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A year and a half ago, EA Games announced plans to make single-player game Dungeon Keeper into an MMO. After the initial announcement -- which was met with no small amount of skepticism -- things were pretty quiet on that front for a long time.

EA recently confirmed that plans for the Dungeon Keeper MMO are still underway. Chinese developer TQ Digital Entertainment has been tapped to develop the project, and we've got a few details on what we can expect. A playable Demon race has been confirmed, with more to come in the future. The game, which will be in full 3D, will offer players the chance to build an underground dungeon empire.

You can check out the full story at MMO Culture.

[via Kotaku]

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"So I've got a great idea!" says executive Bob at Electronic Arts, "Lets license out the Dungeon Keeper property for an MMORPG!" John, who happens to be a puppet on Bob's hand, says, "That's a brilliant idea, old chap!" The apparently British imaginary friend makes an awkward smile. Bob continues, "We'll give it to a Chinese developer who can release it all over the Asian markets." John the British puppet responds, "Wonderful, will you bring it to Western markets?" Bob replies with, "Who cares?" and they both laugh -- at least in Bob's twisted mind.

This is honestly the only sequence of events that, in our minds, makes sense when considering the fact that Electronic Arts has licensed out the Dungeon Keeper property as an MMO to Chinese-based developer NetDragon Websoft with the intent to eventually bring it overseas. While we're sure it'll do fine in the eastern markets, it just baffles the mind to think that EA is taking an RTS title originally designed for the west -- the original game was steeped in British humor -- and having an eastern developer create an MMO out of it that will more than likely appeal primarily to easterners only.

MassivelyEA licenses Dungeon Keeper MMO, for China originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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