Multiplayer has become an essential component to damn-near every first-person-shooter on the market, and Brink developer Splash Damage thinks that it’ll continue to grow. In fact, CEO Paul Wedgewood is desperate for an MMO shooter.
“I just want a really good massively multiplayer shooter, thanks,” he asked. “I’m desperate for it. Why isn’t there? I just can’t stand the fact that there isn’t one yet. I’d do it but 140 staff? Managing 140 people? It’s just so hard.
“… there are enough solutions around now so that it’s reasonably feasible. I know that there are some teams on the periphery working on ideas for this. I think there’s definitely going to be some cool stuff that comes around but I think the massively multiplayer shooter, one where we’re all engaged in the same continuous environment is the thing that’s going to truly impress me next.”
What do you think? Would you pay a subscription for an FPS game? The closest we’ve come so far is Huxley, but I don’t think that’s going to turn out so well after spending such a long time in development.
‘MMO shooters the next big thing for FPS’ – Splash Damage [CVG]
Published: Apr 20, 2011 03:40 pm