Mechscape Launch in 2009?

For those who are unaware, a few months ago there was a lot of discussion about the possibility of Jagex releasing a brand new MMORPG called Mechscape. This was largely centered around the fact that many URLs with the term Mechscape were purchased by Jagex over the last 2 - 3 years in addition to Jagex filing trademarks for the term Mechscape. Plus there have a been a number of development graphics that look similar to the development graphics that Runescape release from time to time, but they had more of a “futuristic” and “space” feel rather than the traditional medieval feel of Runescape development graphics.

I for one don’t think that this means there will definitely be a new MMORPG launched by Jagex called Mechscape, as I know that I have personally registered over 30 domains over the last three years of which I have only used a handful, and I’m sure I will never use many of them. So when it comes to a company with pockets as big as Jagex’s I’m sure they can afford to spend a couple of hundred of dollars to have the “option” to call a future game or feature Mechscape.

Anyway I stumbled across a few Mechscape sites recently and one of them referenced a comment made by Imre Jele, who is the Content Chief at Jagex, relating to some of the fundamental problems with MMORPG and having to grind your way through levels:

…the only thing I can tell you now is that we have some amazing products going live next year - a new MMO - and we are tackling this issue at a core design level.

So it would appear that Jagex are definitely planning to release a new MMO sometime in 2009. This is definitely very exciting news for most Runescape players and Jagex lovers alike. I wonder what sort of effect his would have on their Runescape membership if they were to release a new MMORPG in competition with Runescape?

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