aware, Vin Diesel founded the game company Tigon Studios, which, amongst other games, have made games featuring Vin Diesel such as the recent two Chronicles of Riddick games, and The Wheelman.

This new game -- that has been in development for 2 or 3 years already, apparently -- is going to be a MMO with RPG qualities, set around 200 B.C, in the Punic Wars. (Shotgun blast history lesson: the Punic Wars were a series a battles in the Mediterranean against the dominating empire of day, the Carthaginian State, against the upstart Roman Republic. Hannibal Barca was a fearsome, legendary talented Carthaginian general, raised from birth to kill Romans.)

"The reason why it?s my dream game is because it is an MMO ... where you create an avatar that lives in the reality of Hannibal Barca, the Punic Wars and life 200 B.C," Vin Diesel said to Destructoid. "You would have avatars that you would invest [in] -- it would be an RPG game -- and creating that ancient world as your backdrop. Creating an ancient world that is your 'Azeroth.' That is probably my dream scenario," Diesel went on to say.

From the interview, it seems that Diesel has a sincere interest and affinity for the world of the ancient West. In that period before the Roman Empire began, when the whole 'civilization' ball really started to roll, warfare was entering a new conceptual stage of tactics, and massive, well-equipped armies where deciding the entire course of history in the West.

It appears that Barca B.C has at least a few years of development before it will see the light of day. But it is a project the Diesel is personally motivated to see through to the end: "We all know those games take a lot of work to create, a lot of funds. We are just in the first two or three years of putting it together. It could probably take another four years before we see that game...When we talk about dream case scenarios, man, I would love to play as a Carthaginian soldier 200 years before Christ. Sailing around the Mediterranean, that?d be pretty damn cool. If you could add some historical elements to it, the better."

With the hordes of YAMFRIES ( Yet Another MMORPG Featuring Rangers, Imps, Elves or Sorcerers) games on the market, the popularity of God of War, and Perpetual Entertainment's cancellation of Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising, a change of setting to a non-fantasy world in Earth's interesting past just might be a breath of fresh air in an otherwise crowded market.

I find this interesting. Especially Vin Diesel's comments on it. MMOs would have been my last guess if asked what Vin Diesel plays.

 

[Sam25]

He seems to be a Dungeons and Dragons fan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQUEQOyIvfk

This also reminds me I bought Wheelman sometime ago, haven't gotten around to playing it. Been so much into CoD 4 lately.

 

[pontifex]

i had no idea about any of this. interesting to know.

 

[Lonyo]

Not a real surprise.
He plays DnD, he's producing/directing/starring in a film about Hannibal, and he owns a game development studio that he helped found.

You could have almost predicted it.

 

[Slick5150]

Well, he's been producing/directing/starring in the film about Hannibal for over 6 years now. The project gets getting pushed back and back because the studio doesn't really want to fund it, so its highly questionable wheter it will ever actually get made.

So, seems like he may have decided to screw that and explore the world of Hannibal in a different medium. Good for him in that sense.

 

[Liet]

Wow, I love this period in ancient history. I mean Hannibal was a bad mutha, how can you not find the entire period fascinating?!

The downside is that this is a MMO - World of Warcraft sucked all the MMO out of me. I enjoy having a personal life and don't want to give it up again, just to have the only Shaman on the server with Warlord gear and Sulfuras, ya know?

Edit: Hrm... Kinda makes me want to get back into Rome:Total War again, except for all the damned bugs.

 

[rivan]

Interesting.

My perception of him just went up a little.

 

[Jeeebus]

Originally posted by: rivan
Interesting.

My perception of him just went up a little.

He actually seems like he's genuinely into gaming as opposed to lending his name/likeness to a title and walking away. The below interview for Dark Athena made him go up quite a few points in my books.

interview

 

[jonks]

how many MMOs can the market sustain? There's like a dozen in the works. Hope they all come out and fail quickly so devs get back to making normal games with online play without this monthly subscriber bs. I don't like paying for the same game over and over.

 

[Modular]

Watching that interview about D&D was cool. I've only played it a few times and I was too young to really get into it, but his obvious passion for gaming is refreshing and nice to see.

 

[soccerballtux]

Originally posted by: Jeeebus

Originally posted by: rivan
Interesting.

My perception of him just went up a little.

He actually seems like he's genuinely into gaming as opposed to lending his name/likeness to a title and walking away. The below interview for Dark Athena made him go up quite a few points in my books.

interview

Lol, just watched that good interview: "And what we're finding, is that games are becoming this SOCIAL thing" LOL I love how he said that with like a confused look.

Makes me want to go buy one of this games.

 

[Sam25]

Originally posted by: Jeeebus

Originally posted by: rivan
Interesting.

My perception of him just went up a little.

He actually seems like he's genuinely into gaming as opposed to lending his name/likeness to a title and walking away. The below interview for Dark Athena made him go up quite a few points in my books.

interview

Yes, same thoughts here. The fact that he is genuinely into gaming is way cooler.

 

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