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Could Ubisoft ressurrect Shadowbane as a non-MMO? photo

Publisher Ubisoft recently trademarked Shadowbane for "non-MMO gaming purposes," as discovered by superannuation. 

A free-to-play (and then partially ad-supported) role-playing title, Shadowbane was originally launched back in 2003 for PC and Mac. Servers for the title were eventually shut down this past July, despite pleas from players (via the ever-popular Internet petition) to keep it alive. At its peak, Shadowbane made its way to the top of PC charts, and suffered from over-crowded servers due to its popularity. 

Maybe Ubisoft thinks that popularity will spill over into the non-MMO world. An action title based in Shadowbane's world of Aerynth, perhaps? Do we have any Shadowbane fans in the house? What would you like to see?


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16 comments | showing # 1 to 16

Droll's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2009 08:23
Droll
So if I come into this article, and I say, "Hey, Mr. Chester, I think you meant to write 'despite pleads from players' instead of 'despite please from players', Am I a spelling asswhole?
Montelav's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2009 08:34
Montelav
Only if you don't intentionally misspell at least two words in your response. Hrmm it seems you only have one, how droll.
dirtymik's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2009 08:38
dirtymik
How about 'pleas' as opposed to 'pleads.'
Riegel88's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2009 08:38
Riegel88
You really do not need the commas in between "and I say" either.
sprldr's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2009 08:57
sprldr
dirtymilk beat me to it.
jawshoeuh's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2009 08:59
jawshoeuh
ahahahahahaha ... "pleads".
Aaron Sarazan's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2009 09:08
Aaron Sarazan
YES GIVE!

SB deserves to keep going, although I'm scared for what will happen, as the original guys are mostly gone from WP/StrayBullet
Carl Sagan's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2009 09:09
Carl Sagan
@Droll

First rule of correcting people: double check your facts.
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2009 09:39
MrSadistic
LOL GRAMM0R ERRORSZ

I've played Shadowbane once or twice when they went the "free to play route". I wasn't impressed by the game itself, but I can see it as a decent RPG single player experience.
Nick Chester's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2009 09:55
Nick Chester
Seriously, I made a typo and accidentally put an "e" on the end of the word "pleas" and it's the end of the world?
Doomsday Forte's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2009 10:20
Doomsday Forte
Remember Nick, JOURNALISM is srs bsns to quite a few people. =P
Xonticus's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2009 10:28
Xonticus
Its a blog reporting, people. Might as well sound the alarm, the Grammar Nazis are in full force today. Don't worry Nick, I along side MrSadistic actually read what you wrote and didn't let the WORLD ENDING CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY stop me from knowing what you meant.
loki d20's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2009 10:46
loki d20
1. Thanks Nick for ushering in the Apocalypse, sheesh!

2. I'd be in for it if they keep the same skill/leveling system. I really liked how they handled that and wouldn't mind playing a good RPG with all the class and skill options from the MMO.
ApocSin's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2009 11:34
ApocSin
I Loved Shadowbane Was One of The First Real MMO's I played! kept going back to it i loved it so much! hope they dont F**k up a non mmo version of it though!
bVork's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2009 13:57
bVork
Ubisoft Shanghai was recently looking to hire people who have experience with single-player RPGs, so this speculation might not be entirely baseless.
Tet's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/12/2009 01:45
Tet
It was a bad MMORPG and it would be a bad single player RPG. Now that crappy Auto Assault MMORPG, that would be fun as a single player game.
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