New MMO from World of Warcraft veteran draws "big influence" from the classic Planescape CRPG setting

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Ghost - a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:newly announced MMO from veteran Blizzard and Riot developers - is apparently taking big inspiration from the 1994 D&D setting Planescape, which already got the video game treatment in classic CRPG 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Planescape: Torment

Publisher NetEas💮e has formed a new studio called Fantastic Pixel Castle with v🐼eteran developer Greg 'Ghostcrawler' Street at the helm - he was both the lead systems designer on World of Warcraft and an executive producer on the upcoming League of Legends MMO. The studio’s debut game is another MMO, for now simply titled Ghost.

. The game is then split between Blue Shards (private realms) and Red shards “that deliver a more traditional massively multiplayer experience.” While Ghost is supposedly avoiding the usual fantasy tropes (no orcs or elves here), it is looking to another setting for some insight. 

Street says on that “the Planescape prominence is intentional” and that it’s “a big influence” on the MMO. Those influences aren’t too subtle either. T♎he Planescape setting goes across several planes of existence linked by magical dimension-hopping portals - essentially the fantasy multiverse - which doesn&rsqꦉuo;t sound awfully dissimilar to traveling through “broken worlds” via mystical shards in the sky.

Ghost is still very early in de✤velopment, but Street also says it’s fine for players to tune out until the game’s ready. “‘Wake me up on release day’ is a totally fine response!” Street writes on . “We still want you as part of our community. But we also wanted to take a stab at this ‘in plain sight’ development for players who are interested in the Day Zero Journey.”

That Day Zero Journey shouldn’t feel excruciatingly long, however, since Street also says the reason he opted for a “small studio” is because he and the team were “weary of 10-year dev cycles.” Fantastic Pix🔯el Castle will livestream an AMA on November 8 to chat about what’s𝐆 next for the studio, the game, and the community.

Ghost is likely years away, so occupy the time with our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best MMO list. Planescape is also back in style thanks to the excellent Adventures in the Multiverse sourcebook. 

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